DCFS director tours new family advocacy center

SAVOY – In tough economic times, more families are going to need help, said Erwin McEwen, director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

McEwen was in Savoy to help launch the department's newest office, the Family Advocacy in Champaign County. On Friday afternoon, he and a couple dozen social-service, police and school representatives walked around the new space.

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