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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is the code department [2] [3] of the Illinois state government responsible for child protective services. [4] [5] As of June 2019, Marc Smith is the acting Director of Children and Family Services.
For years, critics had called for Smith’s ouster, amid legislative hearings, contempt citations, a murdered child protection investigator and the highest number of children who died after ...
Capitol News Illinois reviewed documents which showed the Hill family was involved with the Illinois DCFS as early as 2012 when Isaac was charged with aggravated battery of a child for beating a ...
Illinois is launching a guaranteed basic income pilot for families in the child welfare system. The EmPwR program will provide monthly cash payments to 400 families for a year.
Child Protective Services (CPS) is a government agency that investigates allegations of child abuse or neglect, and if confirmed, intervenes by providing services to the family through a safety plan, in-home monitoring, supervision, or removing the child from the custody of their parent or legal guardian.
In the 1960s, JPA participated with other child welfare agencies in establishing the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). In 1990, JPA made a strategic decision to focus on serving high-risk and vulnerable families with young children (age 0-5) to reduce the risk of maltreatment and provide help to vulnerable children ...
A judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother, but the judge ...
Jones began her career in 1991 as a social worker at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. [1] Throughout her career with DCFS, she served as a front line social worker, child welfare specialist, child protection investigator, supervisor for investigation teams, regional manager for investigation teams and training manager.