DCFS Accused of Failing to Protect Kids at South Side Facility

Former foster child sues DCFS, alleges sexual abuse at South Side shelter

The lawsuit was announced Thursday by lawyers for Yadira Escamilla, who says Illinois child welfare officials failed to protect her and other vulnerable children despite numerous reports of misconduct at Aunt Martha's shelter.

DCFS added to lawsuit alleging Chicago foster care facility failed to protect woman from sexual abuse

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was added as a defendant Thursday in a lawsuit charging a South Side foster care facility failed to protect a girl from sexual assault by a manager at the facility.

DCFS accused of failing to protect kids at South Side facility

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has been added to a multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed by a woman who claims to have been sexually abused while in its care. Nationally known civil rights attorney Ben Crump said that DCFS is now being sued along with Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness, who ran a foster care facility at 5001 S. Michigan Avenue, and A-Alert Security, the company that hired the worker convicted of abusing then…