From the Founder – May 2025

May is both National Mental Health Awareness Month and National Foster Care Month—two causes central to our mission at iCARE. We’re excited to welcome Jocelyn Fetting, a fierce advocate with lived experience, to help drive our efforts to get Connection Kits™ into schools. Her powerful voice, alongside contributions from other champions like Cathleen Beachboard and Pam Myers, is helping us create real, systemic change for children in adoptive, foster, and kinship families.

Will You Help us give kids what they need to thrive in school?

We’ve already made a BIG impact delivering 1,000 Connection Kits™ to schools. But right now, we’re just short of our goal to produce and deliver another 1,000 kits to schools across Illinois. 

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 99-1493489), and donations may be eligible for employer matching to amplify your impact.

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— NEXT ONLINE COURSE STARTS ON Sep 24TH —

TBRI® Fall Virtual Online Training

ANY parents of kids and caregivers who’ve had trauma — take a FREE, VIRTUAL TBRI® training offered for the first time in the evenings (Tuesday from 5:30-7:00, Sept. 24th – Dec. 17th), with trained therapists from The Baby Fold in Illinois. A zoom link will be sent to registered attendees closer to class time along with manuals for each section.