Children's Home & Aid Blog & News
Helping Young Parents in Foster Care Become the Parents Their Children Need
Illinois Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Care (IPPYC) Home Visiting pilot works to break the cycle of abuse and neglect.
The research is clear. Children whose parents are in foster care are at high risk of being abused and neglected and…
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
November marks the start of National Adoption Awareness Month. While all adoption-related issues are important, the focus of this month is the adoption of children currently in foster care. During this month we also celebrate National Adoption Day, observed in…
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Each year millions of children are exposed to violence in their homes. Exposure to violence, especially repeated over time, can interfere with children’s ability to think and learn and can disrupt the course of healthy physical, emotional, and intellectual development.…
Men of the Roundtable: Engaging Fathers at the Mitzi Freidheim Englewood Child & Family Center
In the world of child welfare agencies and the services provided, specialized care and available resources are oftentimes targeted toward mothers. This can potentially lead to leaving fathers without the knowledge of how to become more involved in their child’s…
The University of Chicago Crime Lab – Honoring 10 Years of Innovative Strategies
The University of Chicago Crime Lab recently celebrated 10 years of work spurring innovative crime reduction strategies. The results of Crime Lab and Education Lab work have developed into centerpieces of Chicago’s anti-violence strategies. One such success is Choose to Change (C2C),…
National Head Start Awareness Month
October marks National Head Start Awareness Month. Head Start programming at Children’s Home & Aid promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children. Through Head Start, we offer educational, health, disability, mental health, nutrition and social…
Englewood Community Mural Unveiling
Over the summer, children and youth, elected officials, Children’s Home & Aid staff and more came together with the Englewood community for a mural unveiling at Ogden Park. Over 40 youth involved in the One Summer Chicago program worked hard…
Celebrating our Child Welfare Workers – Today and Every Day
As Child Welfare Worker Appreciation Week comes to a close, we believe our dedicated colleagues should be recognized every day. One week isn’t long enough to honor these teammates who are continually making strides in keeping children and families thriving.
We’re…
3 Things you should know about Ashley, Foster Parent Support Specialist for Child Welfare Worker Appreciation Week
As we continue celebrating our team members during Child Welfare Worker Appreciation Week, here’s a repost of an earlier story to recognize Ashley Akerman who leads our Foster Care Mentoring Program. Ashley is dedicated to standing up every day for…
A Message from our CEO Mike Shaver for Child Welfare Worker Appreciation Week
This last week, it’s been impossible to miss the images of the response to Hurricane Dorian and the devastation of lives, homes and entire communities left in its wake. What you may miss in the media coverage are the images…
Back-to-School Block Party and Resource Fair
Every August, Children’s Home & Aid gears up to prepare our kids for back to school. We collect school supplies like backpacks, notebooks, binders, pencils, color pencils and folders. With help from our generous corporate partners, we were able to…
Celebrating End of Summer and Back to School at the Rice Center
The end of summer can be a bittersweet time for kids, but the children at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Child & Family Center celebrated the “back to school season” with a bang, thanks to our generous volunteers…
Join the Edwardsons: Support Children’s Home & Aid’s Early Childhood Centers at the Woman’s Board September Gala
All healthy children are born with the same potential to become successful learners. But those born in high-risk environments (low income, young or single parents and low maternal education) face significant barriers to healthy development.
Children’s Home & Aid’s Early Childhood…
Meet Our Summer Interns
As summer comes to an end, we would like to introduce three more of our summer interns at Children’s Home & Aid. These three interns work in a variety of service areas throughout the state – each contributing to vital…
Summer Intern Damani Hood’s Experience in Washington D.C.
Damani Hood is one of 15 summer interns at Children’s Home & Aid. His internship, through the Bank of America Student Leaders Program, consists of two months working in the agency’s Resource Development department and the Ahlquist Center for Policy,…
Remembering Deborah Whitted
In April, Children’s Home & Aid’s Deborah Whitted passed away suddenly. Staff who worked with Deborah gathered in May to dedicate a garden at the Marshfield office in her honor. Deborah had been working in foster care in Illinois…
Chicago’s Choose to Change Serves as Example of Need for Programs Helping Children Exposed to Trauma
Two representatives from Chicago’s Choose to Change (C2C) program shared their experiences with reporters during a news conference yesterday announcing new bipartisan legislation to increase support for children who have been exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma, such…
Northwestern University Dance Marathon Announces Children’s Home & Aid as its 2020 Primary Beneficiary
Children’s Home & Aid is thrilled to take part in Northwestern’s annual Dance Marathon (NUDM). We are even more excited to have funds and awareness raised for such a worthy cause – our Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Child…
Radio Host Kim Berk on Making an Impact for Foster Children
You may know of Kim Berk, of radio show Mornings with Kim and Dave on WLS-FM 94.7. However, you may not know of her deep involvement with Children’s Home & Aid and her passion for fostering youth in need.
This week,…
Meet Rob and Stacy Johnson: Long-Time Children’s Home & Aid Supporters
The Johnson Family often has a fair amount on their plate. Rob is a well-known, established newscaster in Chicago, Stacy is involved with several philanthropies and boards, and their teenage son Jaden is a dedicated hockey player. Stacy says…