BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) announced it is hiring more than 50 Child Protective Services (CPS) investigators to work a new shift ...

An analysis of the state’s child welfare staffing needs found Louisiana is short by at least 129 workers, though a member of Gov. Jeff Landry’s cabinet says the number doesn’t take into account ...

As a point of clarification, three-time felon Erick Johnson, 24, was approved by DCFS to foster the 16-year-old sex trafficking victim, but Johnson did not go through the typical foster parenting ...

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A rare scene is playing out this week in a McHenry County courtroom, as two former DCFS workers are on trial following the death of 5-year-old AJ Freund. The former workers are being charged with two ...

An employee at Fenton High School in Bensenville was fired after sexual abuse allegations were disclosed earlier this month. The local police department is investigating allegations of a decadelong ...

Conceptual image of a small child's hand reaching to grab a small soft blue toy bunny by the paw. The toy is illuminated by sunlight and shadows provide space for copy. Getty Images An analysis of the ...