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The children in Illinois who are ready to be adopted are generally school-aged children (8 years old and above) and often part of sibling groups. There are 17,920 children in foster care in Illinois; 3,347 of these children are waiting for adoptive families.
Most children waiting to be adopted are living temporarily with relatives or other foster families. Some live in larger, professionally-staffed group settings. DCFS maintains an online listing with pictures and descriptions of children in need of a loving family. Please click here to learn more.
Every year, thousands of foster families across Illinois provide a temporary safe haven for children who have been placed in DCFS care by local courts. DCFS strives to reunite children with their birth families, and nearly half of all foster children are reunified with their families within 12 months.
This gallery features children currently seeking foster and adoptive homes, with cases our Placement Support team is actively working on. Each child deserves a stable, loving family, and by opening your heart, you can help make that a reality.
Below is the most recent listing of licensed Illinois adoption agencies in Illinois. Agencies that provide adoption services for children in DCFS care are shown in bold . For more information on the legal rights of birth parents and adoptive parents, visit our Downloads section below.
Let It Be Us is the premier foster and adoptive parent recruitment agency in the State of Illinois. Attend one of our events (on line) and learn about obtaining a license to become a foster and/or adoptive family. Visit our ‘Waiting Children’ to learn about children in need of families right now.
Path Beyond Adoption Illinois families formed through adoption and guardianship from our foster care system, private and international adoption will find tools and information in one spot designed for their unique needs.
As part of our mission, Little City is committed to recruiting and supporting foster/adoptive families to provide loving homes for youth ages 0-21 that have been identified as abused or neglected by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
On any given day in Illinois, there are approximately 1,000 children who are legally available for adoption and are waiting. Note that it is free to adopt from foster care and adoption from foster care does not discriminate against age, income, marital status, gender or sexual orientation.
All adoptions (including domestic private, intercountry and adoptions from foster care) and subsidized guardianship families can receive free and accessible adoption-informed services from the Illinois Adoption Support and Preservation programs by calling them directly.