Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

The 2023 law allows parents of children with chronic and complex medical needs to be paid to care for that child. However, it is almost impossible to be enrolled without losing Medicaid eligibility ...

Illinois is loosening standards to make grandparents and other relatives eligible to receive benefits for caring for children in the care of the Department of Children and Family Standards under a new ...

With the future of many social programs under scrutiny by the new administration and Republican-led Congress, a rally in ...

A Bolingbrook woman has been ordered to repay more than $2.2 million to the state for defrauding it of more than $2.46 ...

It was unclear Wednesday whether other Illinois hospitals or clinics had taken similar actions, canceling gender-affirming ...

An Illinois teenager’s chest surgery was canceled last week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to ...

It's a little-known program that could bypass the will and could strip the family of life savings or a home if you ever need ...

The proposed Employment Relations Amendment Act will include the reintroduction of family care leave. However, the new bill proposes a reduction to three-days of leave instead of the initial 5 days.

Indiana no longer is encouraging eligible Hoosiers to enroll in state-subsidized health care programs ... how much it spends on Medicaid. Mitch Roob, secretary of the Family and Social Services ...