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In a progress report compiled by DCFS for fiscal year 2023, the agency noted that “unprecedented staff turnover impacts the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and consistency of ongoing assessments of risk and safety.”
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday named Heidi Mueller as the successor to disgraced former Juvenile Justice Director Marc D. Smith.
The Illinois juvenile justice chief, Heidi Mueller, will take over the troubled DCFS from Marc D. Smith, Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday named his director of juvenile justice to take over the troubled Department of Children and Family Services. Heidi Mueller, 49, will replace Marc D. Smith, who has been at the helm since 2019 and has been held in contempt of court numerous times for improper housing of young people under
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Amid reports of abuse, neglect and other mistreatment of residents at a downstate mental health facility, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced plans to improve conditions at the treatment center and allow most of its residents the chance to move to other facilities.