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The PRIDE Digital Curriculum (PDC) provides a consistent, standardized, digital version of the PRIDE

06/04/2026

PRIDE is the result of a national cooperative effort.

The program was developed through a multi‐year project initiated by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The project involved the collaboration of 14 state child welfare agencies, one private family foster care agency operating in several states, one foster parent association, two national resource centers, one foundation, and several universities and colleges.

The name (Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education) was selected by foster parents and adoptive parents in Illinois.

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05/15/2026

Combining preservice training for foster and adoptive parents is beneficial as they share common needs such as;

- The difference between family foster care and adoption services

- Helping a child through separation, loss, and attachment

- Parenting a child who has experienced the tragedy of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and/or maltreatment

- The importance of birth families to children

- How to transition a child to an adoptive family

All of these are crucial in building a strong foundation for their future relationships with the children. The PRIDE program helps foster and adoptive parents recognize key differences, make informed decisions, and prepare for their roles in enabling them to provide a more stable and nurturing environment. By doing so, they can better address the unique challenges that come with foster care and adoption, and ultimately, improve outcomes for the children.

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05/07/2026

PRIDE is specifically designed to equip individuals with the necessary skills for foster care and adoption.

The PRIDE Digital Curriculum provides a comprehensive framework for gathering valuable information, enabling informed child/family matching, foster parent retention, and targeted resource allocation.

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04/28/2026

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website! Our revamped PRIDE Online Digital Curriculum is now available, offering a comprehensive guide to the foster and adoption care process.

Visit www.pridedigital.org to explore the latest updates and learn more about our programs.

04/08/2025

Get to know all about PRIDE!

Listen to our Program Coordinator Victoria Lloyd fill us in on the great work PRIDE seeks to do for adoption and foster care!

11/15/2024

The new PRIDE Digital Curriculum is nearing completion! All the information, knowledge, and skills the PRIDE program has delivered for years in a new updated format!

Stay tuned for more to come!

08/12/2022

The PRIDE Program is guided by beliefs and principles, which serve as unifying themes.

08/04/2022

The fourth and final level of competence is Skill Acquisition. Competency statements including ‘can do’, and ‘is able to’, reflect this level. For example, ‘the foster parent can use reflective listening to help a child express his or her feelings in response to being separated from his or her family’.

07/27/2022

The third level is Understanding How Knowledge and Skills Apply to the Job. How to use the information you’ve learned. For example, knowing how to assess a child through their stages of grief and help them through it.

07/25/2022

For the second level, Knowledge/Understanding, foster parents must have comprehensive, factual information. A foster parent who understands the stages of grieving would not only know what the stages are, but could interpret a child’s behavior as a normal reaction associated with a particular stage.

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1 University Pkwy
University Park, IL
60484

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+17085344094

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http://www.pridedigital.org/

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