Serving the 9 Counties of Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark, and Whiteside Illinois

TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL

Community Action Agency

 

foster grandparent sites

Amboy - Central Grade School
Byron - Mary Morgan Elementary
Dixon - Bright Beginnings Day Care
Dixon - Jefferson Elementary School
Dixon - Lincoln Elementary School
Dixon - Lovett Child Care (YMCA)
Dixon - Open Sesame Child Learning Center
Dixon - St. Mary's Grade School
Dixon - Washington Elementary School
Ottawa - Head Start
Lanark - Eastland Primary School
LaSalle - Caring Hands Day Care
LaSalle - Northwest Elementary School
Milledgeville - Chadwick/Milledgeville School
Princeton - Jefferson Elementary School
Princeton - Lincoln Elementary School
Rock Falls - Coloma Township Park District
Rock Falls - Dillon Elementary School
Rock Falls - East Coloma Grade School
Rock Falls - Merrill Elementary School
Rock Falls - Riverdale Preschool
Rock Falls - St. Andrews Grade School
Savanna - West Carroll Primary School
Sterling - Christ Lutheran School
Sterling - CGH Helping Hands Day Care
Sterling - Exceptional Care
Sterling - Franklin Grade School
Sterling - Jefferson Grade School
Sterling - Lincoln Elementary School
Sterling - Washington Elementary School
Thomson - West Carroll Preschool
Sterling - CGH Helping Hands Day Care
Sterling - YMCA


foster grandparent program

​As school based mentors, friend and role models, Foster Grandparents work one-on-one with children or in small groups in classroom settings assisting with academics, social skills or other special needs. They display an abundance of personal warmth, emotional maturity and social responsiveness. Foster Grandparents help children learn to succeed and be happy. They enhance a child's life.

Foster Grandparents work 15 to 40 hours a week in day care centers, preschools, Head Start programs and public or private schools. They also help young people living in exceptional care facilities with developmental needs. Participants receive a tax-free stipend of approximately $225 to about $450 monthly.

In 2012, Foster Grandparents devoted 75,983 hours to the program in Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark and Whiteside counties.

Requirements to be a Foster Grandparent:
  • Must be 55 years of age or older
  • Retired
  • In reasonably good health
  • Meet Federal Income Guidelines


Benefits:

  • Tax Free Stipend
  • Transportation Provided
  • Meal Provision
  • Free Physical Examination
  • Paid Holiday, Vacation and Sick Days
  • Training
  • In-service