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Caritas Family Solutions Champions Second Chances for Families in Crisis

Belleville, Ill. (July 17, 2025) As a nonprofit human services agency that touches the lives of more than 5,200 people each year, Caritas Family Solutions understands how quickly life can take an unexpected turn, and how vital support can be in helping people recover. For a local mom, Samantha, life had thrown her so many …

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Caritas Family Solutions Spreads Awareness During National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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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Caritas Family Solutions Hires New Executive Director of Child Welfare

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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Caritas Family Solutions Celebrates Its 73rd Anniversary on Caritas Day

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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Caritas Family Solutions’ Moves Up in Rankings of Largest Nonprofits

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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Community Partners Come Together to Fill Nutritional Needs

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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