CWEL & CANS exam questions and
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Dispositional hearing - ANSWERS --Occurs within 30 days of adjudicatory hearings
The judge:
-Hears testimony
-Considers reports
-Reviews evidence
Status hearings - ANSWERS -Inform the court about the status of particular aspects of cases and
can occur at any time
Progress hearings - ANSWERS --Inform the court about the progress of the case
Termination hearing - ANSWERS -Court decides whether there is clear and convincing evidence
to find the parents unfit and whether it is in the child's best interest to terminate parental rights
Private guardianship - ANSWERS -Proceeding by which an individual other than the parent
obtains legal custody of the ward
Case closure - ANSWERS --case closure by age
-A party can bring a motion for closure before age 19
-A minor may come back into DCFS care
,Child Protection Warrants - ANSWERS -A warrant issued by the judge in an abuse and neglect
court cases which directs a law enforcement official to take the juvenile named in the warrant
into protective custody wherever the juvenile is found
Who needs a child welfare license? - ANSWERS -Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
3 outcomes - ANSWERS -safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - ANSWERS -Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that
a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm
Permanency - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS --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 - ANSWERS -Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
, Federal Laws:
Social Security Act - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -Requires federal funding for family support services
Social Security Title IV-E - ANSWERS -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) - ANSWERS -Addresses the best interests of Native American
Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - ANSWERS -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) - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -specifies the general duties and responsibilities of
DCFS
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Dispositional hearing - ANSWERS --Occurs within 30 days of adjudicatory hearings
The judge:
-Hears testimony
-Considers reports
-Reviews evidence
Status hearings - ANSWERS -Inform the court about the status of particular aspects of cases and
can occur at any time
Progress hearings - ANSWERS --Inform the court about the progress of the case
Termination hearing - ANSWERS -Court decides whether there is clear and convincing evidence
to find the parents unfit and whether it is in the child's best interest to terminate parental rights
Private guardianship - ANSWERS -Proceeding by which an individual other than the parent
obtains legal custody of the ward
Case closure - ANSWERS --case closure by age
-A party can bring a motion for closure before age 19
-A minor may come back into DCFS care
,Child Protection Warrants - ANSWERS -A warrant issued by the judge in an abuse and neglect
court cases which directs a law enforcement official to take the juvenile named in the warrant
into protective custody wherever the juvenile is found
Who needs a child welfare license? - ANSWERS -Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
3 outcomes - ANSWERS -safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - ANSWERS -Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that
a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm
Permanency - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS --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 - ANSWERS -Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
, Federal Laws:
Social Security Act - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -Requires federal funding for family support services
Social Security Title IV-E - ANSWERS -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) - ANSWERS -Addresses the best interests of Native American
Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - ANSWERS -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) - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -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 - ANSWERS -specifies the general duties and responsibilities of
DCFS
