Tag: foster care

Prosecutors give the green light to DCFS releasing more information about the death of a Fairview Heights foster child.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has taken more than a year to release a report on a ...

It’s been four years since the lawmakers voted to mandate that foster children have proper luggage when they move placements, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the KIND Act, which requires DCFS to prioritize relatives when placing children in foster care.

Bill approved by General Assembly would prioritize placing foster children with relatives.

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill to make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could reignite a 10-year-old controversy in Illinois over whether faith-based charities can be prohibited ...

The state is moving ahead with its plan to shift an estimated 18,000 children from the child welfare system into ...

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 ...