CWEL & CANS ACTUAL TEST STUDY GUIDE
SOLVED QUESTIONS 2026 GRADED A+.
◉ Orphan Train. 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. 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. Answer: Protect Children and support families
◉ Social Security Act. 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. Answer: Requires federal funding for
family support services
◉ Social Security Title IV-E. Answer: Amends the SSA to include
adoption assistance, child welfare funding and requires responsible
efforts to keep children from entering care
◉ Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Answer: Recognition of the
importance of preserving Native American heritage, culture, and
communities.
Identified federal requirements regarding the removal and placement
of Indian children in foster or adoptive homes and allows the child's
tribe to intervene.
Establishes preferences for the placement of Native American
children who are eligible or have been determined to be members of
the tribe.
◉ Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA). 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
Decrease time children wait to be adopted.
, Prevent discrimination on basis of race, color or national origin when
selecting foster and adoptive placements.
Recruit a diverse pool of foster and adoptive families of all races and
ethnic groups.
Provide stiff penalties, including financial penalties, for violation of
the Act.
◉ Adoption and safe families act (ASFA). 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. Answer: Extends assistance of youth to 21
requires that a transition plan be developed with youth and he/she
ages out of foster care
◉ Children and Family services act. Answer: Specifies the general
duties and responsibilities of DCFS
◉ Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA). Answer:
Guides the daily work of child professionals in Illinois
Defines abuse, neglect, how to report allegations,
SOLVED QUESTIONS 2026 GRADED A+.
◉ Orphan Train. 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. 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. Answer: Protect Children and support families
◉ Social Security Act. 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. Answer: Requires federal funding for
family support services
◉ Social Security Title IV-E. Answer: Amends the SSA to include
adoption assistance, child welfare funding and requires responsible
efforts to keep children from entering care
◉ Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Answer: Recognition of the
importance of preserving Native American heritage, culture, and
communities.
Identified federal requirements regarding the removal and placement
of Indian children in foster or adoptive homes and allows the child's
tribe to intervene.
Establishes preferences for the placement of Native American
children who are eligible or have been determined to be members of
the tribe.
◉ Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA). 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
Decrease time children wait to be adopted.
, Prevent discrimination on basis of race, color or national origin when
selecting foster and adoptive placements.
Recruit a diverse pool of foster and adoptive families of all races and
ethnic groups.
Provide stiff penalties, including financial penalties, for violation of
the Act.
◉ Adoption and safe families act (ASFA). 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. Answer: Extends assistance of youth to 21
requires that a transition plan be developed with youth and he/she
ages out of foster care
◉ Children and Family services act. Answer: Specifies the general
duties and responsibilities of DCFS
◉ Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA). Answer:
Guides the daily work of child professionals in Illinois
Defines abuse, neglect, how to report allegations,
