Illinois Department of Children & Family Services Extended Family Support Program
Phone: 1-800-252-2873 (DCFS Hotline, available 24-7)
*Ask for “Extended Family Support Program”
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://dcfs.illinois.gov/loving-homes/grandparents-and-older-caregivers-raising-children.html
Serves: Statewide
Serves caregivers (both relative and fictive) who have been in care for 15 consecutive days, or are in an emergency situation (take stable cases)
Services include:
- Help obtaining guardianship.
- Help obtaining the Child Only Grant (for relatives) and other entitlements and benefits.
- Help enrolling the children in school.
- Referrals for other services.
- Cash assistance to obtain guardianship and to meet the child’s basic needs.
