Chronic understaffing at DCFS and an unimplemented state law are leaving some childcare centers short-staffed, turning away kids and in some cases risking their funding.
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‘The Public Deserves to Know.’ State Agency Withholds Details in Girl’s Death
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services can delay reports for years.
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Child Welfare Agency Failed Repeatedly to Produce ‘Critical’ Reports After Child Deaths, Injuries
The Department of Children and Family Services is legally required to make the reports public after examining what went wrong but did not in thousands of instances.
