CWEL and CANS Exam 2025
Questions and 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
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,Indian Child Welfare Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-protects best interest of native children, grants
jurisdiction, preferrd placement with tribes
Inter- Ethnic Placement Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-law prohibits consideration of a child's race in
placement options
Adaptation and Safe Families Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Requires reasonable efforts to move kids to
permanency within 12 months- goal is to not let children lanquish in care.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adaptions Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Extends
assistance for foster care subsidies. For kids, if it does amke sense to terminate parental rights, and
long term guardianship is chosen, it provides more financial support to encourage long term
permanency option.
Children and Families Services Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Established DCFS, spells out duties,
responsibilities, and obligations
ANCRA - ANSWER✔️✔️-definition of abuse and neglect authorizes DCFS to investigate reports,
describes who are mandated reporters and DCFS is supposed to accept reports. The penalty for
failure to report is a Class A misdemeanor
Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Grants authority of the court to intervene into the lives of
youth and families.
Child Care Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Licensing regulations for child welfare agencies, foster homes,
daycare, residential treatment centers...etc.
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, Interstate Compact on Placement of Children - ANSWER✔️✔️-Establishes who is going to be
responsible for that particular case.
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance - ANSWER✔️✔️-means you can't place
a child in any state. You must get permission from that state's Child protection service.
Emancipation of Mature Minors Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-legal way for a minor to be able to live
independently, given the same rights as a legal adult!
Foster Parent Law - ANSWER✔️✔️-Delineates rights and responsibilities of foster parents
Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Infant younger then 30 days can be
left at fire station or other "safe haven: eith no consquence to parent.
Illinois Domestic Violence Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Civil law that allows individuals to request orders
of protection against individuals who are inflicting physical abuse or neglect, or exploiting
family/household members or high-risk adults.
Probate Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-governs the guardianship of minors and adults
3 laws pertaining to Permanency Initiative - ANSWER✔️✔️-In 1997, the Governor convened a
broad-based group to determine what should be done to achieve safe, permanent homes for foster
children in an expeditious manner. Three pieces of legislation were enacted: HB 165, HB 66, SB
1099
Children's health and safety are always the paramount concern.
Diligent searches must be made early after the initiation of services for missing parents or
other family members who might be resources for the children.
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Questions and 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
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Indian Child Welfare Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-protects best interest of native children, grants
jurisdiction, preferrd placement with tribes
Inter- Ethnic Placement Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-law prohibits consideration of a child's race in
placement options
Adaptation and Safe Families Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Requires reasonable efforts to move kids to
permanency within 12 months- goal is to not let children lanquish in care.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adaptions Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Extends
assistance for foster care subsidies. For kids, if it does amke sense to terminate parental rights, and
long term guardianship is chosen, it provides more financial support to encourage long term
permanency option.
Children and Families Services Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Established DCFS, spells out duties,
responsibilities, and obligations
ANCRA - ANSWER✔️✔️-definition of abuse and neglect authorizes DCFS to investigate reports,
describes who are mandated reporters and DCFS is supposed to accept reports. The penalty for
failure to report is a Class A misdemeanor
Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Grants authority of the court to intervene into the lives of
youth and families.
Child Care Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Licensing regulations for child welfare agencies, foster homes,
daycare, residential treatment centers...etc.
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
, Interstate Compact on Placement of Children - ANSWER✔️✔️-Establishes who is going to be
responsible for that particular case.
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance - ANSWER✔️✔️-means you can't place
a child in any state. You must get permission from that state's Child protection service.
Emancipation of Mature Minors Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-legal way for a minor to be able to live
independently, given the same rights as a legal adult!
Foster Parent Law - ANSWER✔️✔️-Delineates rights and responsibilities of foster parents
Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Infant younger then 30 days can be
left at fire station or other "safe haven: eith no consquence to parent.
Illinois Domestic Violence Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-Civil law that allows individuals to request orders
of protection against individuals who are inflicting physical abuse or neglect, or exploiting
family/household members or high-risk adults.
Probate Act - ANSWER✔️✔️-governs the guardianship of minors and adults
3 laws pertaining to Permanency Initiative - ANSWER✔️✔️-In 1997, the Governor convened a
broad-based group to determine what should be done to achieve safe, permanent homes for foster
children in an expeditious manner. Three pieces of legislation were enacted: HB 165, HB 66, SB
1099
Children's health and safety are always the paramount concern.
Diligent searches must be made early after the initiation of services for missing parents or
other family members who might be resources for the children.
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3
