Illinois Child Welfare Laws
This is the primary legislation governing child welfare in Illinois.
What is the Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act?
This is the primary aim of family preservation services.
What is to keep families together whenever safely possible?
This agency is primarily responsible for child welfare in Illinois.
What is the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)?
This term describes a child temporarily placed outside their home for safety.
What is foster care?
This form is used for the DCFS Visiting Record.
What is CFS 502?
This law emphasized the necessity of reporting suspected child abuse.
What is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)?
This is what "trauma-informed care" focuses on.
What is understanding and responding to the effects of trauma?
What is the Illinois Foster Parent Association?
This is someone legally required to report suspected child abuse or neglect.
What is a "mandated reporter"?
What is CFS 307?
This is the age limit for a child to be considered under the jurisdiction of child welfare services in Illinois.
What is 18 years old?
This approach emphasizes the strengths and resources of families.
What is the Strengths-Based Approach?
This organization provides legal advocacy for children in the welfare system.
What is the Guardian ad Litem program?
This is the process of returning a child to their family after foster care.
What is "reunification"?
This form is for Norman Cash Assistance or Housing Advocacy Referral.
What is CFS 370-5?
This is the key purpose of the Adoption and Safe Families Act.
What is to promote permanency for children in foster care?
This is the importance of cultural competence in child welfare.
What is to ensure that services are respectful and responsive to the diverse backgrounds of families?
This is the role of the Illinois Child Abuse Reporting Hotline.
What is to receive reports of suspected child abuse or neglect?
This is the process of ensuring a stable and permanent living situation for children in care.
What is "permanency planning?"
This form is for Clinical Referral Form.
What is CFS 399-1?
These are some legal grounds for terminating parental rights in Illinois.
What are abandonment, severe neglect, or unsuitability?
These are the two key components of a successful case plan.
What are specific goals and measurable outcomes?
This is one program that supports adoptive families in Illinois.
What is the Adoptive Parent Support Program?
This is an evaluation to determine a child's needs for safety and well being.
What is "necessary-need assessment"?
This form is for the unitization of DCFS Permanency Case Assistants.
What is the Child Development Aide Referral Form?