Judges helping guide new SAFE Model

8/27/2024

Judges helping guide new SAFE Model

A group of Illinois juvenile court judges attended a meeting, hosted by the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS), to learn more, ask questions and offer feedback as DCFS continues the phased process of rolling out the new SAFE Model. The purpose of the SAFE model is to identify unsafe children in need of protection, ensure the least intrusive safety management, enhance caregiver protective capacities, and create safe homes and achieve child permanency by restoring caregivers to their protective roles. The group will form a judicial subcommittee to help guide DCFS through the court system implementation phase of the SAFE Model.

Back Row (left to right):

Brian Dougherty, General Counsel, DCFS

Susan Barker, Deputy General Counsel, DCFS

Hon. Mary K. O'Brien, IL Supreme Court

Hon. Ella Travelstead, 1^st Judicial Circuit

Hon. Andrea Buford, Circuit Court of Cook County

Hon. David Brown, 10^th Judicial Circuit

Hon. Imani Drew, 21^st Judicial Circuit

Hon. Jennifer Payne, Circuit Court of Cook County

Judge Kathryn Karayannis, 16^th Judicial Circuit

Edward Siemer, Child Welfare Attorney, AOIC

Front Row (left to right):

Hon. Kimbery Lewis, Circuit Court of Cook County

Hon. Chantelle Porter, 18^th Judicial Circuit

Hon. Levander Smith, Circuit Court of Cook County

Heather Dorsey, Director- Courts, Children and Families Division

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