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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…
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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…
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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…
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Illinois has created a network of emergency foster care homes.Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon says these homes are…
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The ongoing budget debacle that’s hobbled Illinois government was front and center Wednesday in Springfield.The Budgeting for Results Commission was…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has selected a Florida Democrat to lead Illinois' troubled Department of Children and Family Services. George Sheldon ran…
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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…