CANS CERTIFICATION EXAM – NEW
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
AND LATEST SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
2026/2027
◎ 3 outcomes ANSWER: - safety, permanency, well-being
◎ Safety 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 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 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 Strengthen/Preserve families
◎ Federal Laws:
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 and child
welfare funding and requires responsible efforts to keep children from entering care
◎ Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) ANSWER: - Addresses the best interests of Native American
Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties
◎ 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
◎ 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
◎ State Laws:
Children and Family services act ANSWER: - specifies the general duties and responsibilities of
DCFS
◎ Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA) 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 ANSWER: - Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the lives
of children and families
◎ Adoption Act ANSWER: - Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures
governing adoption of children
◎ Child care act 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
◎ Interstate compact placement ANSWER: - Governs the provision of care for children in foster
care from one state to another
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
AND LATEST SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
2026/2027
◎ 3 outcomes ANSWER: - safety, permanency, well-being
◎ Safety 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 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 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 Strengthen/Preserve families
◎ Federal Laws:
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 and child
welfare funding and requires responsible efforts to keep children from entering care
◎ Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) ANSWER: - Addresses the best interests of Native American
Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties
◎ 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
◎ 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
◎ State Laws:
Children and Family services act ANSWER: - specifies the general duties and responsibilities of
DCFS
◎ Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA) 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 ANSWER: - Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the lives
of children and families
◎ Adoption Act ANSWER: - Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures
governing adoption of children
◎ Child care act 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
◎ Interstate compact placement ANSWER: - Governs the provision of care for children in foster
care from one state to another
