CWEL and CANS questions with correct answers

Who needs a CW license? - Answer The illinois children and family services act requires a license for ALL direct child welfare services ( staff supervisors, investigator, case managers) What are 3 outcomes? - Answer Permanency, Safety, and well being of children What is the orphan train movement? - Answer from 1850's- 1900's, a train took orphans from very poor families on east coast to midwest farm families. What is the DCFS mission? - Answer To protect children reported to have been abused or neglected, icrease families' capacity to care for them, provide for well being of children in care, to support early intervention and child abuse prevention activities, work in partnershop with communities to fufill mission What is Duel Mandate? - Answer protecting children AND supporting families- we don't view children as isolated units we view the family as a unit and suppor that child's membership in the family. Social Security Act Title IV-E - Answer Requirement for states to receive funding for child welfare services Indian Child Welfare Act - Answer protects best interest of native children, grants jurisdiction, preferrd placement with tribes Inter- Ethnic Placement Act - Answer law prohibits co