The caseworker assigned to monitor an Illinois foster child who died in May 2024 had a troubling past, including an arrest for a violent crime and orders of protection filed against her by eight women for alleged threats, harassment and abuse, court documents show.

Let It Be Us, the largest nonprofit in Illinois providing collaborative, innovative solutions for effective recruitment and placement of children in Illinois foster and adoptive care, has been awarded a $750,000 three-year contract by DCFS.

What started as a closet full of supplies has grown into a nonprofit organization helping foster children and families across the Sauk Valley.

For Foster Care Awareness month, the office staff and families of ABC Pediatrics spent hours last Saturday sorting and organizing donations for Georgie’s Closet to help the Kankakee-based not-for-profit prepare for its move into a new space in Bradley.

Arden Shore Child & Family Services has announced the upcoming retirement of president and CEO Dora Maya on May 2.

Ballooning costs, dwindling coverage pose threat to Illinois foster children, advocates say

This March, in conjunction with National Social Work Month, iCARE4 Adoptive And Foster Families will distribute iCARE Schools Connection Kits to public schools across Illinois.

The recently-formed Georgie's Closet seeks to provide foster children and their foster families with the items they most need when the call comes. After rapid growth thanks to community support, the group is now seeking a public location to host the resource.

A bill soon heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials in Illinois to prioritize placing children with relatives

Illinois lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them

A new, Chicago-based nonprofit is making strides to improve the futures of Illinois’ adopted, foster and kinship students.

State Representative Natalie Manley is encouraging residents to donate their new or gently used luggage to her ongoing Luggage for Foster Kids Donation Drive.