DCFS Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/dcfs/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:55:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png DCFS Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/dcfs/ 32 32 163009088 Just 1 percent of Cook County foster children get special advocates https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:25:49 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=413339 Of thousands of abuse and neglect cases in the child welfare system, few get much-needed adult support from the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, known as CASA.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/feed/ 1 413339 Fewer children killed under DCFS supervision https://www.chicagoreporter.com/fewer-children-killed-under-dcfs-supervision/ http://chicago-reporter.dev.cshp.co/fewer-children-killed-under-dcfs-supervision/ The number of children who were killed while under the supervision of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services declined last fiscal year, according to a report released last week by the agency’s Office of Inspector General. The homicide count dropped to 16 from a record-breaking 28 in fiscal year 2012. The report states […]

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