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Heidi Mueller, who has served as director of the Illinois Dept. of Juvenile Justice since 2016, was selected after a national search. She will take the reins of the scandal-plagued agency beginning February 1.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced a new leader for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, shifting a veteran youth justice practitioner who oversees the state’s juvenile detention system to head the troubled child welfare agency. Heidi Mueller, who has been director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice since 2016, was chosen to head DCFS following a national ...
Former director Marc Smith will stay in his position until Feb. 1.
Following a national search, the Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services has appointed a new director.
New agency leader did ``transformative” work as head of the Department of Juvenile Justice, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in making the announcement.