Last time the state Auditor General updated us, there were 30 major failures by DCFS. This time, it's 33.
In the most serious cases involving child death, injury, torture, malnutrition, and sex abuse, it is DCFS' job to notify - within 24 hours - local authorities like the state's attorneys of credible cases.
"A huge sense of in terms of lack of urgency in terms of what the department needs to be doing," said Cook County Chief Deputy Public Guardian Alpa Patel. When there are cases of sex abuse at school, state law calls for DCFS to notify the school when the investigation is complete.
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