Child Care Licenses
Pamela Jones
1124 N 2nd St., Gays, IL 61928
217-294-3333Catherine Harlin
1004 S Madison St., Sullivan, IL 61951
217-254-5203Sally Risley
308 North Worth Street, Sullivan, IL 61951
217-273-6778
Linda Featherling
1167 Country Club Rd., Sullivan, IL 61951
217-728-4390Proto-Tykes Daycare Center
801 S Hamilton St., Sullivan, IL 61951
217-728-3350
This program serves employees
Sullivan Preschool
10 Hawthorne Ln., Sullivan, IL 61951
217-728-7511CEFS Head Start 0-5 Program
10 Hawthorne Ln., Suite B, Sullivan, IL 61951
217-994-2023
Early Intervention – Early Childhood to School Age
Child and Family Connections
217-423-6199
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Free referrals for children with developmental delays or medical diagnosis under the age of three to the Early Intervention System. Free evaluations to determine eligibility for services. Free developmental screenings ages birth to three. Services children in Moultrie, Douglas and Shelby counties.
Play Groups
Building 1225
1225 South Hamilton Sullivan
217-803-0227
building1225@tvc.us
Mom's Morning Out
This is a group for moms of all ages meeting at Building 1225 on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays 8:30-10:30am. They hope to encourage and equip moms by strengthening their relationship with God, their families, and each other.
MP4:12
A new faith-based youth mentoring program designed to help at-risk youth in the Sullivan School District.
Baby Talk
216 W Jefferson St, Sullivan.
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Baby TALK is a community family engagement model which provides the framework to guide home visitors, teachers, social workers, family support specialists and community partners in nurturing school readiness and optimal child development in their community by providing opportunities for infants, toddlers and their caregivers. Play group Thursday mornings 8:30-10:00
Special Education Groups
Resources Empowering Parents (REP)
This is an organization meeting at Building 1225 for parents and family members of people with special needs or qualified Individuals who help those with special needs. Sensory room for children dealing with sensory issues. Helpful resources for parents or care givers for children with special needs. Meetings monthly at Building 1225.
Contact Vineyard Church for updated meeting dates and times 217-728-4574.
Preschool Screenings
Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education (E.I.A.S.E)
The purpose of a preschool screening is to answer questions parents may have about their child’s development and to identify those children who may need preschool education services. Screenings are completed by a team of professionals and takes about 45 minutes to an hour. The screening process checks speech and language development, thinking and reasoning abilities, small and large muscle coordination, listening, vision and hearing skills, and other academic readiness skills. A Parent Questionnaire is also completed during this time. Children who exhibit significant delays at the preschool screening may be referred for additional evaluation.
Requests for preschool screenings may be made by parents, relatives, physicians, day care centers, or other agencies. No child is screened without parental permission. Any child between the ages of 3 and 5 years who lives in one of our member districts may request a screening by calling the Early Childhood Office at 1-217-345-9119 or your local school district. Watch for flyers for Pre School Round-up in the spring of each year.
Moultrie County Headstart
203 South Graham Street, Sullivan
1-866-442-1900
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Headstart promotes school preparation by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services. Head Start’s services and resources are designed to foster stable family relationships, enhance children’s physical and emotional well-being, and establish an environment to develop strong cognitive skills. The C.E.F.S. Head Start 0-5 Program provides comprehensive classroom and home-based services to pregnant women and children birth to age five including children with significant special needs. There are no entry fees for enrollment and no fees are charged for any services provided to children and families.
Department of Children and Family Services
Department of Children and Family Services
825 South 18th Street, Charleston
217-348-7661
1-800-232-3798
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Every child deserves to grow up safe, secure and loved. Children from all across the state of all ages, backgrounds and abilities are taken into temporary state care when their home life is unsafe. Most are temporarily placed with a loving relative or licensed foster family while DCFS strives to reunite children with their birth families through a wide range of supportive programs.
When remaining in the home simply is not safe, DCFS strives to place children with a capable and loving relative, ideally in the same community so that children can maintain important social bonds with friends, school and other emotional anchors. When a relative is either unavailable or inappropriate for a child’s needs, we rely on a broad spectrum of licensed foster families and specialized residential centers to provide a temporary safe haven with the care, nurturing and love they need and deserve until they can return home safely.
Family preservation While DCFS removes roughly 4% of reported child victims from their home to ensure their short-term safety, research shows that there are serious consequences when children are not reunified with their parents as quickly as possible. By offering and monitoring voluntary services that allow children to remain in their homes safely, the department makes every effort, under court supervision, to reunite children with their families whenever possible and as quickly as possible.
Foster care is the opportunity to provide a temporary home to children who are under the guardianship of the state because their home life is unsafe. Foster care is designed to be temporary, and DCFS strives to reunite children with their birth families through a variety of supportive programs.
Adoption establishes you as a child’s legal parent with all the rights and responsibilities of a child born to you. Once a child is adopted, DCFS is no longer involved in or responsible for the care, supervision or custody of the child. Adoption is permanent and lifelong, and is only possible when the birth parents have voluntarily given up their parental rights or their rights are terminated by the court.
Guardianship is another permanency option for children when it has been determined that both returning home and adoption have been ruled out. Guardianship is frequently used by relative caregivers who wish to provide a permanent home for a child in his or her care, and can be considered for children who have been living in the home of licensed relatives for a period of six consecutive months. Guardianship means that the court appoints you as the child’s legal guardian. It differs from adoption because the birth parents’ rights do not have to be terminated in order to appoint a guardian. When you are appointed guardian of the child, DCFS will not be involved in the care, supervision or legal custody of the child. Guardianship lasts until the child reaches the age of 18. Families becoming guardians of children in the care of DCFS may receive financial and non-financial assistance and resources.