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LSSI writes press releases for the media and shares occasional informational updates and articles relevant to our work, which are consolidated here for reference.
Media Contact: Barb Hailey, 847.635.4686, Barb.Hailey@LSSI.org
LSSI Expands Therapeutic Foster Care Program: New Peoria Location to Serve Children with Severe Emotional/Behavioral Needs Throughout Central Illinois
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), the largest statewide provider of foster care services, is expanding its ...
Community Foundation of Fox River Valley Awards $5,000 Grant to LSSI
LSSI was granted $5,000 from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley to support the organization’s efforts to ...
U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Youth Mental Health Crisis Further Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic
As a provider of mental health and prevention services for children, LSSI is sharing an advisory report issued by the U.S. ...
Love “Bears” All Things
ST. JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH, LAKE FOREST
For over 30 years, The Sewing Group at St. James Lutheran Church, Lake Forest, has ...
Selma Cehic, LSSI Director of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Programs, was interviewed by WIFR-TV Rockford for a story about a shortage of mental health professionals
WIFR-TV looks into the reasons for the shortage of mental health professionals in Illinois.
Foster Parents Show Love; Model Family Support
With more than 18,000 children in Illinois in foster care, foster parents Mandi and Roberto Garcia of Rockford saw the ...
Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, has partnered with LSSI, to provide medical and social service coordination to children and families in the Belmont-Cragin and North Austin communities
Lurie Children’s Hospital and Community Partners to Help Children and Families Navigate Medical and Social Service ...
LSSI Celebrates 154 Years of Transforming Lives
On October 31, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) celebrates the 154th anniversary of its founding.
On that date ...
Historic Connection to LSSI
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LANARK
Over the years, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lanark, has contributed to Lutheran Social ...
LSSI Executive Director for Children’s Community Services Jere Murry, MSW, Receives Lutheran Services in America Scion Award
LSSI Executive Director for Children’s Community Services Jere Murry, MSW, Receives Lutheran Services in America Scion ...
LSSI/Lutheran Disaster Relief of Illinois helps organize a Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) for people affected by the tornado that struck Naperville, Darien and Woodridge
For Illinois neighbors in the western suburbs of Chicago who were impacted by a recent tornado, LSSI/Lutheran Disaster ...
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois to Honor Longtime Donors and Volunteers Beverly Moody and the late Richard Moody at Fall Gala
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), one of the largest statewide human services organizations, based in Des ...
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