Resource Closet Program

Our goal is to make life easier on caregivers and provide dignity and needed items to youth.

If you live in Peoria, Tazewell, or Woodford county you can request a welcome bag and/or a special request for your child if they qualify with one of the following criteria:

  • The child was placed in your foster home within the last 30 days.
  • The child was placed in your kinship/ relative care home within the last 30 days.
  • The child reunified with you (biological family) within the last 30 days.
  • The child is a teen in foster care that moved into an apartment in the last 30 days and working an independence goal.
  • The child is part of a intact case plan and living with biological family. 

(due to grant guidelines, we are unable to provide welcome bags for foster and kinship parents' biological children living in the home)


Please note:Please do not submit a request until the child has been officially placed in your home.

NOTE: agency and caseworker information is required to ensure the validity of all Welcome Bag requests. Foster Village Peoria will reach out to the agency provided to confirm requests as needed. If you have not yet been assigned a caseworker, please instead provide the name of someone else you have been working with (licensing, investigator, etc.).

Please fill out a seperate form for each child. 

Type of Requests:

1. Welcome bags

These include basic needs for a child:

  • a couple days worth of outfits
  • pajamas
  • dental care items
  • hair care products
  • other tolietries
  • blanket
  • toy or/and comfort item.
  • additional items like: diapers, wipes, make-up, journals--- when age appropriate. 

Fill out a Welcome Bag REQUEST FORM HERE! 

2. Special Request Items:

These are larger one-time needs that agency is unable to provide, please ask agency to supply the item first and utilize any state funds.

 We only allow ONE special request item per child 

NOTE: due to grant guidelines and funding we have a certain budget availble per month. Once a special request is submitted our Resource Closet Coordinator will follow up with you about your request with the next steps. (We do require confirmation from caseworker for ALL special requests)

We do not offer financial assitance, food, or medical devices.

Example of Items we offer:

  • Bed (shipped to your home)
  • Crib (shipped to your home)
  • Car seat (if we have one in-stock)

Fill out a Special REQUEST FORM HERE!

Looking for additional items? Try our Facebook group: Foster Village Peoria Swap & Share Group to find free, gently used items. Make sure to answer the questions when you join the group.