CWEL & CANS Exam Questions With Accurate Answers.

CWEL & CANS Exam Questions With Accurate Answers. Who needs a child welfare license? - answerAnyone who works in child welfare in Illinois 3 outcomes - answersafety, permanency, well-being Safety - answerStatus when an assessment of available information supports the belief that a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm Permanency - answerA 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 - answerPlaced 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 - answerProtect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families Federal Laws: Social Security Act - answersystem 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 - answerRequires federal funding for family support services Social Security Title IV-E - answerAmends 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) - answerAddresses the best interests of Native American Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - answerProhibits 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) - answerAmends 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 - answerextends 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 - answerspecifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA) - answerGuides the day by day work of child professionals in Illinois Defines abuse, neglect, how to report allegations, mandated reporters, how to accept and investigate reports and provide follow up services Juvenile Court Act - answerEstablishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the lives of children and families Adoption Act - answerSpecifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures governing adoption of children Child care act - answerEstablishes 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 - answerGoverns the provision of care for children in foster care from one state to another Interstate compact adoption - answerGoverns provisions of medical care to children who are adopted in one state and move to another state Emancipation of mature minors act - answerMature minors demonstrating ability and capacity to manage their own affairs may obtain legal status of emancipated person