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

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in the state care to get licensed as ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signs the KIND Act Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at the Illinois Capitol. The new law requires the state to ...

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

“How many more men and women who were sexually abused as children need to come forward ... Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and state Attorney General Kwame Raoul, whose office has investigated church ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday continued his offensive against President Donald Trump’s policy initiatives, raising concerns ...

SPRINGFIELD — Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday. Pritzker signed the Kinship in Demand ...

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at making it easier for relatives of children in the state’s care to get licensed as foster parents and receive financial ...