The head of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is resigning as leader of the long-embattled child welfare agency, a week after a state audit outlined major failures by the department in recent years.
Grace Hauck
Grace Hauck is an embedded investigative reporter collaborating with local newsrooms across the state. Before joining Illinois Answers, she worked for USA TODAY in Chicago in various roles, including breaking news, enterprise and criminal justice reporting. She grew up in New Jersey and studied political science and visual art at the University of Chicago.