CWEL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● "Orphan Train" movement
Answer: placed as many as 150,000 orphans and children from poor
families in eastern cities with midwest farm families, many were only
valued in terms of the labor they could provide
●● Freedman's Bureau
Answer: assisted newly emancipated African American families of the
south after the Civil War with educational and health services, direct
cash relief, and employment opportunities
●● 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 adequate, permanent
families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot safely
return home, support early intervention and child abuse prevention
activities, and work in partnership with communities to fulfill this
mission
●● dual mandate
,Answer: protecting children and supporting families
●● statutes
Answer: legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in which
government will use its powers
●● case law
Answer: based on court decisions and interpretations, doesn't include
statutory provisions- in any specific case, the court will interpret
statutes, define terminology, and review compliance with statutorily
prescribed procedures
●● Social Security Act Title IV-B
Answer: establishes requirements to receive federal funding for family
support services, time-limited family reunification services, adoption
promotion, and support services; it also creates funds for general child
welfare services
●● Social Security Act Title IV-E
Answer: receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent living
arrangements, written case plans, periodic review of progress by an
independent third party
●● Indian Child Welfare Act
,Answer: identified federal requirements regarding the removal and
placement of Indian children in foster or adoptive homes and allows the
child's tribe to intervene, intent is to "protect the best interests of Indian
children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and
families"
●● Inter-Ethnic Placement Act
Answer: prohibits any consideration of children's race or ethnicity as a
factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in their best
interest
●● Adoption and Safe Families Act
Answer: requires reasonable efforts to move children to permanency
while providing that "a child's health and safety shall be the paramount
concern"
●● Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of
2008
Answer: extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption
assistance, and kinship guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18
up to age 21
●● 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-to-day work of child professionals in Illinois,
requires the department to receive reports of abused and neglected
children, to investigate these reports, and to provide services necessary
to prevent further harm to children
●● Juvenile Court Act
Answer: establishes the authority of Juvenile Court to intervene in the
lives of children and families, all children in foster care fall under the
jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court Act
●● Adoption Act
Answer: specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures for
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 on the Placement of Children
Answer: governs the provision of care for children in foster care from
one state to another
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● "Orphan Train" movement
Answer: placed as many as 150,000 orphans and children from poor
families in eastern cities with midwest farm families, many were only
valued in terms of the labor they could provide
●● Freedman's Bureau
Answer: assisted newly emancipated African American families of the
south after the Civil War with educational and health services, direct
cash relief, and employment opportunities
●● 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 adequate, permanent
families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot safely
return home, support early intervention and child abuse prevention
activities, and work in partnership with communities to fulfill this
mission
●● dual mandate
,Answer: protecting children and supporting families
●● statutes
Answer: legislative mandates that prescribe the manner in which
government will use its powers
●● case law
Answer: based on court decisions and interpretations, doesn't include
statutory provisions- in any specific case, the court will interpret
statutes, define terminology, and review compliance with statutorily
prescribed procedures
●● Social Security Act Title IV-B
Answer: establishes requirements to receive federal funding for family
support services, time-limited family reunification services, adoption
promotion, and support services; it also creates funds for general child
welfare services
●● Social Security Act Title IV-E
Answer: receive foster care reimbursement to achieve permanent living
arrangements, written case plans, periodic review of progress by an
independent third party
●● Indian Child Welfare Act
,Answer: identified federal requirements regarding the removal and
placement of Indian children in foster or adoptive homes and allows the
child's tribe to intervene, intent is to "protect the best interests of Indian
children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and
families"
●● Inter-Ethnic Placement Act
Answer: prohibits any consideration of children's race or ethnicity as a
factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in their best
interest
●● Adoption and Safe Families Act
Answer: requires reasonable efforts to move children to permanency
while providing that "a child's health and safety shall be the paramount
concern"
●● Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of
2008
Answer: extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption
assistance, and kinship guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18
up to age 21
●● 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-to-day work of child professionals in Illinois,
requires the department to receive reports of abused and neglected
children, to investigate these reports, and to provide services necessary
to prevent further harm to children
●● Juvenile Court Act
Answer: establishes the authority of Juvenile Court to intervene in the
lives of children and families, all children in foster care fall under the
jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court Act
●● Adoption Act
Answer: specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures for
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 on the Placement of Children
Answer: governs the provision of care for children in foster care from
one state to another
