CWEL & CANS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Who needs a child welfare license? - Correct Answer-Anyone who works in child
welfare in Illinois
3 outcomes - Correct Answer-safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct Answer-Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
Federal Laws:
Social Security Act - Correct 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 - Correct Answer-Requires federal funding for family support
services
, Social Security Title IV-E - Correct Answer-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) - Correct Answer-Addresses the best interests of
Native American Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - Correct Answer-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) - Correct Answer-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 - Correct
Answer-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 - Correct Answer-specifies the general duties and
responsibilities of DCFS
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA) - Correct Answer-Guides 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 - Correct Answer-Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene
in the lives of children and families
Adoption Act - Correct Answer-Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and
procedures governing adoption of children
Child care act - Correct 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
ANSWERS
Who needs a child welfare license? - Correct Answer-Anyone who works in child
welfare in Illinois
3 outcomes - Correct Answer-safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct Answer-Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
Federal Laws:
Social Security Act - Correct 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 - Correct Answer-Requires federal funding for family support
services
, Social Security Title IV-E - Correct Answer-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) - Correct Answer-Addresses the best interests of
Native American Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - Correct Answer-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) - Correct Answer-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 - Correct
Answer-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 - Correct Answer-specifies the general duties and
responsibilities of DCFS
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA) - Correct Answer-Guides 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 - Correct Answer-Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene
in the lives of children and families
Adoption Act - Correct Answer-Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and
procedures governing adoption of children
Child care act - Correct 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
