An Illinois lawmaker says the state's new child welfare director will face tough questions from a state House panel following the beating death of a 5-year-old boy who had extensive contact with child welfare workers.
Officials with Illinois' child-welfare agency said Friday they are reviewing cases involving the state's youngest children in which caseworkers found insufficient evidence of abuse or neglect, after the beating death of a 5-year-old boy with a long history of contact with the agency.
"We want to make sure that the information that our front-line staff are receiving helps them think about every decision that they make when deciding how to manage the needs of our families," he said. "That piece was missed," Anne Gold, DCFS associate deputy for child protection, acknowledged under questioning. A child-abuse expert should have been consulted among other established steps, she said.
"This mother has a history of opioid abuse This child is at risk already. I don't understand how DCFS can allow that situation to stay the same when your caseworkers know that history," Moeller said."I would strongly encourage that the department to look at that process and make significant changes, because it's very clear that DCFS should have done so much more to ensure that this child was safe.
The decree set new monthly cases at approximately 12. A political battle that led to a two-year budget stalemate from 2015 to 2017 sent caseloads as high as 30, said Wolf, who contended former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration counted interns and employees on leave in order to make caseloads look lower. The ACLU went back to court last year and a special master was appointed to oversee DCFS compliance.
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