Illinois

The philanthropy group Chicago Beyond has awarded more than $1.5 million to organizations working in the area of child welfare.

The five states targeted — California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York — filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the funding freeze.

The Department of Health and Human Services has frozen roughly $10 billion in funding for social services, child care and cash aid.

Caitlin Clark, the most celebrated college basketball player in recent memory, received her first Division I college offer in seventh grade. By the time she was 13, a plan for her future was already in motion.

Two pieces of legislation in New York would end the common practice of giving foster youth trash bags to transport their belongings.

Many immigrant children in Chicago are too anxious to go to school, fearing their parents will be deported.

A lawsuit claims Illinois has for nearly two decades failed to provide special education services to young people locked up in adult prisons.

A Supreme Court decision will have profound impacts on how state and local governments address homelessness, without adequate focus on youth.

An Injustice Watch examination of Chicago’s efforts at youth justice reform reveals an inept, grindingly slow response to kids who commit crimes.