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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….

The Center For Law and Social Work Partners With Wendy’s Wonderful Kids to Find Forever Families for Illinois Youth in Care

July 10, 2019

Since 2017, the Center for Law and Social Work (CLSW) 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…

My Journey of Becoming an Adoptive Mom

February 14, 2019

“It Was Challenging, It Was Exciting, and It Was Worth It” As Told By Felicia Stratten Adoption begins in your heart. When Felicia Stratten and her husband Sean decided they wanted to expand their family, they envisioned adopting a 5-year-old…

Public Adoption and Why It’s So Important

January 29, 2019

By Katie Friend, MA Adoptions Listing Service and Inquiry Unit and Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Adoption Supervisor Katie Friend says after 25 years in social work, building trusting and genuine relationships with our most vulnerable youth is not only important but…

Grandfamilies: Grandparents adopting their grandchildren

January 29, 2019

By Ashley Reed, CLSW Attorney-At-Law Why would anyone delay his or her retirement and step back into the role of raising children? The answer is simple for grandparents raising their grandchildren: the children are worth it. The reality of grandparents…

Porchlight Counseling Services receives grant from VNA

August 13, 2018

In the time of the #MeToo movement, the need for a program like Porchlight Counseling Services is more evident than ever before. This grant from the VNA Foundation, in the amount of $50,000, will make it possible for Porchlight to…

Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Awards $140,000 Grant to CLSW

August 13, 2018

Every child deserves a family. That is the mission of CLSW’s newest program, the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois (ALSI). You may be wondering why this program is so important. What makes ALSI deserving of a grant from Wendy’s Wonderful…

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