Let It Be Us is an Illinois licensed Child Welfare Agency and a 501(c)3 Nonprofit. Specializing in recruitment, matching and placement, Let It Be Us designs innovative programming to build a bridge between waiting children, including those who are in emergent need and/or are challenging to place, and foster and adoptive parents. The Let It Be Us programs are:Placement Support Program - Open Home NavigatorThe Let It Be Us Placement Support Program's experienced recruitment team offers a customized solution for each child referred, creating a new unique database of parent resources for each child, which is delivered to the child's caseworker in a speedy and timely manner. Let It Be Us utilizes their aggregated registry of licensed and waiting parents, subscription-based platforms, and multiple social media tools, reaching thousands of licensed parents while targeting specific locations and demographics. Foster Parent Recruitment Let It Be Us works with agencies to recruit foster homes for traditional and specialized foster care in addition to Emergency Foster Care and Therapeutic Foster Care. Our entire recruitment team is trained and certified in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and we practice Diligent Recruitment. Our team uses technology and recruitment strategies to provide excellent outcomes for agencies and the youth they serve and, ultimately, improve permanency. Springboard to Adulthood Program This program serves young people in foster care ages 16+ by placing them within families or family-like housing and then provides wrap-around services to support life-sustaining educational and employment goals, improving their overall life outcomes.