DCFS pledges to do better as lawmakers remain mostly silent – WGLT (NPR at ISU)

When DCFS Director Marc Smith faced Illinois lawmakers in August, he assured them the state’s child welfare agency was “one of the best child welfare systems in the country.” Republican lawmaker Chapin Rose disagreed, calling Smith’s assessment “delusional.” So far this year, Smith has been found in contempt of court 12 times by a Cook County judge for failing to properly place youth in state care.

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