"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility ...

The lawsuit was announced Thursday by lawyers for Yadira Escamilla, who says Illinois child welfare officials failed to ...

Attorneys representing a woman who was sexually assaulted as a teenager at a now-closed, state-supervised residential ...

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was added as a defendant Thursday in a lawsuit charging a South Side foster care facility failed to protect a girl from sexual assault by a ...

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has been added to a multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed by a woman who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The head of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is resigning as leader of the long-embattled child welfare ...

The owner of multiple daycare centers in central Illinois recently faced DCFS violations, all while a federal lawsuit is ...

This article was originally published by St. Louis Public Radio, a news partner with the BND. An Illinois Department of Children and Family Services hiring event in Fairview Heights on Wednesday aimed ...

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 ...

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 ...

DCFS Director Marc Smith answers questions during a House committee virtual hearing in January of 2022 blueroomstream.com Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith will ...