MotherHouse Crisis Nursery 

Providing Needed Support to Families in Crisis

When crisis hits, low-income families often have nowhere to turn for help. The Children’s Home + Aid MotherHouse Crisis Nursery can lend support to families when they are faced with a crisis such as homelessness, domestic violence, medical emergencies, joblessness or drug addiction.

MotherHouse Crisis Nursery provides both immediate help as well as longer term intervention/prevention family support to help stabilize the family. Central to the program is Crisis Child Care, which provides a safe haven for children when their families are unable to care for them due to an emergency.  

In addition to Crisis Child Care, the program provides parent education classes, parent support groups, individual therapy, crisis counseling, and access to after-care services. Through these combined services, the MotherHouse Crisis Nursery program helps to stabilize families in crisis, preventing abuse and neglect.

William Miller Trust Issues Challenge Grant to Help Fund MotherHouse
The William Miller Trust of AMCORE Bank has offered a 1:2 challenge grant for MotherHouse Crisis Nursery. The Trust will support MotherHouse with a $5,000 donation if Children’s Home + Aid can raise an additional $10,000 for the Crisis Nursery. The additional funding will help restore MotherHouse to its 24 hours a day, 7 days a week operating schedule.
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Help keep a child safe and warm

Help keep a child safe and warm, make a donation at tax time to Crisis Nurseries of llinois! Make a donation to the Crisis Nursery Fund through the Make “Giving” Easy! option on your Illinois state income tax return. Simply write in your donation on Schedule G, Line J and transfer to Line 30 of your 1040 Form to help children in Illinois!

MotherHouse Crisis Nursery is offered in the Northern Region.  

Location: 1603 South 4th Street, Rockford, IL 61104 |  Phone: (24-hour hotline) 815-962-4858.

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