foster care

Legislation changing the way the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services approaches foster care placement is heading for the governor’s desk.

The Peoria Children’s Home Association has final approval for a project that could potentially double capacity for one of its programs.

Foster Village Peoria first began a little over a year ago with three foster parents working to provide extra support for foster parents.

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Peoria County are looking to increase the number of children they serve.CASA of Peoria County aims to raise $50,000…

A state audit finds children in the care of Illinois' welfare system are being housed in psychiatric hospitals and shelters hundreds of days longer than…

The 19-year-old man fatally shot by Chicago police last weekend spent most of his life in foster care, and his longtime foster mother says she never saw…