Last week, DCFS Director Heidi Mueller said the agency has done better in placing children in proper settings and shared new findings showing fewer kids are sleeping in government offices ...

The state of Illinois is rolling out a new app to help parents of abused and neglected children better communicate with their Department of Children and Family Services [DCFS] caseworkers and with ...

151 years ago today, American Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Amy Lowell was born. During a career that spanned just over a dozen years, she wrote ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois is loosening standards to make grandparents and other relatives eligible to receive benefits for caring for children in the care of the Department of Children ...

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According to court documents, DCFS employees went to a South 14th Avenue address Jan. 16 to investigate a child maltreatment report. While speaking with Walters, the workers told investigators ...

“As community members fear being separated from their families or children, DCFS and state agencies are closely coordinating with trusted community-based and legal organizations who have developed ...