CWEL AND CANS EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!
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CWEL and CANS
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CWEL And CANS
Who needs a CW license? - ANSWER The illinois children and family services act requires a license for ALL direct child welfare services ( staff supervisors, investigator, case managers)
What are 3 outcomes? - ANSWER Permanency, Safety, and well being of children
What is the orphan train mov...
CWEL AND CANS EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!
Who needs a CW license? - ANSWER The illinois children and family services act requires a license
for ALL direct child welfare services ( staff supervisors, investigator, case managers)
What are 3 outcomes? - ANSWER Permanency, Safety, and well being of children
What is the orphan train movement? - ANSWER from 1850's- 1900's, a train took orphans from very
poor families on east coast to midwest farm families.
What is the DCFS mission? - ANSWER To protect children reported to have been abused or
neglected, icrease families' capacity to care for them, provide for well being of children in care, to
support early intervention and child abuse prevention activities, work in partnershop with
communities to fufill mission
What is Duel Mandate? - ANSWER protecting children AND supporting families- we don't view
children as isolated units we view the family as a unit and suppor that child's membership in the
family.
Social Security Act Title IV-E - ANSWER Requirement for states to receive funding for child welfare
services
Indian Child Welfare Act - ANSWER protects best interest of native children, grants jurisdiction,
preferrd placement with tribes
Inter- Ethnic Placement Act - ANSWER law prohibits consideration of a child's race in placement
options
Adaptation and Safe Families Act - ANSWER Requires reasonable efforts to move kids to permanency
within 12 months- goal is to not let children lanquish in care.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adaptions Act - ANSWER Extends assistance for
foster care subsidies. For kids, if it does amke sense to terminate parental rights, and long term
, guardianship is chosen, it provides more financial support to encourage long term permanency
option.
Children and Families Services Act - ANSWER Established DCFS, spells out duties, responsibilities,
and obligations
Diligent searches must be made early after the initiation of services for missing parents or
other family members who might be resources for the children.
A court permanency hearing must occur for each child no later than 12 months after the
date the child has entered foster care; and a permanency hearing must occur no less than
every 6 months as long as a child is in foster care.
The court must select a permanency goal for the child at the permanency hearing.
The court must consider what action is in the children's best interest.
Consent Decree - ANSWER when somebody sues DCFS (first name represents name of child, second
name it the director of the department)
ARISTOTLE P V. MCDONALD - ANSWER Requires DCFS to make a diligent search to locate joint
placement for siblings, as well as place siblings together,
BATES V. MCDONALD - ANSWER spells out parental/ child visitation requirements. Parents are
entitles to visit their kids
BH V. MCDONALD - ANSWER Standard of care for kids in care, DCFS is supposed to protect kids in
care, provide adeqaute health and mental health services
BURGOS V. SUTER - ANSWER Spanish speaking client services- translation for people who do not
speak english. Also makes sure documents are in language client can understand.
HILL V. ERICKSON - ANSWER Pregnant and parenting DCFS wards have adequate care and are
provided for.
IN RE LEE/WESLEY - ANSWER Requires the DCFS Guardianship Administrator to notify the
Guardianship and Advocacy Commission within 24 hours of admission of a Cook County ward to a
mental health or drug dependency facility.
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