After DCFS Consent Decree Hearing, Children's Lawyers, Cook County Public Guardian Lament Lack Of Progress. March 12, 2021 / 7:30 PM CST / CBS Chicago ...

At issue is what’s known as the “B.H.” consent decree, which grew out of a federal class action lawsuit the ACLU originally filed against DCFS in 1988 alleging the agency was failing to ...

Cook County Public Guardian: "DCFS is in the worst shape it’s been in for at least a decade and continues in its decline.” Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree | News ...

SPRINGFIELD - In the weeks before 8-year-old Navin Jones died, the Department of Children and Family Services had investigated his parents for nabbing him from his legal guardian and had received ...

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That suit was settled, leading to a federal consent decree in December 1991. ... courts and organizations involved with the decree to ensure DCFS is in compliance.

The case led to a consent decree in 1991 outlining conditions to improve the standard of care, mandating the state to find more placements for children, hire more DCFS staff and reduce caseworkers ...

Three years later, both parties entered a consent decree to reform DCFS to provide safer homes, reduce the caseload per employee, protect DCFS funding, allow more supervision and accountability ...

Good morning, Chicago. As the scope of the consent decree that governs Chicago’s public safety reforms has grown, so, too, has the city’s legal tab. From 2019 through 2023 — the first five ...