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New Illinois DCFS director Heidi Mueller faces challenges, opportunities
WFLD via Yahoo News· 3 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
In Illinois’ youth lockups, kids go without basic services, face “excessive” punishments
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCapitol News Illinois . In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone...
Illinois DCFS hiring event draws hundreds to metro-east. Why are these jobs in such demand?
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“We didn’t really know what today would bring. When we saw the line out here, we were super pumped...
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 ...
Measure to create new state agency for childhood services now on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Illinois House on Thursday passed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s initiative to consolidate early childhood...