Called into court Thursday to explain how she plans to fix long-standing problems at the state’s troubled child welfare agency, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new Department of Children and Family Services ...

DCFS confirmed that Mackenzi was placed in Williams' foster home in Fairview Heights in April 2020 under the supervision of Lutheran Child and Family Services. "We are deeply saddened by this tragic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Navin Jones' favorite things were buried with him, but Laura Walker kept a few things to remember her 8-year-old grandson who died ...

The state agency responsible for keeping Illinois’ most vulnerable children safe has failed to produce legally required public reports after examining what went wrong in hundreds of cases of child ...

DECATUR — The head of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services said the agency will review its involvement with the family of 2-year-old Ta’Naja Barnes, the Decatur girl police say was ...