PILLARS

OUR PILLAR PROGRAMS

LYDIA Home Association has one mission of strengthening families to care for children and to care for children when families cannot. Below you will find our foundational pillar programs where you can learn more. 

 

1. Intact Family Services

Providing families with needed in-home services to prevent the removal of the children from their home and the need for out-of-home placement. 

The Intact Family Services Program was created with the goal to see the overall number of children in substitute care continue to decrease over time. Its primary purpose is to assist families who have been reported to DCFS for concerns of abuse or neglect and keep those families intact. 

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2. Foster Care Program

Providing temporary foster care placement to children and youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, or other family problems.

This program includes placement for children with behavioral and emotional health problems that may require extra time, attention, or skills from foster parents with specialized training. 

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3. Residential Treatment Program

Children ages 6-18 receive intensive behavioral and emotional therapy to be able to successfully reintegrate into a positive family environment.

LYDIA Home’s Residential Treatment Program provides a structured, therapeutic environment for children and adolescents with serious behavioral issues, many of whom have been traumatized by abuse or neglect.

LYDIA Home provides healing and teaches these children the practical life skills they need to live in a home setting successfully. 

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4. Counseling Center

Providing counseling for individuals and families of all ages and backgrounds throughout Chicago. 

LYDIA Home Counseling Center opened in 1996 to help meet the growing needs in our community. Our counseling services are available to individuals or families from all religious, racial, and economic backgrounds. We accept BCBS, PPO, and BCBS Community insurance plans. We also have a sliding scale for qualifying self-pay clients.

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5. Safe Families for Children

Connecting trained, passionate volunteers to marginalized families who have been looking for a way to help provide for their children and provide safety while still keeping them in the home. 

Safe Families for Children was created as a solution to a problem that needed to be addressed—but in a different way. These families do not need foster care involvement but instead need strength, tools, community, and a helping hand.

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6. Safe Families PLUS (Providing Lasting Unconditional Support)

Providing trained volunteer mentors to youth residents of LYDIA Home who are aging out of the foster care program.

Mentors are there to support residents through their early years of adulthood and ensure a safe, reliable connection as they transition into society. 

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