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Helps applying for benefits, information on community resources, and assistance to caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren.

Grandparent support program for anyone 55+ who has stepped in to take responsibility for a relative child(ren) in situations where the mother or father cannot.

Offers counseling, information, training, resources, and support as grandparents navigate emotional, educational, technological, and disciplinary issues unique to the child(ren).

Services include legal information relevant to caring for a relative child, as well as possible access to respite care.

Grandparent support program for anyone 55+ who has stepped in to take responsibility for a relative child(ren) in situations where the mother or father cannot.

Offers counseling, information, training, resources, and support as grandparents navigate emotional, educational, technological, and disciplinary issues unique to the child(ren).

Services include legal information relevant to caring for a relative child, as well as possible access to respite care.

Provides information, assistance, and referrals to caregivers of older adults to help with necessary services and supports. Staff can also help the caregiver determine if the person they are caring for is receiving benefits they may be eligible for that could reduce the caregiver's costs.

Helps applying for benefits, information on community resources, and assistance to caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren.

Provides family caregivers with support services. Services include counseling, education, training, support groups, TCARE assessments, and gap funding to cover needed services not covered by other programs.

Provides short-term assistance to relative caregivers who are not involved in the formal child welfare system.

Helps families access child-only grants, secure essential goods and services, and connect with needed community resources.

A caseworker assists the family until guardianship is obtained, offering crisis intervention, family mediation, and referrals to legal, medical, and housing services.

Support may also include recommendations for cash or in-kind assistance to help maintain a stable home.

Recruits and licenses homes for traditional and specialized foster care placement.

Traditional foster care programs provide synergy between foster parents, biological parents, the court, social workers, and the child. Foster parents cooperate with the court to set goals that (ideally) results in the return of the child to their family. If that is not possible, foster parents are asked to commit to permanency for the child.

Specialized foster care programs work to meet the special needs of physically, behaviorally, and emotionally challenged children; as well as the foster families serving them. This program works toward permanency by providing intensive case management and comprehensive mental health services, along with medical, developmental, and educational services.

Provides supportive services to unpaid caregivers and relatives raising children. These services promote healthier aging and seek to prevent long-term care placement of older adults. Services offered include information about legal rights, supplemental services to complement caregiver services, assistance and information about gaining access to community resources, support groups, education, and counseling for caregivers and respite care for the caregiver.

Provides information and support for caregivers.

Provides support, information, training, and referrals to unpaid caregivers (age 18+) of Champaign/Piatt County residents aged 60+.

Information about healthy aging, legal rights, access to supplemental services via referral, support groups, and other relevant education and assistance.

Possibilities for respite care included via referral.

Provides family caregivers with support services. Services include counseling, education, training, support groups, TCARE assessments, and gap funding to cover needed services not covered by other programs.

Offers mental health, medical, dental, developmental, and educational services to children in foster home placement, specific to each child's needs.

Also offers therapy, training, and peer support for parents and caregivers.

Provides support, information, training, and referrals to unpaid caregivers (age 18+) of Champaign/Piatt County residents aged 60+.

Information about healthy aging, legal rights, access to supplemental services via referral, support groups, and other relevant education and assistance.

Possibilities for respite care included via referral.

Offers support and information for grandparents caring for their grandchildren and adult children caring for their parents. Support programs, respite provider information, services and links to available financial assistance are available.

Offers services for caregivers including social worker guidance, support groups, and respite services. The Mercy Center for Memory Health is also located in the center, providing patient management for dementia.

Recruits and licenses homes for traditional and specialized foster care placement.

Traditional foster care programs provide synergy between foster parents, biological parents, the court, social workers, and the child. Foster parents cooperate with the court to set goals that (ideally) results in the return of the child to their family. If that is not possible, foster parents are asked to commit to permanency for the child.

Specialized foster care programs work to meet the special needs of physically, behaviorally, and emotionally challenged children; as well as the foster families serving them. This program works toward permanency by providing intensive case management and comprehensive mental health services, along with medical, developmental, and educational services.