Illinois DCFS Launches Updated Online System For Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) enhanced and streamlined its online reporting system and optimized its website for easier submissions through mobile phones to make reporting allegations of neglect and abuse even easier for the public and mandated reporters. The updated site has improved entry fields, provided clearer instructions, and required fewer necessary clicks, reducing the time required to make reports and providing a convenient alternative to calling the 24-hour hotline.

Online reports through the enhanced site have quickly increased since its launch, with 434 online reports in the last full week of September, compared to . . .