Tag: DCFS

Gov. JB Pritzker has tied his second-year state budget proposal to the unfinished marquee policy initiative of his first year ...

One day before Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget address, House Republican lawmakers called for another “inclusive” and “bipartisan” effort at adopting ...

A group of Republican lawmakers said Tuesday they want to see internal reforms at the Department of Children and Family ...

An estimated 2,500 children and young adults in Illinois who had been in the custody of the state’s foster care ...

The state of Illinois is about to overhaul the way it provides health care to an estimated 74,000 of the ...

Licensed foster homes in Illinois will likely have to comply with a host of new rules starting later this year, ...

A group of Republican lawmakers on Thursday urged the Senate to take up a bill that increases the penalties for ...

Community-based child welfare providers are asking the state for $30.7 million in emergency funding to combat low wages, high employee ...

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed Wednesday to carry out all of the recommendations in a new, independent report that calls ...

The statistic is staggering. Since July, 112 children who were in contact with Department of Children and Family Services personnel ...