An Illinois family is outraged after a daycare employee put their four-year-old son in a garbage can after he refused to take a nap.

Though the state faces a critical child care shortage, the government has not made it easy to open new facilities. These are ...

Marchand Illinois lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them. Child welfare experts have long touted the benefits of ...

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is currently accepting applications for the 2025 DCFS Scholarship Program. Through the program, a minimum of 53 academic scholarships wil ...

A couple is desperately searching for their daughter who disappeared from a group homes last month.Parents Plead for Help Finding Missing Ogden Teen, Highlight ...

Illinois’ child welfare agency has made small steps in improving how kids in its care are placed, but problems persist.

This week holds devastating anniversaries for three communities across Utah, each with a family shot and killed in domestic violence.

A Paragould man is being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond after police said he threatened to shoot employees with the ...

A majority of foster children in Effingham County are placed with relatives. However, many may be unlicensed and receive less financial support than licensed foster parents. A new bill recently ...

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative (CBHTI) are teaming up to make ...

A bill soon heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials to prioritize placing children with ...

A Paragould man is being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond after police said he threatened to shoot employees with the ...