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Federal class action lawsuit alleging that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) continually lacks placements for and has willfully and wrongly incarcerated hundreds of children in its care
Despite three decades of litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union, broken promises, court orders, news reports, and letters from…Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith Held in Contempt of Court Yet Again for Lack of Placements for Foster Children After a Youth Spent More than Half a Year in a Psychiatric Hospital Beyond Medical Necessity
Judge Patrick Murphey took a hardline approach to DCFS’ inability to create or find proper placements for youth in foster…Florida’s Children First to Honor Broward’s Top Advocates for Children on March 7
Florida’s Children First (FCF), an award-winning non-profit organization that has been the voice of at–risk children and youth in Florida,…Investigative Report Reveals Chicago Public School Employees Sexually Groomed and Sexually Assaulted Students and Failed to Properly Report Sexual Contact with Students
The Chicago Public Schools Office of the Inspector General conducted an investigation of Chicago’s Publics Schools, revealing hundreds of teachers…Justin Grosz interviewed by Sun-Sentinel for series on human trafficking issues in Florida
The Sun-Sentinel newspaper is publishing a four-part series that investigates the serious issue of sex trafficking at Florida hotels. Justin…New Law Provides Foster and Adoptive Families with Additional Resources to Care for Children Exposed to Trauma, Abuse, and Neglect
Public Act 102-926 provides intervention services for abused and neglected children in the Child Welfare System. Early exposure to trauma,…School bus carrying a Chicago area high school hockey team hit and flipped on its side injuring 16 students; Police were warned driver was speeding excessively and swerving
A school bus carrying 23 students from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in Chicago was struck by a tractor trailer, resulting…BND: Foster parents want justice for child who died after IL DCFS removed him from their care
Chicago, IL foster care child abuse law firms have been following the devasting news about the death of two-year-old Hunter…