A Cook County judge ordered Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith held in contempt of court for a seventh time Thursday for failing to place a child appropriately.
Current Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert noted that this was the seventh time Smith has been held in contempt in the past 10 weeks. In this case, the subject of the order is a 16-year-old boy who has spent more than 375 days – almost the whole time he has been in DCFS custody – in a shelter that does not have the resources to support his needs given his intellectual and cognitive disabilities, the Public Guardian's office said.
A court order was issued in March 2021 to direct DCFS to find and place the boy appropriately within 20 days, but that still has not happened a year later, the Public Guardian's office said. The court ordered fines of $1,000 per day until the boy is appropriately placed, but the fines have been stayed until Thursday of next week.came down against Smith earlier this month, involving two youth in care who have been languishing in psychiatric hospitals long after they were ready to be medically discharged.
One of those children is just 11 years old. She has been ready to get out of a psychiatric hospital since last April. While she has been locked in the facility, she has not received services such as speech therapy. She also has not been allowed to go outdoors, and she has barely received an education.A Cook County Juvenile Court judge also held Smith
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