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

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

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

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

A child and the 32-year-old woman accused of unlawfully taking herA child's life is in danger, according to a Salt Lake City ...

Almost three years after her daughter had a seizure and died while in the state's custody, a Utah mother says she and the public deserve to know more about what happened.

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 ...

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 ...

"We want to put everything we have into helping kids find homes … so they can be safe, and be with loved ones, and grow and thrive in a family," DCFS director Heidi Mueller said. Currently ...

The first flight carrying "high-threat" migrants to Guantanamo Bay arrived Tuesday evening, part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. The C-17 plane took off from El ...