Success Stories

See how our programs have benefited people in our community

Courtney Hagen

One woman’s story shows how people need people. Meet Courtney Hagen, the Training & Development Manager of Foster Care at Caritas, the agency that changed

Jocelynn Wiggins

For Jocelynn Wiggins, her childhood memories don’t include many instances of afterschool sports, sleepovers with friends or the security of being at the same home

Megan Blair & John Phelps Jr

Megan and her husband, John, were doing their best to balance parenthood and work while raising two young children. That was until John got sick.

Izzy & the Byers Family

More than 17,000 children in Illinois annually have to be removed from their families through no fault of their own. The unfortunate reality is that

James

James suffered from verbal abuse and severe neglect from the beginning of infancy and throughout his life. The intensity of the abuse triggered his developmental

Carlos

When Carlos was just six years old, he was placed in foster care because his mother and father engaged in severe domestic violence and allowed