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- EIN 37-0662601
- (309) 685-1047
- 2130 N Knoxville Ave Peoria IL 61603-2460 USA
- www.chail.org
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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Group Homes, Human Services, Mental Health, Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Charity & Voluntarism Promotion, Residential Mental Health Treatment
Mission: Giving children a childhood and future by protecting them, teaching them and healing them, and by building strong communities and loving families.
Programs: Community based counseling and mentoring services supported over 3,594 children and their families. Care is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure children have a safe, stable home. Children in crisis experience a reduction in their level of risk for psychiatric hospitalization, return to detention, dcfs involvement, disrupted placement, or homelessness.
private special education enables all youth to be successful in the school setting. Education services are available for youth from grade school through high school. Student to teacher ratio is 1:4. We educated 184 children in kiefer school and 22 in academy for autism. 66% of kiefer students participated in vocational activities to prepare for employment and explore potential careers in addition to traditional cousework. 89% of parents are actively engaged in the learning process, maintaining regular contact with the school, attending events and iep meetings.
inpatient treatment provides 24 hour a day care to youth who are severely challenged in normal community living. Of the 84 children cared for, 80% were successfully discharged to a less restrictive, home-like environment.
foster care provides temporary, safe family homes for children who have been removed from their parents due to abuse or neglect, while at the same time working towards finding permanent residency for them. 28% of the foster children served this past year were able to be returned home, adopted or placed with a permanent guardian, while the remaining continued receiving care.