Welcome to Shelter, Inc.

1616 N. Arlington Heights Rd.
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004-3980
847.255.8060
Fax: 847-590-6184
E-mail: shelter@shelter-inc.org

For emergency housing for children and adolescents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, please call:

847.255.8060

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Our Mission

Helping and protecting children who are abused, neglected, dependent or in need of supervision. We do this by:

	Providing 24-hour emergency and longer-term care
	Creating community awareness and education to prevent such abuse and neglect
	Promoting healthy families to reduce child abuse and neglect

Community Partner

Become a foster parent.

Please click here for more information about becoming a foster parent at Shelter.

Welcome to Shelter, Inc.

Since 1975, Shelter has provided community-based, emergency and temporary housing for thousands of children and adolescents from birth through age 17 in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, who are abused, neglected, dependent or in need of supervision.

As a nonprofit, licensed and accredited child welfare agency, Shelter provides quality services to meet the needs of the community:

Emergency, Traditional and Home-of-Relative Foster Care
Foster care for children from birth through age 17.

Boys Group Home, Palatine
The only emergency group home for boys ages 11 through 17 in the Northwest Suburbs.

Jennings Group Home for Girls, Schaumburg
Emergency housing for girls ages 11 through 17.

Older Adolescent Group Home, Arlington Heights
The only group home for 16- and 17-year-old boys in the Northwest Suburbs focusing on independent living skills.

Healthy Families Program
Home visitation and parenting education program for first-time parents. The only Healthy Families program in the Northwest Suburbs.

Community Education
Public awareness concerning child abuse, neglect, and other social problems directly impacting children and their families.

We invite you to navigate our Web site to learn more about Shelter and its mission. Please bookmark this Web site or designate it as a favorite, and visit often for the latest news about Shelter. If you would like more information than is provided here, please go to the Contact Us page, and we will provide you with the information you need.

For more information about Shelter, please

	click here to download a brochure, or
	call 847.255.8060, or
	send an e-mail to shelter@shelter-inc.org.

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Shelter is:

	accredited by the Council on Accreditation
	licensed by the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
	governed by a board of directors

Shelter is supported by funds from Elk Grove, Palatine, Schaumburg, Vernon, and Wheeling townships; United Way; municipalities; corporations; foundations; private donations; the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; and the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Home page photography courtesy of Michael DeMarte.

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