DCFS

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has fired a transportation company after learning it shackled a young foster child for several...

A Central Illinois lawmaker said he’s encouraged by first steps taken by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the its...

Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services plans to put all 16,000 children in its custody on Medicaid health insurance. But at a hearing...

A child welfare expert at Illinois State University said she’s encouraged by the latest attempts to better fund and reform the state’s troubled Department…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced plans Wednesday to overhaul the state’s troubled child welfare system. That comes after a report criticized the Department...

Lawmakers are urging the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to be more transparent with the public.State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz,…

An Illinois law passed in 2014 was supposed to ensure that families no longer have to give up custody of their children in order to get them necessary…

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is replacing the long-time watchdog of Illinois’ troubled child welfare system.Denise Kane has been the inspector general of…

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed Beverly (BJ) Walker as Director of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Walker has…

A progress report filed in federal court shows that Illinois' child welfare agency has slowly made "incremental" improvements, but concerns linger about…