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Central Illinois Senator Reacts to DCFS Report

A report came out mid-day Wednesday outlining the issues facing DCFS and Governor JB Pritzker says it is his focus to give the agency what they need to protect the state's children.

 

State Senator Chapin Rose has been talking about the issues surrounding DCFS for eight years and believes throwing more money at the agency is not going to solve the deep-rooted problems they face.

 

 

Rose says the things DCFS is concerning itself with right now is not what they should be focused on and points to specific examples in his district where they were impacting kids and communities in ways perhaps they shouldn't be.

 

 

Sen. Rose questions what is the function of DCFS. He explains they are being pulled in all sorts of directions and they have no direct purpose or function as outlined by the State of Illinois and feels if they had a mission, they could help them fix their issues.

 

 

Sen. Rose believes DCFS needs a quote - "functional, complete re-write to actually get to a point to where [they] can exist and function with any sanity". He questions if the objectives of DCFS as it exists currently is the best use of taxpayers money. 

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