Hoyleton

Hoyleton’s Ivonne Ogden Delivers Poignant Testimony During St. Louis’ Racial Equity Summit

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | November 13, 2025

The STL Racial Equity Summit: #Unflinching: A Call to Action, held Sept. 30, 2025, brought together regional stakeholders, community leaders, and residents to confront systemic racial inequities in the St. Louis area, including representatives from Hoyleton Youth & Family Services’ Puentes de Esperanza (Bridges of Hope).  The STL Racial Equity Summit focused on three core goals: raising…

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Director of Child Welfare: Hoyleton Youth and Family Services

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | October 30, 2025

POSITION SUMMARY The Director of Child Welfare is assigned the responsibility of overseeing programs by Hoyleton Youth and Family Services that focus on the permanency, support, and reunification of families. This includes Traditional Foster Care, Specialized Foster Care and Therapeutic Foster Care. The position also oversees our Emerging Adults program for young adults transitioning out…

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Director of Therapeutic Residential Services: Hoyleton Youth and Family Services

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | October 30, 2025

POSITION SUMMARY The Director of Therapeutic Residential Services assumes primary responsibility for the daily programming of the residential facility at Hoyleton Youth and Family Services. This position directly supervises the Residential Leadership team and, under the direction of the Managing Director of Congregate Care, ensures the quality of all aspects of treatment provided for youth…

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Finding the Sacred, Rediscovering the Center: CHHSM Workshop and Retreat Help Equip Hoyleton Staff

By Barb Powell | October 10, 2025

Hoyleton Youth & Family Services, based in Fairview Heights, Ill., has a 130-year commitment to social justice. But recent events around the country and the world have heightened that commitment. As a CHHSM agency, Hoyleton approaches justice through a faith-based lens. So when executive staff members began creating and implementing a three-year holisitic leadership development…

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Hoyleton’s ‘Be the Light’ Honors Volunteers, Raises $94,000 for Programming

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | April 10, 2025

Hoyleton (Ill.) Youth and Family Services lit up the room Feb. 28 during its 42nd Annual Hoyleton Honors celebration. With the theme of “Be the Light,” Hoyleton highlighted the numerous ways the organization helps its clients and families transition from challenging times to brighter futures.  The annual fundraising event took place at the Regency Conference…

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Hoyleton Celebrates Opening of New Residential Campus

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2025

Hoyleton Youth and Family Services, based in Fairview Heights, Ill., hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 18, to celebrate the completion of a once-in-a-generation construction project that provides a new therapeutic living environment for vulnerable youth in the foster care system. The ceremony was attended by Hoyleton Board members and staff, donors, local politicians, clergy…

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Panel Discussion During CHHSM Annual Gathering to Discuss Innovative Collaborations that Foster Community Sustainability

By Barb Powell | February 13, 2024

A more recent tradition at the CHHSM Annual Gathering — which takes place March 12-14, 2024, in St. Louis — is a plenary panel discussion on the gathering’s theme. This year, the panel takes place the afternoon of March 13, and will be a thought-provoking discussion on Innovation as the Gateway to Collaboration, where attendees…

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Therapeutic Foster Parents: Hoyleton Youth and Family Services

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 19, 2024

Therapeutic Foster Parents Needed! Hoyleton Youth and Family Services, based in Fairview Heights, Ill., has expanded its residential foster care program to include therapeutic foster homes. This expansion provides an opportunity for identified foster youth, currently in our residential program, to live in community with qualified foster parents in a single-family home in the Belleville,…

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CHHSM Members and Friends Ensure Success, Innovation, and Collaboration at Annual Gathering

By Barb Powell | January 11, 2024

Innovation as the Gateway to Collaboration is the theme of this year’s Annual Gathering, to be held March 12-14 at the Live! by Loews Hotel in St. Louis. Indeed, the Annual Gathering itself is a product of collaboration, thanks to the partners and members who serve as sponsors of the many keynotes, plenaries, meals, workshops,…

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UCC Cornerstone Fund — A Proud Partner to CHHSM and its Member Organizations

By Barb Powell | August 11, 2023

One of the many ways the UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries works to create additional resources for CHHSM members is through its UCC partnerships, and one of the best examples is the UCC Cornerstone Fund. And, as two CHHSM organizations recently discovered, a relationship with Cornerstone means expanded ministry in their communities.…

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