All Tammarisk Lyman had to do to get her kids back from the state of Kansas, her lawyer repeatedly told her in emails, was ...

The young mother at the centre of one of the country’s most groundbreaking video investigations tells Newsroom she cherishes being a mum to her two children ...

A Cuyahoga County councilman is pushing for answers as administrators propose a new million-dollar contract for a group home with a history of problems.

The new law puts an obligation on the Department of Children and Family Services to use a “kin-first approach” when placing ...

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

The legislation gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility to certify relatives to become foster parents. It also puts an obligation on DCFS to use a ...

Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as foster parents for children in their family.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law that makes it easier for grandparents and other relatives to be allowed to take guardianship of children in the state’s child welfare system.