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‘A Bed Is Not A Bed Is Not A Bed’: Building Up Child Welfare System To Deal With Looming Crisis Not A Simple TaskWhen the coronavirus pandemic and the…

Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services is delaying a planned health insurance switch for children in its care, but the public guardian of…

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is once again under scrutiny, the Pritzker administration issues a budget warning, and Cook County…

Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services plans to put all 16,000 children in its custody on Medicaid health insurance. But at a hearing…

Child welfare workers are calling on Illinois lawmakers to better fund private services.That comes after Governor J.B. Pritzker announced plans to…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced plans Wednesday to overhaul the state’s troubled child welfare system. That comes after a report criticized the Department of…

An audit released Tuesday paints a damning picture of Illinois’ child-welfare agency.The audit follows several high-profile deaths of kids the Department…

Illinois lawmakers questioned Department of Children and Family Services officials Tuesday after a 2-year old Decatur girl died in February, just months…

Nearly 100 Illinois children who died within the last two years were involved with the state’s Department of Children and Family Services. That’s…

Hundreds of kids and teenagers are suing the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. This comes after an investigation by ProPublica Illinois…