In 2021, 356 kids statewide had been hospitalized beyond the time it was medically necessary. The average stay? 55 days longer than a doctor deemed appropriate, and 18% of the kids were 10 years old or younger. But the agency now reports the number of youths who are hospitalized “beyond medical necessity” is down by more than 80%.
The state desperately needs safe facilities for certain kids that are a danger to themselves & others…as my neighbors and I battled for years to deal w an extremely disturbed and offen very violent 12 YEAR OLD…with the level of absolute incompetence by dcfs, cps, cpd, alderman, etc, etc being beyond astounding
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.
The state desperately needs safe facilities for certain kids that are a danger to themselves & others…as my neighbors and I battled for years to deal w an extremely disturbed and offen very violent 12 YEAR OLD…with the level of absolute incompetence by dcfs, cps, cpd, alderman, etc, etc being beyond astounding