Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

The KIND Act allows the Department of Children and Family Services to develop more flexible standards to certify grandparents ...

A new Illinois law aims to help connect kids in foster care with their family members, and give them the support they need.

The legislation gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility to certify relatives to become foster parents. It also puts an obligation on DCFS to use a ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in the state’s care to get ...

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

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

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed an executive order to increase access to housing for middle-income families. While many of ...

Ever since Trump’s new “border czar” announced mass deportations would kick off in Chicago, a bubble of anxiety has been ...

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 ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday he similarly wants violent criminals ... learned about the cooped-up ...