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Mueller takes over DCFS, promises collaboration as she tries to turn embattled agency around
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — New Director of the Department of Children and Family Services Heidi...
Smith out, Mueller in as new director of DCFS
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGov. JB Pritzker selected a new director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services on Wednesday, pending approval from the state Senate....
Troubled Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to get a new director
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe troubled state agency charged with the protection of abused and neglected children will have new...
Capitol Connection: New Director Heidi Mueller details her plan for DCFS
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The Department of Children and Family Services has a new director....
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker appoints juvenile justice veteran to run embattled child welfare agency
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced a new leader for the Illinois Department of Children and...
EDITORIAL: New child-protection chief will have her hands full
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJan. 5—Is this another case of a fool rushing in where angels fear to tread? Good luck to Heidi Mueller. She'll need that and a lot more. Why? Mueller, currently the director of the Illinois ...
New Illinois DCFS director Heidi Mueller faces challenges, opportunities
WFLD via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has recently been under scrutiny, most notably on Thursday when a former worker was sentenced to jail time for involvement ...
New Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Director named
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice has a found a permanent...
New DCFS director in court to face questions on children stuck in emergency placements
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCalled into court Thursday to explain how she plans to fix long-standing problems at the state’s troubled child welfare agency, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new Department of Children and Family Services ...
Letters to the Editor: How misogynistic prosecutions play into sex traffickers' hands
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"Allison," who is trying to take back her sex trafficking guilty plea, sits with her 11-month-old...