The KIND Act allows the Department of Children and Family Services to develop more flexible standards to certify grandparents and other relatives who are able to safely care for youth.

Elon Musk is taking an influential Washington role but remains private about his family and life out of the spotlight.

Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a monumental bill into law Wednesday to require the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to prioritize placing children with their relatives.

Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 4781, the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act into law, allowing the Illinois Department of ...

Act would allow the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other ...

Governor JB Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speak on the effects of Donald Trump's freeze to essential federal programs in Illinois.

Chicago residents, especially in immigrant circles, have already been on edge for months in anticipation of large-scale ...

(The Center Square) – The White House says deportation flights have begun. In Illinois, the Pritzker administration is conducting a “know-your-rights” campaign for foreign nationals in the ...