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Law requires checklists, services and monitoring for kids who return home
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State disinvestment, COVID-19 pandemic put pressures on the system
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16-year-old girl moved 25 times since September
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Sponsor says it’s a ‘commonsense step’ to protect child welfare employees
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DCFS director has two cases of contempt dismissed, but found in contempt in third child’s case
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Finds agency failed to move children from inappropriate placements
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Sangamon County man in custody
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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could reignite a 10-year-old controversy in Illinois over whether faith-based charities can be prohibited from contracting with the state for foster care and adoption services on the grounds that they refuse to work with unmarried or same-sex couples.
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Lawyers who represent children in the state’s foster care system plan to ask a federal judge this week to take enforcement action against the Department…
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A performance audit of the Department of Children and Family Services released by the state auditor general this month found substandard practices for…