New Illinois DCFS director Heidi Mueller reflects 100 days into role: 'Where I was meant to be'

Leah HopeThe new Illinois Department of Children and Family Services director, Heidi Mueller, spoke with ABC7 to reflect on her first 100 days in the role.The new director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has been on the job since March.

Director Heidi Mueller is 100 days into the job with 24,000 children in care. As the former Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, she said she wants to focus on prevention and offering support to struggling families Carefully considering the long term consequences of removing a child from a home."One of our core goals at DCFS is to support families temporarily in crisis and help get them to a place where they can be stable," Mueller said.

Mueller said she started new contracts for more home-like placements for the children with complex medical or psychiatric conditions to keep children in state. She says there are currently 20 children statewide awaiting for that type of placement.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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