Press Releases

Belleville, Ill.  (April 7, 2022) April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Caritas Family Solutions is working to raise awareness about some of the common signs of child abuse. As the largest provider of foster care in Southern Illinois, Caritas currently serves more than 6,500 people including 1,700 foster children. Caritas Family Solutions also provides …

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Belleville, Ill., – (July 25, 2021) – Caritas Family Solutions has hired Hope Carbonaro as its first-ever Executive Director of Child Welfare. Carbonaro comes to Caritas with more than 30 years of clinical and child welfare experience in the public and private sectors. Caritas Family Solutions CEO Gary Huelsmann said, as the second-largest provider of …

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Belleville, Ill., (July 28, 2020) – Caritas Family Solutions will celebrate the 73rd anniversary of its founding as an Illinois nonprofit human services agency on July 31. The 4th Annual Caritas Day celebration will focus on virtual giving opportunities and raising public awareness about the nonprofit’s work in the communities they serve. Caritas Family Solutions’ …

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Belleville, Ill., (May 14, 2020) – To help ease the increased needs of Illinoisans during the COVID-19 pandemic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) has awarded Caritas Family Solutions a $20,000 grant as part of BCBSIL’s $1.5 million COVID-19 Community Collaboration Fund. “The grant will be used to ease the stressors of social …

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Belleville, Ill. (May 13, 2020) – May is Older Americans Month (OAM), a time to celebrate the many ways in which older adults make a difference in our communities. The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) at Caritas Family Solutions will recognize more than 60 participants in the program at a special virtual celebration on …

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Belleville, Ill., (March 11, 2020) Caritas Family Solutions has moved up its ranking of largest nonprofits in the St. Louis region. The rankings were published in a St. Louis Business Journal report based on the 2019 fiscal year operating budget. The report shows Caritas Family Solutions’ moved from 24 to 19 on the list of …

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Belleville, Ill., (August 12, 2019) – Caritas Family Solutions has received several grants to obtain and install a walk-in cooler/freezer at the agency’s St. John Bosco Childrens Center.  Ameren Illinois provided a $10,000 grant through their Ameren Cares program and the William H. and Mary E. Baker Charitable Trust provided a $2,500 that will accomplish …

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Third annual day of giving supports well-being throughout Southern Illinois Belleville, Ill., (June 17, 2019) – Caritas Family Solutions, a nonprofit social service agency based in Belleville, Ill., is celebrating its third annual Caritas Day of giving Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Caritas Day was launched in 2017 to celebrate the agency’s 70th anniversary of becoming …

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