Arden Shore Child and Family Services

06/25/2026

What a Monday! 💛

We spent the day with our board, our team, and some of the best community partners in Lake County — all in one room, talking about the future of Arden Shore.

We asked them to be honest with us: Where can we lead? Where can we grow? Who should we build with? And they showed up big, with great ideas, kind hearts, and real talk that's already helping shape our plan for the next three years.

A huge thank you to the partners who joined us:
Brushwood Center • Center for Immigrant Progress • College of Lake County • Waukegan Arts Council • A Safe Place/Lake County Crisis Center • Alderman Victor Felix - Waukegan 4th Ward

We walked away full of hope and ready to keep going. ¡Gracias a todos! The best is yet to come. 🙌

06/23/2026

Thank you, Alderman Victor Felix - Waukegan 4th Ward , for joining us and for your kind words!

We were so grateful to have you and so many community voices in the room yesterday. You said it perfectly—real change starts with listening. As we decide what Arden Shore becomes next, we've been dedicated to understanding what families in Lake County truly need right now.

It meant a lot to have leaders, partners, educators, advocates, and neighbors all share openly and dream together. These honest conversations are exactly what will shape our future.

We're excited to keep this going, and we're thankful to have partners like you walking alongside us.

06/20/2026

🌈✊🏽 We’re out in the community today — and we’d love to see you!

Arden Shore Child & Family Services is proud to be celebrating at two amazing events today:

📍 Juneteenth Celebration in Waukegan
📍 Lake County Pride Fest in Round Lake Beach

Stop by our booth to:
💜 Learn about our family support, foster care, and behavioral health services
💜 Meet members of the Arden Shore team
💜 Enter to win a Family Fun Basket 🎉
💜 Pick up some Arden Shore swag and resources
💜 Celebrate community, connection, and belonging

At Arden Shore, we believe every child, youth, and family deserves to feel supported, valued, and empowered. We’re honored to join our neighbors in celebrating freedom, diversity, resilience, and pride.

Come say hello if you’re out and about today—we can’t wait to meet you!

💜🏳️‍🌈✊🏽

05/27/2026

We invite you to join us for this curated conversation with Drip & Culture - Socially Minded Coffee.

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05/18/2026

05/15/2026

Interested in learning more about becoming a foster parent and taking that first step toward making a meaningful difference in the life of a child and family?

Arden Shore currently has an informational display set up at the Grayslake Area Public Library through May 28th. Community members are welcome to stop by to learn more about the foster parenting process, explore resources, and pick up informational materials.

Thank you to the Grayslake Area Public Library for helping us share this important information with the community.

05/13/2026

05/13/2026

Today, more than 50 frontline healers from across Lake County and northern Cook County gathered at Arden Shore for the inaugural Frontline Healers Plática — a healing-centered space rooted in reflection, connection, culture, and collective care.

This gathering was shaped through collaboration with partners from the National Compadres Network, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation, The Lake County Community Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and community leaders across sectors who recognized the growing strain being carried by those serving immigrant families and communities.

Together with participants from behavioral health, child welfare, healthcare, legal advocacy, philanthropy, and community-based organizations, we created space to pause, reconnect, and honor the weight of the work carried every day in service of others.

Guided in partnership with the National Compadres Network and grounded in the philosophy of La Cultura Cura — Culture Heals — the gathering reminded us that healing and resilience do not happen in isolation. They happen in community.

We are deeply grateful to every participant who showed up fully and helped shape this space with honesty, vulnerability, wisdom, and hope.

Thank you as well to the Lake County Community Foundation and Casey Family Programs for helping create the conditions for this space.

For those who hold others — may you be held, too. 🦋

05/08/2026

Celebrating all who mother — those who nurture, guide, show up, and hold space for others in ways big and small.

At Arden Shore, we took a moment to pause and care for our caregivers — inviting staff members to create their own bouquets at our very first Flower Bar, because they deserve it. 🌼

Because mothering isn’t just a role — it’s an act of love, care, and commitment that shows up every day in our work and in our lives.

To all who mother: we see you, we appreciate you, and we celebrate you. 💛

05/05/2026

We would love to ask for your support in giving our families what they need! Please take a moment and consider purchasing from our Amazon.com store, we have hygiene items, safety items, and care items for the families we serve. Your small purchase can make a big difference in our work.