Report: Illinois DCFS Needs Total Overhaul
by Duaa Eldeib
Chicago Tribune
Excerpts:
Beset by failures in leadership and in treatment of the state’s
most vulnerable children, Illinois’ Department of Children and
Family Services is hammering out a reform plan after
a panel of court-appointed experts determined the agency needs a
top-to-bottom overhaul if it hopes to improve the safety and well-being
of the thousands of youths in its care.
most vulnerable children, Illinois’ Department of Children and
Family Services is hammering out a reform plan after
a panel of court-appointed experts determined the agency needs a
top-to-bottom overhaul if it hopes to improve the safety and well-being
of the thousands of youths in its care.
DCFS has until the start of the new year to address the systemic deficiencies
identified in a scathing report filed in federal court, the latest development
under a decades-old consent decree that allows the American Civil Liberties
Union of Illinois to monitor the agency.
identified in a scathing report filed in federal court, the latest development
under a decades-old consent decree that allows the American Civil Liberties
Union of Illinois to monitor the agency.
The report concluded that too many children who are wards of the state are
shuffled from placement to placement and forced to wait months for services.
The result, the experts wrote, was an erosion of the children’s “already
pronounced distrust in the system.” The beleaguered agency also suffers from
an “absence of responsibility and accountability” when it comes to ensuring the
children receive the help they need, according to the report.
shuffled from placement to placement and forced to wait months for services.
The result, the experts wrote, was an erosion of the children’s “already
pronounced distrust in the system.” The beleaguered agency also suffers from
an “absence of responsibility and accountability” when it comes to ensuring the
children receive the help they need, according to the report.
Read the full article at The Chicago Tribune.
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