Isaiah Rider is 18 Now, but Illinois Maintains Custody of Medically Kidnapped Missouri Teen

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Isaiah Rider is 18 Now, but Illinois Maintains Custody of Medically Kidnapped Missouri Teen Published on: February 5, 2016 3:45 pm Illinois continues to "terrorize" Missouri resident Isaiah Rider and his family, even after he turned 18 last August. The family had hoped that they would leave them alone, but that has not happened. Their story has not been in the news lately, but their medical kidnapping story is anything but over. Isaiah's mother, Michelle Rider, thought that things would settle down after an appellate court said that Illinois DCFS should not be involved after Isaiah's 18th birthday. They thought their nightmare with the Child Protective System was finally over. However, they have learned that the Cook County Juvenile Court, with the same judge and same players, continues to hold hearings about Isaiah. Usually he and his mother are not informed or invited to these hearings, some of which are off the record, even though it is their lives that are being decided by this entity. Michelle has learned that the state of Illinois continues to receive federal Title IV-E money for her son. Could this be the reason why Illinois won't let go of their case? Read More...

Medical Kidnap - illinois DCFS Needs Total Overhaul

Report: Illinois DCFS Needs Total Overhaul

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by Duaa Eldeib
Chicago Tribune

Excerpts:

Beset by failures in leadership and in treatment of the state’s
most vulnerable children, Illinois’ Department of Children and 
Family Services is hammering out a reform plan after
a panel of court-appointed experts determined the agency needs a 
top-to-bottom overhaul if it hopes to improve the safety and well-being 
of the thousands of youths in its care.

DCFS has until the start of the new year to address the systemic deficiencies
identified in a scathing report filed in federal court, the latest development 
under a decades-old consent decree that allows the American Civil Liberties 
Union of Illinois to monitor the agency.

The report concluded that too many children who are wards of the state are
shuffled from placement to placement and forced to wait months for services. 
The result, the experts wrote, was an erosion of the children’s “already 
pronounced distrust in the system.” The beleaguered agency also suffers from 
an “absence of responsibility and accountability” when it comes to ensuring the 
children receive the help they need, according to the report.

Read the full article at The Chicago Tribune.

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