DCFS

Visit followed 60-day period in which agency failed to contact the family

Suicidal 11-year-old girl was in emergency room for four days

Family member details conditions of child held beyond medical necessity

Law requires checklists, services and monitoring for kids who return home

State disinvestment, COVID-19 pandemic put pressures on the system

16-year-old girl moved 25 times since September

Sponsor says it’s a ‘commonsense step’ to protect child welfare employees

DCFS director has two cases of contempt dismissed, but found in contempt in third child’s case

Finds agency failed to move children from inappropriate placements

Sangamon County man in custody