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Adoption Through Foster Care

May 31, 2023

National Foster Care Month May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize the thousands of children and youth in foster care across the United States who are waiting for a loving, permanent home. According to the Department of…

Aging Unbound

May 15, 2023

Older Americans Month May is Older Americans Month, a time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of older adults in our communities. This year’s theme, “Aging Unbound,” encourages us to rethink aging and the possibilities that come along with it….

Honoring Legacies: Women’s History & National Social Work Month

March 17, 2023

March is Women’s History Month, National Social Work Month, and World Social Work Day is celebrated on March 21, 2023. Greenlight Family Services is proud to be a women-owned and women-run organization.100% of our senior leadership and 94% of Team…

New Beginnings: The Journey to Permanency

January 20, 2023

A Fresh Start At the beginning of the new year, you might have set some goals for yourself, decided to try out a hobby, or chosen a different career path. For some adults, this is the year they will embark…

Exciting Illinois Adoption Updates

November 30, 2022

Exciting Illinois Adoption Updates An Unforgettable Adoption Day To kickoff the Chicago Adoption Day festivities on Friday, November 18, 2022, Greenlight Family Services’ CEO Dr. Maria Nanos LCSW, Phd, joined Chief Judge Timothy Evans and Cook County Board President Toni…

Greenlight Counseling

September 16, 2022

Support Services for Campus Sexual Assault Survivors This fall, thousands of students have made their way to college campuses across Illinois. It is an exciting time filled with new classes and new friendships, but it is also a time of…

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 6, 2021

By: Elizabeth Meyer, Counseling Program Coordinator April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Greenlight Counseling is getting ready for a month of programming with our university partners. As most students remain remote, Greenlight will be celebrating SAAM online. We have…

Proudly Serving Central and Southern IL

February 22, 2021

By: Joan Hammond, Program Supervisor Greenlight Family Services opened its Springfield office in July 2019 to serve families who live in central and southern Illinois. Greenlight’s Springfield office employs Family Development Specialists who work with the Family Matters program and…

Clearing the Path to Healing for Survivors

January 21, 2021

By: Elizabeth Meyer, Counseling Program Coordinator Since 2004, Greenlight Counseling, formerly known as Porchlight Counseling Services, has been addressing the dangers and difficulties faced by women and men who have been sexually assaulted while on college campuses. Too often, survivors…

A Reflection on Change

January 20, 2021

On May 1, 2020, we changed our brand because we believe the name Greenlight Family Services better reflects the work that we do. Greenlight provides adoption, guardianship, post-adoption, and legal services that create and preserve families. It offers long term…

My Adoption Story

November 15, 2019

By Sarah Thompson, LCSW Why was I placed for adoption? Didn’t my birth parents love me enough to keep me? What did they look like? I asked myself these questions during my childhood in Western Nebraska, where I was raised….

Greenlight Family Services Partners With Wendy’s Wonderful Kids to Find Forever Families for Illinois Youth in Care

July 10, 2019

Since 2017, Greenlight Family Services has been designated by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption as an Illinois partner for Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, a signature program of the foundation that brings children waiting to be adopted from foster care one…

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