was being given the red pen.The chief of communications for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services – the state agency that runs the child abuse hotline – determined, "(W)e are going to push back the deadline until next week."The University of Illino...
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has dropped its investigation of an Arlington Heights family that was forced to leave its home because of a mercury spill.Zawislak, Mick
In other words, if someone calls the hotline about a child, it is supposed to be logged into a central registry – so that if someone calls about the child again, DCFS workers are aware and respond accordingly. Golbert said the lack of a prior report could impact the attention a child'...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- In the days after theAJ Freund case, the Illinois State Senate called for a massive review of thechild abuse hotline system in Illinois. On Thursday night, the results of an audit were released – and the reviews were not good. But as CBS 2's Chris...