Department of Children and Family Services could face $460 million in budget cuts

The cuts will result in 1,171 layoffs — 38 percent of DCFS’ workforce — that could not occur before Oct. 1 under union rules. The cuts would increase the current caseload of 15 children per caseworker to 50 children per caseworker, the agency said. Cuts also would decimate programs related to adoptions, daycare, after-school tutoring and pregnancy and teen-parenting services, among other things, according to a list from the agency.\