Success Stories
See how our programs have benefited people in our community
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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