The Cook County Public Guardian’s office found he is just one of 314 children in DCFS’s care last year that spent an additional 50 days, on average, locked in psychiatric hospitals after they should have been discharged. A dramatic drop in residential beds and foster homes since 2012 is part of the problem.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.