DCFS tells judge it will comply with records request in 2024 death of foster child
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller is required to appear in Sangamon County Court next month.
Fairview Heights
DCFS: ‘Significant miscommunication’ within the agency led to missed court dates
The department said it will “explain the situation in detail to the court.”
Judge orders DCFS director to answer for repeated failures to release public documents in child death
Capitol News Illinois sued the state child protection agency after it denied release of caseworker personnel records.
Prosecutors decline to charge Illinois State Police trooper in fatal shooting of mother of 3
Prosecutors determined the shooting was lawful.
DCFS timeline in foster child’s death reveals 10 caseworkers, but no credible findings of abuse
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services releases information in the death of a metro-east foster child.
Prosecutors say they don’t oppose release of DCFS timeline in foster child’s death
Prosecutors give the green light to DCFS releasing more information about the death of a Fairview Heights foster child.
Caseworker for foster child who later died had troubling history, documents show
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has taken more than a year to release a report on a ...
‘The public deserves to know.’ State agency withholds details in girl’s death
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services can take years to release a report on a child death in ...
Capitol Briefs: ‘DMV kiosks’ unveiled at 15 grocery stores across Illinois
Illinois residents can now renew their driver's licenses and state IDs at grocery store kiosks. The Illinois Secretary of State's ...
DCFS hires on-the-spot at hiring events
Child protection agency seeks to add more than 500 to the payroll
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