DCFS timeline shows agency visited family one day before 8-year-old’s death
Amaria Osby’s friends and family were to gather Tuesday, not to celebrate her eighth birthday, but to attend her funeral.
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‘Stuck kids’ docket details challenges for DCFS wards in improper placements
The weekly docket for children who are wards of the state and waiting for placements recommended by the Department of ...
DCFS director faces 9th contempt charge for improper placements
A Cook County judge found DCFS Director Marc Smith in contempt on Thursday.
GOP asks for a performance audit for state’s child protection agency
In the wake of the recent deaths of five children who were in contact with the state’s child protection agency ...
DCFS releases details of 8-year-old’s death as hearing on 30-year-old consent decree looms
In the weeks before 8-year-old Navin Jones died, the Department of Children and Family Services had investigated his parents for ...
DCFS Director comes under fire for child deaths, improper placements
A Cook County judge this week found the director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in contempt ...
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