In the last eight years, the state’s Department of Children & Family Services has gone through 11 different leaders. Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services has faced challenges and ...

A newly-released report from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reveals multiple prior complaints in the ...

With income tax day less than a month away, we might consider withholding that part of our bills that fund the Illinois ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — An Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) attorney was fired following a report ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- For years, we have been investigating problems inside the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services – the agency that cares for the state's most at-risk kids. We have now ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith announced Wednesday that he is resigning as leader of the state's child welfare agency, one week after a report ...

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — Cyrenthia Threat spent Wednesday morning at a hiring event in Fairview Heights waiting for word on whether she was hired by the Illinois Department of Children and Family ...

In July 2022, Marc Smith, the beleaguered director of the state’s Department of Children and Family Services, faced contempt of court charges for the twelfth time since the beginning of that year. The ...

Gerald Young, 62, of St. Louis, anxiously waits for number to be called during a hiring event by Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Fountains ...

On Wednesday, Marc Smith, director of the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services, announced he will be stepping down at the end of the year. Since January, Smith has been held in contempt of ...