ACLU of Illinois Associate Legal Director Ben Wolf appeared on WBEZ to discuss the recent news of an increased number of child deaths due to abuse and neglect in children who have had previous contact with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). For more than two decades, the ACLU of Illinois has been working to reform the child welfare system in Illinois, through a consent decree overseen by a federal court that has led to substantial changes to DCFS. Listen to the segment below:
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