The Illinois House approved without opposition a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in state care to ...

The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) has opened the scholarship application process for current and ...

Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is joining forces with the Illinois State Police, the Illinois ...

At 48, having raised three children now in their 20s, Jeanette Byrd is back in a world of diapers, day care and cartoons. In ...

Lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them.

The embattled Department of Children and Family Services is hoping the new year brings a renewed faith in the department.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill soon heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials in Illinois to ...

Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in 2023 against two of Ruby Franke's children, ...

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - A Paragould couple faces misdemeanor child neglect charges after police said they found their ...