The legislation gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility to certify relatives to ...

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...

Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 4781, the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act into law, allowing the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to develop more flexible standards to ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a monumental bill into law Wednesday to require the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to prioritize placing children with their relatives.

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Illinois is loosening standards to make grandparents and other relatives eligible to receive benefits for caring for children ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at making it easier for relatives to become a child's foster parents.

If this and a complementary bill from last year pass, single-family zoning will effectively disappear in municipalities across Illinois.

Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other ...

YWCA Quad Cities plans to open a youth shelter in its old facility later this year. The organization also highlighted its ...