Who needs a child welfare license? - ANSWER Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
3 outcomes - ANSWER safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - ANSWER Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe ...
Safety - ANSWER Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that a child
is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm
Permanency - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
Federal Laws:
, Social Security Act - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Requires federal funding for family support services
Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the lives of
children and families
Adoption Act - ANSWER Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures governing
adoption of children
Child care act - ANSWER Establishes the licensing regulations governing child welfare agencies,
foster family homes, group homes, child care institutions, day care agencies, and individual day care
providers
Interstate compact placement - ANSWER Governs the provision of care for children in foster care
from one state to another
Interstate compact adoption - ANSWER Governs provisions of medical care to children who are
adopted in one state and move to another state
Emancipation of mature minors act - ANSWER Mature minors demonstrating ability and capacity to
manage their own affairs may obtain legal status of emancipated person
Foster Parent Law - ANSWER Outlines foster parents rights and responsibilities
Allows an infant 30 days old or less to be relinquished to a hospital, police station, or emergency
medical facility without question or consequence to the parents
Domestic Violence Act - ANSWER Allows individuals to request orders of protection against
individuals in inflicting physical abuse or neglect to family or household members
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