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DCFS Director comes under fire for child deaths, improper placements
Cook County judge finds him in contempt for sixth time

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- A Cook County judge this week found the director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in contempt for the fifth and sixth time this year for housing two girls in locked psychiatric facilities unnecessarily. Director Marc Smith faced four previous contempt citations for failing to place children in proper homes in violation of court orders. Each of the six contempt citations included a $1,000-per-day fine for Smith. After being found in contempt, […]

March 4, 2022 6

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Baby dies amid child abuse allegations
Mother said DCFS failed to intervene

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Sophia Faye Davis loved to eat noodles. She slept with a stuffed hippo that made soothing sounds and reflected stars on her ceiling. She sang and danced as she pounded on the keys of her toy piano. These are the memories of her only child that Cassy Needham clings to – not the final month of Sophia’s life that was filled with child abuse allegations, failed investigations, and ignored pleas for help that ended with […]

March 4, 2022 5

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Illinois takes action against academy serving children with disabilities
Report details long-running issues of poor treatment, services at Northern Illinois Academy

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Officials from multiple state agencies said Friday that they are cutting ties with a residential school that serves children in state care with mental and developmental disabilities after an independent review documented reports of mistreatment of youth at the facility. Northern Illinois Academy, in Aurora, is an 87-bed private residential facility that serves children with co-occurring mental illnesses or autism, mood disorders, and developmental delays. It is owned and operated by Sequel Youth and Family Services and […]

May 14, 2021 1

Capitol News Illinois

Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree
Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Lawyers who represent children in the state’s foster care system plan to ask a federal judge this week to take enforcement action against the Department of Children and Family Services, claiming the agency is still out of compliance with a nearly 30-year-old consent decree. “This December will mark the 30th anniversary of the consent decree in this case. Yet even after three decades, DCFS remains in woeful violation of most all of its promises to the children […]

March 9, 2021 2

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New Illinois DCFS PSA highlights ways to keep children safe

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in Illinois. To increase awareness, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) released a new public service announcement Tuesday. The PSA campaign highlights simple things everyone can do to help keep children safe during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. “At DCFS, we are first responders when it comes to helping families in crisis, but we cannot do this job alone," states DCFS acting director Marc Smith in the PSA. […]

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Illinois Department of Children and Family Services

DCFS Director comes under fire for child deaths, improper placements
Cook County judge finds him in contempt for sixth time

Cook County judge finds him in contempt for sixth time

Baby dies amid child abuse allegations
Mother said DCFS failed to intervene

Mother said DCFS failed to intervene

Illinois takes action against academy serving children with disabilities
Report details long-running issues of poor treatment, services at Northern Illinois Academy

Report details long-running issues of poor treatment, services at Northern Illinois Academy

Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree
Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

New Illinois DCFS PSA highlights ways to keep children safe

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