Gateway Woods Family Services Inc

Gateway woods family services offers specialized and therapeutic foster care. Foster children receive monthly or bi-monthly services and visits from gateway woods family services's qualified case managers. Foster parents receive specialized and therapeutic training. Our foster parents are part of the gateway woods family services team and are dedicated to quality care, consistent discipline, and open, loving communication. Our experienced staff make careful matches of children with foster homes for more successful placements. In addition, gateway woods had professional foster care in the prior fiscal year and continued the program into the current fiscal year but it will not carry over to future years. Over 50 children were served by the foster care and professional foster care programs.

Accredited by acsi, the school for gateway woods family services offers an opportunity to achieve for more than 30 students who would otherwise struggle in a public school setting. Our educational system is based on close, personal teacher-student relationships in a highly structured environment. Our day student program also serves other students from local community school districts and probation departments.

Gateway woods family services facilitates adoptions for indiana and illinois families by providing quality, affordable and family-focused services for domestic, international, infant-teens, and special & medical needs adoptions with a focus on finding christian families. Gateway woods family services, inc. Coordinates with 25 international and 10 domestic agencies. The caring, skilled and diligent staff at gateway wood family services strives to make this complex process a successful, affordable and joyous experience. In this fiscal year the adoption program served over 110 individuals. Adoption indiana amount: 230,185 adoption illinois amount: 138,281 willowbridge transitional housing is designed to help youth transition from gateway woods to full independence. 50% of youth in foster care will be unemployed at teh age of 24. Less than 3% of foster youth graditate from a 4 year college. Willowbridge will give youth, once they complete their placement and leave gateway campus, a safe place where they can live, learn and grow to independence. Amount: 388,276 larc (linking to attain responsibility and community) seeks to continue the mission of gateway woods by developing organic networks that allow concerned and willing community members to become involved in past clients lives in meaningful ways. The larc program does not directly provide services to children and/or families, but rather facilitates the connection of those with needs to christian mentors, employers, and resources willing and able to help. Nearly 180 individuals were served with this program in this fiscal year. Amount: 292,272 gateway farms employs teens living oncampus, giving job opportunities where youth learn job skills, work skills, and business knowledge. Here youth learn the value of perseverance and resiliency as they see their hard work turn into disired income. Amount: 210,198