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, Who needs a child welfare license? - ANS Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
3 outcomes - ANS safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - ANS Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that
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a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm
Permanency - ANS A continuous living arrangement designed to meet a child's needs,
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increases his/her sense of emotional well-being, and establish legal bonds to a place and family
Orphan Train - ANS Placed 150,000 poor/orphan children from eastern cities with Midwest
farm families
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Some of these children became members of these families, but many were valued only as farm
laborers
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DCFS Mission Statement - ANS -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
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-Support early intervention and child abuse prevention services
-Work in partnership with communities to fulfill this mission
Dual Mandate - ANS Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
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Federal Laws:
Social Security Act - ANS system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of
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industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the
blind, and the physically handicapped.
Social Security Title IV-B - ANS Requires federal funding for family support services
Social Security Title IV-E - ANS 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) - ANS Addresses the best interests of Native American
Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties