Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

Under the honorary founding patronage of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and ...

Two of Illinois' top Democrats are blasting the Trump administration for taking back money earmarked for programs like Head Start.

Sangamon County officials have proposed a $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey after the woman's death at ...

Even after the Trump Administration’s recent federal funding freeze was rescinded, dozens of Head Start programs across the country, including some in Illinois, report ongoing issues drawing down ...

The KIND Act allows the Department of Children and Family Services to develop more flexible standards to certify grandparents ...

Governor JB Pritzker responded to the US Justice Department's lawsuit against state and local immigration laws on Friday.

A new Illinois law aims to help connect kids in foster care with their family members, and give them the support they need.

House Republican leaders spent nearly five hours at the White House on Thursday – some of it with President Donald Trump – as ...

Law helps relatives who want to be caregivers of their extended family members without becoming licensed foster parents.

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