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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
What is trauma?
Learn more about trauma and who is affected by it.
Learn about Our Visits to Mom Program
We provide free transportation for children and their caregivers to visit mothers who are incarcerated.
LSSI’s True Friend Celebration
We would like to thank our individual and corporate sponsors, and all those who attended this year’s event and helped make ...
The Welcoming Center
Individuals experiencing a mental health crisis often turn to hospital emergency rooms for care. And while they may find ...
Books Brighten Children’s Christmas
In Dixon, IL, Carolyn Chin and her late husband, Larry Dunphy, cofounded Books on First in 1998, a bookstore to help build ...
A Foster Care Family Affair in Northern Illinois
Solange and her husband, who live in Northern Illinois, had five biological children when they agreed to provide foster care ...
Caring for Teenage Girls in Foster Care
Becky is a dedicated foster parent in Whiteside County who has worked with LSSI since 2005. In that time, she’s fostered at ...
Foster Parents Welcome Seven Children through Adoption
Amanda Rushing Holbrook remembers vividly the day she and her husband, Daniel, journeyed down a path to become foster ...
Donald, Community Support Teams
LSSI’s Community Support Team (CST) and Community Case Management (CCM) staff provide essential case management services for ...
Alisha, Screening Assessment and Support Services
Alisha Denis, LCSW, one of LSSI’s Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS) Counselors at the Portage Cragin ...
Karen, Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program
Karen, a counselor in LSSI’s Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program, has some great resources to help parents talk about ...
Michelle, Project IMPACT
On a normal day working for LSSI’s Project IMPACT, a behavioral health crisis program in 4 Chicago hospital emergency rooms, ...
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