A judge on Thursday afternoon ordered Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith in contempt of court for the fourth time in two months.
This latest order involves the department repeatedly moving a teenager who has been bouncing her between different foster homes, psychiatric hospitals, and shelters. DCFS moved her a total of 24 times times since November.The teen currently is hospitalized. When she is ready for release, the judge ordered she be appropriately placed, or DCFS will face $1,000-a-day fines.
After being hit with the three other past contempt orders, DCFS quickly found the right placements for those youth who had been languishing in psychiatric hospitals.
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