Donation

When you support our programs, you become part of the solution. Your gift ensures that CYFS can continue its tradition of keeping children safe from abuse and neglect, strengthening families, and transforming the well-being of those facing life’s challenges.

There are several different ways to contribute to CYFS:

1. Online

When making a donation to The Center for Youth and Family Solutions, you can either provide a gift as a general donation, which is the first option here. There are also some other designated funds below you could select based on your interest. Bottom line is, we want you to feel comfortable providing your payment information to us online, and that is why we use an industry leader in payment processing, Authorize Net.

Dawn Varadi was the Older Youth Liaison for Rock Island and was
very passionate about the older youth she was able to work
within this role. We believe supporting teens will be the best way to
memorialize Dawn.
This fund will benefit the older youth in Foster Care at The Center
for Youth & Family Solutions. The funds are available to older
youth in care aged 12 years and older for all CYFS sites including older
teenagers preparing for college, moving out on their own or parenting
teens. This fund will help provide items not available to them through
other current funding sources such as furniture for first apartments/
homes, paying for college visits, supporting hobbies/activities/
extracurriculars to support well-being, as well as other needs.

The Patricia Fox Scholarship Fund honors the first CEO and co-founder of The Center for Youth and Family Solutions. It is designed to assist any current or previous young adults served by The Center for Youth and Family Solutions by helping to pay for fees associated with advancing their career and tied to pursuing a degree, vocational or technical training. By donating to this fund, you too are helping someone achieve solutions!

Our Just Like Me activity fund gives kids who have experienced significant trauma a sense of normalcy by enjoying things like riding a bike, playing little league or going to the water park with friends. These experiences can be costly, and not all families can afford them. That is why our Just Like Me fund is so important, as it allows kids in our care a chance to quite simply, be kids!

If you are following WisemanTrek –and want to make a donation- this is the fund he is referring to!

To honor Jim Kleine, former Program Coordinator for The Center for Youth and Family Solutions’ Guardian Angel Home Residential Treatment program, we are humbled to announce a donor graciously started The Jim Kleine Youth Enrichment Fund.   The purpose of this fund is to provide the youth at Guardian Angel with enrichment activities- opportunities that will help stimulate their minds as they learn to heal, cope and thrive from severe abuse and neglect.  You too, can be part of the solution and donate to this very special fund!