DCFS reports 17% decline in child death cases – Capitol News IL

“Our concern was that at-risk children would be confined for more time than usual within the walls of unstable, dangerous homes, and out of sight from mandated reporters of abuse and neglect, with disastrous results,” wrote Interim Inspector General Lester Bovia Jr. “That child death cases did not increase sharply in FY 2020, but instead decreased to 102, tells us that the year-over-year decrease is likely real.”