Feb. 4—The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is marking a milestone year for the Illinois Child Support Services program, celebrating 50 years of helping children in the ...

CHICAGO – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has collected a record amount of child ...

(The Center Square) – A bill making it easier for a child’s relative to become their foster parent is now law in Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act into ...

A new state law backed by a West Side senator will require Illinois’ child welfare agency to launch more individualized ...

A lone politician and a single parent joined forces to take on one of the most powerful agencies in Illinois: the Department ...