By Connie Reguli and Catherine Wang Anderson

Dec 6 2022

ONE BILLION dollars for Illinois cp$’ ANNUAL budget.

These are the “official” numbers released by Illinois’ cp$. We all know how honesty they are. The real numbers have to be much higher.

“More than 2,129 children died under the watch of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services during the past two decades, including 122 kids in a recent year.”

DCFS failures to protect children could get worse under …

“The 2022 DCFS Office of the Inspector General report examining deaths and serious injuries of children in state care, alongside allegations of impropriety by DCFS employees, covered 27 full investigations between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. It recommended the discharge or discipline of DCFS employees in nine of the 27 investigations. They failed to perform basic duties, compromised investigations, misused department authority and even solicited sex from clients.”

“These systemic department failures, alongside others outlined in a report by Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert, have been compounded by DCFS Director Marc Smith being held in contempt of court 12 times during 2022 for failing to get children into appropriate housing. DCFS left children for months locked in psychiatric hospitals and other inappropriate housing.”

Annual report to the governor.

DCFS failures to protect children could get worse under Amendment 1

DCFS failures to protect children could get worse under Amendment I

https://www.illinoispolicy.org › dcfs-failures-to-protect-…

Nov 3, 2022 — Now government unions are pushing Amendment 1, which could void 11 child protection laws. More than 2,129 children died under the watch of …

Amendment 1 could undermine 11 DCFS provisions aimed at …
https://www.illinoispolicy.org › amendment-1-could-un…Dec 20, 2021 — Amendment 1 would allow unions to override provisions put in place for the protection of the children Illinois is supposed to be safeguarding.

And in July 2022 CBS Chicago reported on the abuse against children.

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