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Foster Care Help in Illinois
Local foster care offices for 102 counties, how to become a foster parent, and free legal help. Everything is free — no account, no sign-up.
Foster care help
Thinking about fostering, or caring for a relative's child? Start here, then call your county office below.
How to become a foster parentFree legal help
3 free civil legal aid programs serve Illinois.
Local offices by county
LOCAL OFFICE · Adams County
Illinois DCFS — Quincy Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Alexander County
Illinois DCFS — Cairo Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Bond County
Illinois DCFS — Effingham Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Boone County
Illinois DCFS — Rockford Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Brown County
Illinois DCFS — Jacksonville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Bureau County
Illinois DCFS — Ottawa Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Calhoun County
Illinois DCFS — Jerseyville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Carroll County
Illinois DCFS — Sterling Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Cass County
Illinois DCFS — Jacksonville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Champaign County
Illinois DCFS — Urbana/Champaign Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Christian County
Illinois DCFS — Carlinville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Clark County
Illinois DCFS — Charleston Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Clay County
Illinois DCFS — Effingham Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Clinton County
Illinois DCFS — Centralia Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Coles County
Illinois DCFS — Charleston Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Cook County, Illinois
Housing Authority of Cook County
LOCAL OFFICE · Cook County, Illinois
Housing Authority of the Village of Oak Park
REGIONAL OFFICE · Crawford County
Illinois DCFS — Olney Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Cumberland County
Illinois DCFS — Charleston Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · De Witt County
Illinois DCFS — Bloomington Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · DeKalb County
Illinois DCFS — DeKalb Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Douglas County
Illinois DCFS — Urbana/Champaign Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · DuPage County
Illinois DCFS — Aurora Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Edgar County
Illinois DCFS — Danville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Edwards County
Illinois DCFS — Olney Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Effingham County
Illinois DCFS — Effingham Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Fayette County
Illinois DCFS — Effingham Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Ford County
Illinois DCFS — Urbana/Champaign Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Franklin County
Illinois DCFS — Mt. Vernon Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Fulton County
Illinois DCFS — Canton Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Gallatin County
Illinois DCFS — Harrisburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Greene County
Illinois DCFS — Jerseyville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Grundy County
Illinois DCFS — Joliet Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Hamilton County
Illinois DCFS — Harrisburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Hancock County
Illinois DCFS — Quincy Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Hardin County
Illinois DCFS — Harrisburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Henderson County
Illinois DCFS — Galesburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Henry County
Illinois DCFS — Rock Island Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Iroquois County
Illinois DCFS — Bourbonnais Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Jackson County
Illinois DCFS — Murphysboro Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Jasper County
Illinois DCFS — Effingham Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Jefferson County
Illinois DCFS — Mt. Vernon Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Jersey County
Illinois DCFS — Jerseyville Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Jo Daviess County
Illinois DCFS — Freeport Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Johnson County
Illinois DCFS — Metropolis Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Kane County
Illinois DCFS — Elgin Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Kankakee County
Illinois DCFS — Bourbonnais Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Kendall County
Illinois DCFS — Aurora Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Knox County
Illinois DCFS — Galesburg Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Lake County
Illinois DCFS — Waukegan Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · LaSalle County
Illinois DCFS — Ottawa Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Lawrence County
Illinois DCFS — Olney Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Lee County
Illinois DCFS — Sterling Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Livingston County
Illinois DCFS — Bloomington Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Logan County
Illinois DCFS — Lincoln Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Macon County
Illinois DCFS — Decatur Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Macoupin County
Illinois DCFS — Carlinville Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Madison County
Illinois DCFS — Collinsville Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Marion County
Illinois DCFS — Centralia Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Marshall County
Illinois DCFS — Peoria Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Mason County
Illinois DCFS — Lincoln Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Massac County
Illinois DCFS — Metropolis Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · McDonough County
Illinois DCFS — Canton Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · McHenry County
Illinois DCFS — Woodstock Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · McLean County
Illinois DCFS — Bloomington Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Menard County
Illinois DCFS — Springfield Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Mercer County
Illinois DCFS — Rock Island Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Monroe County
Illinois DCFS — Belleville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Montgomery County
Illinois DCFS — Carlinville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Morgan County
Illinois DCFS — Jacksonville Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Moultrie County
Illinois DCFS — Charleston Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Ogle County
Illinois DCFS — Rockford Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Peoria County
Illinois DCFS — Peoria Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Perry County
Illinois DCFS — Sparta Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Piatt County
Illinois DCFS — Urbana/Champaign Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Pike County
Illinois DCFS — Quincy Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Pope County
Illinois DCFS — Harrisburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Pulaski County
Illinois DCFS — Cairo Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Putnam County
Illinois DCFS — Ottawa Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Randolph County
Illinois DCFS — Sparta Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Richland County
Illinois DCFS — Olney Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Rock Island County
Illinois DCFS — Rock Island Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Saline County
Illinois DCFS — Harrisburg Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Sangamon County
Illinois DCFS — Springfield Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Schuyler County
Illinois DCFS — Quincy Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Scott County
Illinois DCFS — Jacksonville Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Shelby County
Illinois DCFS — Decatur Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · St. Clair County
Illinois DCFS — Belleville Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Stark County
Illinois DCFS — Galesburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Stephenson County
Illinois DCFS — Freeport Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Tazewell County
Illinois DCFS — Peoria Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Union County
Illinois DCFS — Anna Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Vermilion County
Illinois DCFS — Danville Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Wabash County
Illinois DCFS — Olney Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Warren County
Illinois DCFS — Galesburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Washington County
Illinois DCFS — Mt. Vernon Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · Wayne County
Illinois DCFS — Mt. Vernon Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
REGIONAL OFFICE · White County
Illinois DCFS — Harrisburg Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
LOCAL OFFICE · Whiteside County
Illinois DCFS — Sterling Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Will County
Illinois DCFS — Joliet Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Williamson County
Illinois DCFS — Marion Field Office
LOCAL OFFICE · Winnebago County
Illinois DCFS — Rockford Field Office
REGIONAL OFFICE · Woodford County
Illinois DCFS — Peoria Field Office
This office may be far away — call and ask which office nearest you handles foster care.
Free legal help in Illinois
From the Legal Services Corporation's official grantee list.
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc.
65 counties: Adams County, Alexander County, Bond County, Brown County, Calhoun County, Cass County, Champaign County, Christian County…
Legal Aid Chicago
1 counties: Cook County
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
36 counties: Boone County, Bureau County, Carroll County, DeKalb County, DuPage County, Fulton County, Grundy County, Henderson County…