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CHICAGO – A significant number of new child abuse or neglect investigators will be added to the Department of Children and Family Services workforce under an agreement reached between the State and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.
The Diocese of Peoria has announced that it is abandoning litigation and transferring all of its foster care and adoption operations, including children, case workers, supervisors and clinical services, to a new, separate en
CHICAGO - Catholic Charities policy of providing state-funded adoption and foster care services in a fashion that excludes same sex couples does significant harm to children in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and discriminates against same-sex couples who desi
September 25, 2009 - Late on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Kocoras issued a ruling ending a long-standing consent decree that sought to promote racial integration in Chicago Public Schools.