Let It Be Us Adoption Symposium

Join us for a thought-provoking symposium on the future of adoption in Illinois featuring key speakers.

Let It Be Us proudly hosts the Adoption Symposium: Adoption as a Path to Permanency, State Leadership in Action, and Legal Frameworks bringing together adoption professionals, policymakers, child welfare leaders, and advocates to discuss innovative the need for securing permanent, loving homes for children in foster care. Designed for agency leaders and staff, this event provides a platform for dynamic discussions on the current landscape of adoption in Illinois and the evolving role of adoption in ensuring stability and permanency for waiting children and teens. Let It Be Us now manages the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois as well as the Heart Gallery of Illinois, both of which are engines designed to provide permanency outcomes within Illinois child welfare.

Featured Panelists

• Heidi Mueller, Director of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
• Genie Gillespie, JD, Gillespie Law Group, LLC
• Jocelyn Fetting, MSW, Child Welfare Advocate
• Dr. Susan McConnell, Founder & Executive Director of Let It Be Us, and foster/adoptive parent

Panel discussion and Q&A to follow. Breakfast will be served.

For questions, contact Kate Soldan at katesoldan@letitbeus.org.