“Everybody has a good heart, and you can see the care of neighbors for each other, and the management could not be better.” That’s Sam Oymaian’s ...
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Where Harrison Morris starts his work day can vary by location depending on where a potential client in need may be. As the counselor and case ...
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and ...
When a community of concerned neighbors and Lutheran congregations founded Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) in 1867, they were ...
Throughout LSSI’s history, generous friends have been crucial to advancing innovation to ever-changing social service needs. The Aigner ...
When asked why she became a foster parent 29 years ago, Marnie Jamison said, “I knew I could do this. I can make a difference.”
And make a ...
No day is the same, including where it starts, for Harrison Morris, a Counselor and Case Manager with the HOME Program (Housing Outreach and ...
Dear Friends,
LSSI’s 157-year history is rooted in child welfare starting when a caring community in Berlin, now Swedona, Illinois built an ...
LSSI was one of 172 child welfare organizations that joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s All Children-All Families (ACAF) ...
Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Northfield, is a longtime supporter of LSSI. Their approach to helping serve the organization’s clients and ...
LSSI’s goal for children in foster care is to help them find their forever home through reunification with birth families or through adoption or ...
An evidence-based approach distinguishes LSSI’s Families Together foster care pilot (see cover story), nurturing all parts of the family ...
Decreasing the time children spend in foster care while strengthening opportunities for children and families to thrive is the goal of Families ...
For adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who can live independently outside of a group home setting, LSSI offers an ...
In April 2023, Gov. JB Pritzker announced that LSSI was one of 70 human service providers to receive grant funding from the Rebuild Illinois ...
Dear Friends,
A house is bricks and mortar, but a home incorporates love and special touches that are meaningful for the people who inhabit ...
When LSSI asked Interim Pastor Karen Tews of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dixon, if members would be interested in volunteering to be “birthday ...
The Lutheran Church has been the catalyst for The Rev. Wayne and Pam Miller’s lives. It has shaped their values and how they support their ...
Everyone has ideas about what makes a house a home—paint color, family photos, furniture, or friendly neighbors. People living in LSSI’s nine ...
Congregations and community groups support Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) programs and advocate for the organization and those it ...
For individuals in need of programs provided though LSSI’s Behavioral Health Services, outreach and education are key.
Community events and ...
Edgebrook Lutheran Church, Chicago, has a reputation for being passionate about outreach, and the residents of LSSI’s homes for adults with ...
Dear Friends,
“Responding to the Gospel, LSSI brings healing, justice, and wholeness to people and communities.”
This is the mission of ...
Sixteen-year-old Robert* might have run away from his home in Carroll County had it not been for the resources of LSSI’s Comprehensive Community ...
LSSI recently launched its newly designed website LSSI.org. With a fresh new look, it’s organized slightly different than before and features ...
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