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Who needs a child welfare license? -:- Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois 3 outcomes -:- safety, permanency, well-being Safety -:- Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm Permanen...

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CWEL & CANS exam Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Who needs a child welfare license?


✓ -:- Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois




3 outcomes


✓ -:- safety, permanency, well-being




Safety


✓ -:- Status when an assessment of available information supports the

belief that a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm




Permanency


✓ -:- A continuous living arrangement designed to meet a child's needs,

increases his/her sense of emotional well-being, and establish legal bonds

to a place and family




Orphan Train



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✓ -:- Placed 150,000 poor/orphan children from eastern cities with

Midwest farm families




Some of these children became members of these families, but many were valued only as

farm laborers




DCFS Mission Statement


✓ -:- -Protect children who are reported to be abused or neglected and to

increase their families capacity to safely care for them

-Provide for the well-being of children in our care


-Provide appropriate, permanent families as quickly as possible for those children who

cannot safely return home


-Support early intervention and child abuse prevention services


-Work in partnership with communities to fulfill this mission




Dual Mandate


✓ -:- Protect Children and Strengthen/Pre serve families




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Federal Laws:


Social Security Act


✓ -:- system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of

industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers

and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped.




Social Security Title IV-B


✓ -:- Requires federal funding for family support services




Social Security Title IV-E


✓ -:- Amends the SSA to include adoption assistance and child welfare

funding and requires responsible efforts to keep children from entering

care




Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)


✓ -:- Addresses the best interests of Native American Children to

preserve their generational and tribal ties




Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA)

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✓ -:- Prohibits any consideration of a child's race or ethnicity as a factor

in deciding which permanent placement will be in their best interest




Adoption and safe families act (ASFA)


✓ -:- Amends title IV-E to require efforts to move a child to permanency,

requiring judicial permanency hearing for children no later than 12

months after the child enters child care




Fostering connections to success and increasing adoptions act of 2008


✓ -:- extends assistance of youth to 21

requires that a transition plan be developed with youth and he/she ages out of foster care




State Laws:


Children and Family services act


✓ -:- specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS




Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA)


✓ -:- Guides the day by day work of child professionals in Illinois


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