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 ...

St. Benedicts and Daniel Pitino Shelter guests have always shown immense gratitude for the services provided to them.

Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 4781, the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act into law, allowing the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to develop more flexible standards to ...

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB ...

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

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a monumental bill into law Wednesday to require the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to prioritize placing children with their relatives.

AARP Hawaiʻi, which is lobbying hard for the legislation — there are several paid family leave bills pending — reports that ...

Thousands gathered in Camana Bay on Saturday morning for the third annual Addison Kelly Butterfly 5k Walk/Run to help raise ...

"I found out one night years ago when my dad had too much to drink and told me. Both of my parents are now deceased. They would never talk to me about it after that one time." ...

"I found out one night years ago when my dad had too much to drink and told me. Both of my parents are now deceased. They ...