CWEL & CANS Exam Test Questions with Answers
Graded A+
Who needs a child welfare license? -
ANSWER -Anyone who works in child Dual Mandate - ANSWER -Protect Children
welfare in Illinois and Strengthen/Preserve families
3 outcomes - ANSWER -safety, Federal Laws:
permanency, well-being Social Security Act - ANSWER -system of
old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims
of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance,
Safety - ANSWER -Status when an aid for dependent mothers and children, the
assessment of available information supports the blind, and the physically handicapped.
belief that a child is not in immediate danger of
moderate to severe harm
Social Security Title IV-B - ANSWER -
Requires federal funding for family support
Permanency - ANSWER -A continuous services
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 Social Security Title IV-E - ANSWER -
family Amends the SSA to include adoption assistance
and child welfare funding and requires
responsible efforts to keep children from entering
Orphan Train - ANSWER -Placed 150,000 care
poor/orphan children from eastern cities with
Midwest farm families
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) -
Some of these children became members of ANSWER -Addresses the best interests of
these families, but many were valued only as Native American Children to preserve their
farm laborers generational and tribal ties
DCFS Mission Statement - ANSWER -- Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) -
Protect children who are reported to be abused ANSWER -Prohibits any consideration of a
or neglected and to increase their families child's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding
capacity to safely care for them which permanent placement will be in their best
-Provide for the well-being of children in our care interest
-Provide appropriate, permanent families as
quickly as possible for those children who cannot
safely return home Adoption and safe families act (ASFA) -
-Support early intervention and child abuse ANSWER -Amends title IV-E to require
prevention services efforts to move a child to permanency, requiring
-Work in partnership with communities to fulfill judicial permanency hearing for children no later
this mission than 12 months after the child enters child care
, CWEL & CANS Exam Test Questions with Answers
Graded A+
Fostering connections to success and increasing Interstate compact adoption - ANSWER -
adoptions act of 2008 - ANSWER -extends Governs provisions of medical care to children
assistance of youth to 21 who are adopted in one state and move to
requires that a transition plan be developed with another state
youth and he/she ages out of foster care
Emancipation of mature minors act -
State Laws: ANSWER -Mature minors demonstrating
Children and Family services act - ability and capacity to manage their own affairs
ANSWER -specifies the general duties and may obtain legal status of emancipated person
responsibilities of DCFS
Foster Parent Law - ANSWER -Outlines
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act foster parents rights and responsibilities
(ANCRA) - ANSWER -Guides the day by
day work of child professionals in Illinois
Defines abuse, neglect, how to report Abandoned newborn infant - ANSWER -
allegations, mandated reporters, how to accept "safe haven act"
and investigate reports and provide follow up Allows an infant 30 days old or less to be
services relinquished to a hospital, police station, or
emergency medical facility without question or
consequence to the parents
Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER -Establishes
authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the
lives of children and families Domestic Violence Act - ANSWER -Allows
individuals to request orders of protection against
individuals in inflicting physical abuse or neglect
Adoption Act - ANSWER -Specifies the to family or household members
grounds for parental unfitness and procedures
governing adoption of children
Probate Act - ANSWER -Governs
guardianship to minors and adults
Child care act - ANSWER -Establishes the
licensing regulations governing child welfare
agencies, foster family homes, group homes, Consent Decrees - ANSWER -Have the
child care institutions, day care agencies, and force of law and child welfare professionals must
individual day care providers comply with their requirements
Interstate compact placement - ANSWER - Aristotle - ANSWER -Diligent search to
Governs the provision of care for children in locate joint placement for siblings
foster care from one state to another
Graded A+
Who needs a child welfare license? -
ANSWER -Anyone who works in child Dual Mandate - ANSWER -Protect Children
welfare in Illinois and Strengthen/Preserve families
3 outcomes - ANSWER -safety, Federal Laws:
permanency, well-being Social Security Act - ANSWER -system of
old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims
of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance,
Safety - ANSWER -Status when an aid for dependent mothers and children, the
assessment of available information supports the blind, and the physically handicapped.
belief that a child is not in immediate danger of
moderate to severe harm
Social Security Title IV-B - ANSWER -
Requires federal funding for family support
Permanency - ANSWER -A continuous services
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 Social Security Title IV-E - ANSWER -
family Amends the SSA to include adoption assistance
and child welfare funding and requires
responsible efforts to keep children from entering
Orphan Train - ANSWER -Placed 150,000 care
poor/orphan children from eastern cities with
Midwest farm families
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) -
Some of these children became members of ANSWER -Addresses the best interests of
these families, but many were valued only as Native American Children to preserve their
farm laborers generational and tribal ties
DCFS Mission Statement - ANSWER -- Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) -
Protect children who are reported to be abused ANSWER -Prohibits any consideration of a
or neglected and to increase their families child's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding
capacity to safely care for them which permanent placement will be in their best
-Provide for the well-being of children in our care interest
-Provide appropriate, permanent families as
quickly as possible for those children who cannot
safely return home Adoption and safe families act (ASFA) -
-Support early intervention and child abuse ANSWER -Amends title IV-E to require
prevention services efforts to move a child to permanency, requiring
-Work in partnership with communities to fulfill judicial permanency hearing for children no later
this mission than 12 months after the child enters child care
, CWEL & CANS Exam Test Questions with Answers
Graded A+
Fostering connections to success and increasing Interstate compact adoption - ANSWER -
adoptions act of 2008 - ANSWER -extends Governs provisions of medical care to children
assistance of youth to 21 who are adopted in one state and move to
requires that a transition plan be developed with another state
youth and he/she ages out of foster care
Emancipation of mature minors act -
State Laws: ANSWER -Mature minors demonstrating
Children and Family services act - ability and capacity to manage their own affairs
ANSWER -specifies the general duties and may obtain legal status of emancipated person
responsibilities of DCFS
Foster Parent Law - ANSWER -Outlines
Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act foster parents rights and responsibilities
(ANCRA) - ANSWER -Guides the day by
day work of child professionals in Illinois
Defines abuse, neglect, how to report Abandoned newborn infant - ANSWER -
allegations, mandated reporters, how to accept "safe haven act"
and investigate reports and provide follow up Allows an infant 30 days old or less to be
services relinquished to a hospital, police station, or
emergency medical facility without question or
consequence to the parents
Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER -Establishes
authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the
lives of children and families Domestic Violence Act - ANSWER -Allows
individuals to request orders of protection against
individuals in inflicting physical abuse or neglect
Adoption Act - ANSWER -Specifies the to family or household members
grounds for parental unfitness and procedures
governing adoption of children
Probate Act - ANSWER -Governs
guardianship to minors and adults
Child care act - ANSWER -Establishes the
licensing regulations governing child welfare
agencies, foster family homes, group homes, Consent Decrees - ANSWER -Have the
child care institutions, day care agencies, and force of law and child welfare professionals must
individual day care providers comply with their requirements
Interstate compact placement - ANSWER - Aristotle - ANSWER -Diligent search to
Governs the provision of care for children in locate joint placement for siblings
foster care from one state to another
