A child welfare expert at Illinois State University said she’s encouraged by the latest attempts to better fund and reform the state’s troubled Department of Children and Family Services. DCFS has been under intense public scrutiny this year following the high-profile deaths of several children in its orbit, including an 8-year-old girl from Normal . Several recent reports have identified systemic problems within DCFS, including its Intact Family Services unit . “It’s certainly an opportunity for change and to move forward, to try some new ideas and really engage the new leadership that has stepped forward,” said Doris Houston, director of ISU’s Center for Child Welfare and Adoption Studies and a former DCFS child welfare administrator. Gov. JB Pritzker said in May that DCFS will review 1,100 open cases involving young children. It also created a Crisis Intervention Team to immediately investigate the deaths of children under DCFS’ care. One challenge is a lack of consistent leadership
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