Heidi Dalenberg, director of the Institutional Reform Project at the ACLU of Illinois, said during an Oct. 26 Senate hearing that additional work needs to be done to ensure LGBTQ youth in DCFS care are being treated fairly. 

Efforts to ensure LGBTQ children under the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are given adequate treatment and care remain a work in progress, according to an audit that was the focus of a recent legislative hearing.