Illinois House sends measure to aid relatives of kids in DCFS care to governor
The Illinois House approved without opposition a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in state care to ...
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Illinois DCFS continues to offer scholarships to victims in 2025
The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) has opened the scholarship application process for current and ...
“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois
Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear.
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Illinois DCFS, ISP, IDHS commit to combat human trafficking
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is joining forces with the Illinois State Police, the Illinois ...
Illinois DCFS offers post-secondary dcholarships to current and former Youth in Care
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is currently accepting applications for the 2025 DCFS Scholarship Program. Through the program, a minimum of 53 academic scholarships ...
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State could adopt ‘kin-first’ approach to foster care
Lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them.
Illinois legislature approves bill to prioritize family members in foster care
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill soon heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials in Illinois to ...
Ruby Franke's daughter Shari speaks out about mom's arrest, says she was abused as a child
Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in 2023 against two of Ruby Franke's children, ...
Children removed from trash-strewn, rodent-filled home
PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - A Paragould couple faces misdemeanor child neglect charges after police said they found their ...