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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has named Lise Spacapan interim director of the Department of Children and Family Services, pending a national search for a new…
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The head of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is defending the decision to leave a toddler in a Joliet Township house where she was…
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Illinois ranks fifth in the nation for cases of human trafficking.Public education efforts are underway for National Human Trafficking Awareness…
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Illinois has created a network of emergency foster care homes. Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon says these homes are…
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A federal judge has approved an improvement plan for Illinois' child welfare agency that includes reforms for helping children with psychological,…
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A record number of youth have been killed while in the care of Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services, many of them victims of Chicago's…
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A new audit of Illinois’ child welfare system shows the state’s long-troubled Department of Children and Family Services is not tracking some basic data…
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The head of Illinois' child welfare agency says the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer has spurred more focus in how the…
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Illinois’s child welfare agency wants to do a better job taking care of its most troubled kids - and they have a plan.The idea is that kids who have…
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An attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union says he’s hopeful Illinois’ troubled child welfare system will make some big changes.The ACLU’s Ben…