Child agency head says fewer youths in treatment centers

CHICAGO (AP) — The leader of Illinois' child welfare agency says the number of youths in residential treatment facilities for over a year is less than half what it was last spring.

Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon wrote an editorial for Wednesday's State Journal-Register (http://bit.ly/1M7u4PZ) saying there were 566 juveniles who'd been in such state-regulated facilities for over 12 months.