Comment on McHenry County state's attorney seeks more local control over DCFS

McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally is pushing for more local control over Department of Children and Family Services operations in the county. Kenneally wrote a letter addressing problems within DCFS, saying that the responsibility for protecting children in the community should fall to the community. State Rep. Steve Reick, R-Woodstock, recently was appointed to a task force dedicated to studying the compensation and workload of child welfare workers and what role those factors play in recruitment and retention of those workers.