Child Welfare

Those working on the front lines of the state’s child welfare system have a new, high-tech simulation training space in Normal.

Volunteers are needed to support children experiencing abuse and neglect, or who are part of the foster care system.

Young adults are different from older adults. So are 18- to 25-year-olds who have committed crimes. Over the last five years, the court services division in McLean County has tried to build capacity to address the specific needs of that age cohort.

The head of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services said the agency has made big gains in reducing chronic staff shortages this year.

The mother of a missing baby told relatives the child died after falling asleep between her legs. That’s according to McLean County prosecutor Brad Rigdon, who spoke during a bond hearing Friday for Kimberlee Burton.

Social service agencies have had to integrate more technology into their outreach amid COVID. Some of those changes could stick, even after the pandemic…

Child welfare officials in Illinois reported a 17 percent decline in the number of child death cases they investigated during the previous fiscal year —…

The Normal-based Baby Fold is cheering the governor’s proposed $147 million budget increase for the Department of Children and Family Services.The Baby…

The doctor who performed Rica Rountree’s autopsy started by counting the scars on her body.Her 8-year-old body had 67 marks from head to toe, signs of…