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Roughly 4% of the Illinois children DCFS investigated last year came into the state’s care. Department leaders told state lawmakers Thursday that they are able to place those children with parents 70% of the time.

DCFS recently improved their office responsible for helping children find alternate placements such as foster homes or agency shelters. There is also a new working group with child welfare management agencies focused on creating a seamless system for kids needing placement.

“It’s key for us to do this in a collaborative way because we want to make sure that we address all of the things that they require so that they can readily be able to accept those youth,” said Tim Snowden, Chief Deputy Director For Permanency & Intact Families.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Mar 1, 24 @ 1:15 pm

Comments

Are there still kids staying overnight in state office buildings?

Comment by Candy Dogood Friday, Mar 1, 24 @ 1:49 pm
60%.

That’s the percent of all kids who were found to be abused last year who had been involved with DCFS at some point in the previous 12 months.

https://dcfs.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dcfs/documents/about-us/reports-and-statistics/documents/ess-protective-services.pdf

About 20K Families indicated for abuse or neglect last year, about 12K had just had contact with the department in the last 12 months.

Keeping kids in their homes is a laudable goal, but not if it is done at the expense of safety.

Comment by James McIntyre Fan Friday, Mar 1, 24 @ 1:50 pm