Welcome to Childserv...
Founded in 1894, ChildServ continues to give hope to underserved children and their families by offering a wide range of community-based programs as well as services that place children and youth in safe, nurturing home environments. Our devoted professionals strive to compassionately educate, intervene and advocate to position families toward a positive lifestyle. ChildServ helps build better lives today for a brighter future.
Today, we serve over 3,700 children and families annually throughout Cook, Lake and DuPage counties.
Our Mission - "Helping Children and Families Build Better Lives."
ChildServ's programs are driven by its mission tenets to:
Today, we serve over 3,700 children and families annually throughout Cook, Lake and DuPage counties.
Our Mission - "Helping Children and Families Build Better Lives."
ChildServ's programs are driven by its mission tenets to:
- educate children and youth so they become self-reliant
- prevent conditions in which children, youth, and families are placed at risk
- intervene early so children and youth are removed from crisis situations and placed in a nurturing environment
- advocate to influence legislation and social and educational policies directed at meeting the needs of children and families
ChildServ Family and Child Service Center
ChildServ is a community services agency, providing community-based programs to underserved children and families in the Illinois counties of Cook, Lake and DuPage. Our services range from family support groups to children’s group homes in Lisle, Naperville and Downers Grove. ChildServ serves the children and families in our community through a comprehensive, tailored service program that goes well above and beyond merely providing shelter.
Like child abuse agencies throughout Illinois, ChildServ recognizes that the strength of our organization lies in our commitment to community and the preservation of family. Our homes and services represent more than just a warm bed. In addition to shelter in a therapeutic group home setting, ChildServ provides children and families with:
- Counseling
- Individual and family therapy
- Life skills education
- Citizenship classes
- Social activities and recreation
We welcome you to learn more about ChildServ’s child welfare family resources by browsing the menu along the left-hand side of the page or exploring more of our articles. To donate or volunteer, or for general information about foster child care or services at our family service center, you may contact us via phone at (773)-693-0300 or e-mail info@childserv.org.
News
ChildServ awarded $100,000 grant from The Chicago Community Trust
FUNDS TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT AGENCY’S HARVEY
FAMILY SERVICE CENTER
ChildServ, a metropolitan Chicago-based not-for-profit child and family services agency, recently earned a valuable grant from The Chicago Community Trust, a charitable resources provider also headquartered in Chicago. The $100,000 grant awarded will benefit ChildServ’s new Family Service Center in Harvey, Ill., one of 15 different locations across the city and suburbs that the agency operates.
"We are humbled and awed by this compassionate act of generosity and goodwill from one of the area’s most renowned and revered charitable benefactors. Our gratitude knows no bounds," said Elizabeth Heneks, LCSW, Vice President of Programs for ChildServ.
"These funds are vitally needed and will go a long way toward strengthening our programs and services at our Harvey center," Heneks added. "The real winners here are the many children, parents and caregivers in and around Harvey who will ultimately benefit from this extra financial support."
The Harvey facility provides a variety of in-demand programs and services to area children and families that qualify, including:
ChildServ is a not-for-profit child and family well-being organization that was originally established as an orphanage by Methodist Deaconesses in 1894. The agency eventually was renamed the Lake Bluff/Chicago Homes for Children and later became ChildServ. Since its founding, ChildServ has played a key role in Chicagoland's child welfare services. Today, ChildServ annually provides care and nurturing to nearly 3,800 children and their families across Cook, Lake and DuPage counties in 19 programs at 15 different program sites.
For 93 years, The Chicago Community Trust has connected the generosity of donors with the needs of the community by making grants to organizations working to improve metropolitan Chicago. With assets of $1.8 billion, the Trust made a record-breaking $114 million in grants in 2007. From strengthening community schools to assisting local art programs, from building health centers to helping lives affected by violence, the Trust works to enhance our region. To learn more, please visit the Trust online at www.cct.org.
FUNDS TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT AGENCY’S HARVEY
FAMILY SERVICE CENTER
ChildServ, a metropolitan Chicago-based not-for-profit child and family services agency, recently earned a valuable grant from The Chicago Community Trust, a charitable resources provider also headquartered in Chicago. The $100,000 grant awarded will benefit ChildServ’s new Family Service Center in Harvey, Ill., one of 15 different locations across the city and suburbs that the agency operates.
"We are humbled and awed by this compassionate act of generosity and goodwill from one of the area’s most renowned and revered charitable benefactors. Our gratitude knows no bounds," said Elizabeth Heneks, LCSW, Vice President of Programs for ChildServ.
"These funds are vitally needed and will go a long way toward strengthening our programs and services at our Harvey center," Heneks added. "The real winners here are the many children, parents and caregivers in and around Harvey who will ultimately benefit from this extra financial support."
The Harvey facility provides a variety of in-demand programs and services to area children and families that qualify, including:
- The Parent Empowerment Program (PEP), designed to help families build an active social support network, while at the same time empowering them to advocate for their family’s medical, educational and social service needs;
- Grand Family Support, dedicated to helping grandparents residing in the Chicago metropolitan area who have taken on the responsibility of raising and caring for their grandchildren in family crisis situations;
- Ways to Work, which offers financial education and low-interest automobile loans to low-income parents and families who meet the strict eligibility criteria;
- a support group for teenage moms, who benefit from on-site classes about parenting and life skills as well as referrals to various community resources and surrounding areas;
- various foster care services; and
- a kids after school club, which will soon be available to educate children about the importance of proper nutrition, exercise and life skills.
ChildServ is a not-for-profit child and family well-being organization that was originally established as an orphanage by Methodist Deaconesses in 1894. The agency eventually was renamed the Lake Bluff/Chicago Homes for Children and later became ChildServ. Since its founding, ChildServ has played a key role in Chicagoland's child welfare services. Today, ChildServ annually provides care and nurturing to nearly 3,800 children and their families across Cook, Lake and DuPage counties in 19 programs at 15 different program sites.
For 93 years, The Chicago Community Trust has connected the generosity of donors with the needs of the community by making grants to organizations working to improve metropolitan Chicago. With assets of $1.8 billion, the Trust made a record-breaking $114 million in grants in 2007. From strengthening community schools to assisting local art programs, from building health centers to helping lives affected by violence, the Trust works to enhance our region. To learn more, please visit the Trust online at www.cct.org.
