The Poshard Foundation Announcing $106,500 in Grant Awards to Southern Illinois Agencies Serving Abused, Abandoned and Neglected Children
(Carterville, IL | April 30, 2026)
A total of 28 grants will be given to Southern Illinois agencies to be used specifically for services directly dealing with abused, abandoned and neglected children in our region. Those organizations are:
Arrowleaf, Cairo and Vienna
Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services, Carmi
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Illinois
Brightpoint, Herrin
Cairo Women’s Shelter, Inc.- Cairo and Metropolis
Caritas Family Solutions, Carterville
CASA for Kids, Benton
CASA of Jefferson County, Mt. Vernon
CASA of Southeastern Illinois, Harrisburg
CASA of Southern Illinois, Marion
Centerstone, West Frankfort
Children’s Medical and Mental Health Resource Network, Anna
Clarity Women’s Care, Carbondale
Franklin-Williamson Child Advocacy Center, Herrin
Hoyleton Youth & Family Services
Illinois Department of Children & Family Services – Southern Region
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois - Southern Region, Marion
Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center, Pinckneyville
Shawnee Health – Healthy Families Program, Carterville
Southern Illinois Coalition for the Homeless, Marion
Southern Illinois Resource and Advocacy Center, Shawneetown
Spero Family Services, Mt. Vernon
Stress and Trauma Treatment Center, Inc., Eldorado
Survivor Empowerment Center, Carbondale
The Amy Center, Mt. Vernon
The Guardian Center, Carmi
The Night’s Shield, West Frankfort
Two Rivers Child Advocacy Center, Anna
Jo Poshard noted, “April is state and national Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our Foundation distributes these grants in April to draw attention to the plight of abused children in Southern Illinois and to remind the public that child abuse exists twelve months a year…not only in April. We must be vigilant year-round.”
“It has been our mission for twenty-seven years to help the abandoned, neglected and abused children of Southern Illinois to overcome their abuse and return to a more normal childhood through counseling, medical intervention, food security and recreational activities. These grants, administered by our committed social service workers, serve that purpose.” – Glenn Poshard
Glenn and Jo Poshard, co-founders of the Poshard Foundation, believe every child deserves a safe person, a safe place and a safe community. Unfortunately, that is not the reality for many of our children in Southern Illinois. The abused, neglected and abandoned ones are those the Poshard Foundation seeks to help. Whether it is by providing counseling, cribs, therapeutic camps, supplies for college-bound foster children, or training for the prevention of violence against children, the Foundation strives to make a difference in young lives.
Thank you! Thank you!
For 27 years you have partnered with us to help care for thousands of vulnerable children throughout Southern Illinois. You’ve helped us raise millions of dollars to...
- Provide special medical care and counseling
- Build shelters
- Train hundreds of social workers, teachers and child care professionals to work with traumatized children
- Collaboration with the SIU School of Medicine, Harvard University and Prevent Child Abuse Illinois in supporting resilient children who, despite their trauma, are succeeding in school
- A bed ministry which has provided hundreds of beds for children who had no place to sleep
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars to area food pantries for the purchase of nutritional food
for deprived children - The renovation of facilities that house abused, abandoned and neglected children
- One of the biggest Christmas toy giveaways in all of Southern Illinois
- Scholarships for students who have suffered abuse
- And so much more…
Please help us raise money for abused, abandoned, and neglected children in Southern Illinois, with a secure credit/debit card donation.