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The poverty rate has inched slightly lower in Illinois but still remains well above the rate that existed before the Great Recession began in 2008.Updated…
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The state has restored funding for one of the programs Children's Home and Aid cut two years ago, the Butterfly Project.Lisa Pieper, the regional CEO of…
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In McLean County, some 222 children in foster care are currently waiting for the chance to find a permanent home. Of those children, 88 are African…
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The Baby Fold's Residential Treatment Center for children and teens who suffer emotional difficulties due to abuse and neglect will close at the end of…
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Editors Note: "Stretched Thin," is examining the effect of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies to put a human face on how the…
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Editors Note: "Stretched Thin," is examining the effect of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies to put a human face on how the…
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Editors Note: "Stretched Thin," is examining the effect of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies to put a human face on how the…
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Editors Note: Stretched Thin is an ongoing series of interviews with those managing social service agencies through an unprecedented state budget…
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Editors Note: "Stretched Thin," is examining the effect of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies to put a human face on how the…
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Editors Note: "Stretched Thin," is examining the effect of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies to put a human face on how the…