Aug 21, 2019 | Stuart
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To increase reporting and accountability within the Department of Family and Child Services (DCFS), state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, recently supported a measure to overhaul the reporting and notification procedures for suspected child...
Aug 19, 2019 | Villa
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Under a new law supported by state Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, the Department of Family and Child Services (DCFS) would be subject to more stringent reporting and accountability requirements when investigating instances of suspected child...
May 21, 2019 | Tarver
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As reports of child deaths at the hands of their parents continue to flood the news in Illinois, state Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, is taking steps to ensure that people who intentionally deprive and endanger their children are brought to...
Apr 12, 2019 | Moylan
DES PLAINES, Ill. – State Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, is sharing important resources and information on preventing and stopping child abuse during April, which is recognized as Child Abuse Prevention Month. “It is tragic that child abuse happens, and we must all...
Apr 5, 2019 | Yednock
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To help raise awareness of child abuse and ways to prevent it, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, is sharing important resources on preventing and stopping child abuse during the month of April, which is recognized nationally as Child Abuse...