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DCFS seeks to add more than 500 to the payroll

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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services held a hiring event in Fairview Heights. The state hopes to hire more workers as part of Gov. JB Pritzker's proposed headcount increase at the agency. The agency has come under scrutiny after a series of deaths of children who died after contact with DCFS.

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DCFS seeks to add more than 500 to the payroll

Cyrenthia Threat spent Wednesday morning at a hiring event in Fairview Heights waiting for word on whether she was hired by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.Threat wants to move to Illinois from Georgia where she works as a social worker. She has 20 years of experience working in adult mental health.“I just need a change,” Threat said. “I need a job. I just need an opportunity.”Candidates who attended the hiring event coul…

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