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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has fired a transportation company after learning it shackled a young foster child for several…

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…

The death of a one-year-old child in Joliet Township has Illinois' child-welfare agency on the defensive.Department of Children and Family Services…

Illinois has created a network of emergency foster care homes.Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon says these homes are…

The ongoing budget debacle that’s hobbled Illinois government was front and center Wednesday in Springfield.The Budgeting for Results Commission was…

Lacy is eight years old, though that’s not her real name. Lacy’s adoptive mom, Rebecca McClintock, asked us to disguise her daughter’s identity because…

A proposal to continue government services for young adults in foster care passed the Illinois House on Thursday. Some believe it's a foreshadowing of…

There’s a kid locked up in the Cook County juvenile jail right now who isn’t supposed to be there.It happens all the time. Even after a judge has ordered…

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has selected a Florida Democrat to lead Illinois' troubled Department of Children and Family Services. George Sheldon ran…

When you hear about sex trafficking, often times what comes to mind is international smuggling of women. That may be happening, but there is also a…