Our Children's Homestead
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Contact Information
280 Shuman Boulevard
Suite 270
Naperville, IL 60563
United States
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Suite 270
Naperville, IL 60563
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Thursday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Friday | 8:30 AM-5 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Mission:
To support and strengthen children and families in their toughest, most vulnerable moments.
Vision:
A world where children are safe and families are connected.
In 1995, the founders of Our Children’s Homestead (OCH), set out to build a foster care agency that would provide a family and home environment to Wards of the State of Illinois who were severely troubled and had specialized health care needs. At that time, and still today, many of these youth live in clinical settings or very restrictive environment’s until they are removed from care. OCH’s staff, therapists and foster parents provide intensive therapeutic and supportive services so that these children can thrive in their home, school and local community. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to develop healthy family relationships, participate in local school and community activities, play on community sports teams, work a part-time job, and have friends in the neighborhood. Our clinical services support children and youth to succeed outside of a hospital or residential treatment program environment.
The children we serve often have challenges unlike most: a combination of medical, developmental, mental and behavioral issues that require intensive services and a steadfast commitment to helping and healing. Our therapeutic, psychiatric and community based programs have been successful. We bring stability to children who were thought to be lost in the system by employing highly skilled and experienced counselors, psychologists and social workers. We also have professional, therapeutic foster parents who provide crisis shelter to homeless youth.
The team’s primary goal is to assist our children in achieving safe, permanent homes. This goal may be achieved by reuniting them with their biological parents or other relatives or it may be providing private or state guardianship, helping them to achieve independence.
On the other side of permanency we work with families who are looking to adopt children. We have a domestic adoption program where we have been very successful in completing families with this process.
Our Children’s Homestead is licensed by the State of Illinois and has national accreditation through the Council on Accreditation of Children and Family Services (COA).
Leading in therapeutic foster care and adoption since 1995.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Specialized / Therapeutic Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
You must meet minimum requirements to provide foster care for children in Illinois. To become a foster parent, you must:
- Be at least 21 years old
- Attend foster parent orientation
- Pass a background check
- Finish 30 hours of foster parent training
- Complete the Home Study
- Provide at least three references
- Clear a physical exam
- Maintain financial stability
Foster families must be able to provide a safe and comfortable home for a child. You must provide room for the child to have a bed and enough space for personal belongings.
Foster parents do not need to be married or have a partner. However, if married, couples must show a stable marriage of at least one year before they can foster a child in Illinois.
Foster parents need to meet a child's basic care needs, such as providing meals and clothing. Foster families must also support a foster child's education and assist them in developing social skills.
Contact the DCFS or a local licensed child-placing agency to learn more or begin the fostering approval process.
Ratings and Reviews
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Mar 06, 2023
This place is terrible, they lie to you. This place has no care for people that are going to age out the system rather they yell at you and call you out your name. Very unprofessional and needs to look at by DCFS. Some kids want a family and grow up to have one. These people here will ignore that completely and put you with someone that's doing it for the money. They care less if you are 21 and need guidance. The supervisor Rosanna called me out of my name and spoke to me in a way that was so unprofessional and disrespectful. She always used the phrase “your an adult” which completely does not matter and justifies that you don't need support. We all need support from family and friends no matter what age or not. This place is not recommended whatsoever for kids that are young and want to have a family and proper guidance after they age out.
Oct 09, 2021
Do not recommend
May 08, 2020
The receptionist was great, but as for the case worker, she gave me the run around. It's better to be up front with people, Rather than lieing to them. The case worker also never called me back. Very unreliable.
May 23, 2018
The case workers don't do there job my case worker come to my house 1 month and make me sigh like six papers so he won't have to come back in six months and he forged my signature plenty of time and me and my sister never gets our sibling visits this place is very horrible and the people are only in it for the money
Apr 30, 2018
The best place to work!