Illinois DCFS audit uncovers significant issues in child safety, well-being The audit of the state department revealed staff shortages, a lack of child safety and missing information on patients.

These CDC numbers were similar in Chicago. In 2017, 15.2 percent of Chicago high schoolers were bullied on school property, while 12.1 percent were electronically bullied. Further, 10 percent had been ...

Illinois lawmakers proposed a bill that would have required families to notify schools that they would be homeschooling their children. The bill received over 40,000 witness slips in opposition.

Every Illinois family should have the opportunity to remove their child from an unsafe school environment. With Child Safety Accounts, this would become reality. The following documents provide more ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --When kids are removed from their homes over concerns of neglect and abuse, one of the hardest parts of their development is returning home – if, and when the state says it's okay ...

Issues of worker safety have come to light after the Jan. 4 fatal stabbing of DCFS child protection specialist Deidre (Graham) Silas, 36, of Springfield in Thayer, a village of about 700 people on ...

Education 3 issues that may threaten student safety, according to metro-east educators and law enforcement By Kelly Smits Updated February 1, 2024 10:13 AM ...

DCFS Director Marc Smith answers questions during a House committee virtual hearing on Friday. Smith was questioned about child deaths, DCFS worker safety and inappropriate placements of DCFS ...

Attorney Russell Ainsworth, right, encourages 18-year-old Janiah Caine, who was previously in the care of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a minor, to “speak from the heart ...