- July 5, 2023Recently introduced House Bill 3705 amends the Illinois’ Children and Family Services Act to reinforce the Illinois Department of Child and…
- July 5, 2023A federal lawsuit recently held child abuse pediatricians, hospitals, and the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) accountable…
- April 12, 2023DCFS licensed a three-time convicted felon as a foster parent and subsequently placed a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim into his…
- April 12, 2023Despite three decades of litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union, broken promises, court orders, news reports, and letters from…
- February 23, 2023Judge Patrick Murphey took a hardline approach to DCFS’ inability to create or find proper placements for youth in foster…
- November 2, 2022Chicago, IL foster care child abuse law firms have been following the devasting news about the death of two-year-old Hunter…
- November 11, 2021A year and a half into the Covid-19 Pandemic, the existing problems with Illinois’ child welfare system have worsened. In…
- October 7, 2021Over a thousand children came into state custody in 2020, yet there are less than 40 emergency shelter beds available…
- October 1, 2021A Cook County Probate Judge ordered the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to “get your act together”…
