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

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

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

Most of the youth in DCFS care are already placed with families ... The agency has been the subject of some of the most ...

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

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

Law helps relatives who want to be caregivers of their extended family members without becoming licensed foster parents.

Most of the youth in DCFS care are already placed ... subject of some of the most intense criticism Pritzker’s administration has faced as governor, but lawmakers and advocates said Wednesday ...

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A bill making it easier for a child’s relative to become their foster parent is now law in Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on ...

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 ...