CHICAGO (AP) — A report says the Joliet office of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services offered $100 gift cards to workers closing the most cases just months before a missing 1-year-old girl’s body was found under a couch in a home.
The Chicago Tribune reported the existence of the contest Saturday, a day after the department released a report reviewing its actions leading up to the death of 1-year-old Semaj Crosby. The toddler was found dead April 26 in a Joliet Township home shortly after DCFS closed an investigation into whether she was being neglected.
It’s unclear whether any of the winners of the contest that began in January were involved in DCFS inquiries at Semaj’s home.
DCFS Director George Sheldon says the contest was inappropriate.
