-
Lee and Whiteside County need more foster parents, according to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. DCFS says only two foster parents…
-
Illinois officials continue to remind residents that human trafficking remains a problem. It can include being forced to perform labor or work as a…
-
Illinois ranks fifth in the nation for cases of human trafficking.Public education efforts are underway for National Human Trafficking Awareness…
-
Illinois has created a network of emergency foster care homes. Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon says these homes are…
-
A federal judge has approved an improvement plan for Illinois' child welfare agency that includes reforms for helping children with psychological,…
-
A record number of youth have been killed while in the care of Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services, many of them victims of Chicago's…
-
A new audit of Illinois’ child welfare system shows the state’s long-troubled Department of Children and Family Services is not tracking some basic data…
-
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed an executive order banning the state from calling children under its care wards and instead instructing they be…
-
The head of Illinois' child welfare agency says the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer has spurred more focus in how the…
-
Illinois officials want parents to be more vigilant when young children are playing near the water. The reminder follows a string of drownings in recent…