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Who needs a CW license?
Ans: 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?
Ans: Permanency, Safety, and well being of children
What is the orphan train movement?
Ans: 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?
Ans: 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?
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Ans: 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
Ans: Requirement for states to receive funding for
child welfare services
Indian Child Welfare Act
Ans: protects best interest of native children, grants
jurisdiction, preferrd placement with tribes
Inter- Ethnic Placement Act
Ans: law prohibits consideration of a child's race in
placement options
Adaptation and Safe Families Act
Ans: 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
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Ans: 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
Ans: Established DCFS, spells out duties,
responsibilities, and obligations
ANCRA
Ans: definition of abuse and neglect authorizes DCFS
to investigate reports, describes who are mandated
reporters and DCFS is supposed to accept reports. The
penalty for failure to report is a Class A misdemeanor
Juvenile Court Act
Ans: Grants authority of the court to intervene into
the lives of youth and families.
Child Care Act
Ans: Licensing regulations for child welfare agencies,
foster homes, daycare, residential treatment
centers...etc.
Interstate Compact on Placement of Children
Ans: Establishes who is going to be responsible for that
particular case.
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