DCFS reported suspected child abuse in the 100 block of Swanson Rd. in Sycamore and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office began ...

A 28-year-old Belleville man faces six felony charges, including attempted murder, after a confrontation with St. Clair ...

On Thursday, officers with the Ilinois State Police were asked by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department to investigate a ...

A St. Clair County judge detained a Belleville man accused of grabbing a gun from a sheriff’s deputy’s holster and firing it ...

The Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services identified a child who was brought into DCFS Friday afternoon.

This spotlight is part of a Q&A series focusing on UChicago Law alumni whose career paths have taken them into public service.  Heidi Mueller, ’07, director of the Illinois Department of Children and ...

Illinois is loosening standards to make grandparents and other relatives eligible to receive benefits for caring for children in the care of the Department of Children and Family Standards under a new ...

Mueller will become the agency’s 13th director, either acting or interim, in 14 years. Since 1964, DCFS has had 29 directors. In 2020, Mueller launched the 21st Century Illinois Transformation ...