IL Child Welfare Fundamentals Exam
Questions With 100- Verified Answers||
GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2026
1. Serve as an agent of change
2. Form a helping relationship with the child and his or her family
3. Conduct initial and ongoing assessment
4. Provide information about the impact of trama on the child and family
5. Advocate for the child and family
6. Provide behavioral support
7. Linkage to appropriate services
8. Coordinate all child and family sevices
9. Demonstrate cultural competence -CORRECTANSWER nine core child welfare
practices
ACES -CORRECTANSWER Adverse childhood experiences
Orphan train movement -CORRECTANSWER Placed as many as 150,000 children
from eastern cities, orphans or children feom poor families, with midwest farm families
1.settlement movement -CORRECTANSWER 1.settlement movement
,Children's Bureau -CORRECTANSWER Was established in 1920. The first federal
agency comcerned with the welfare of children.
Amendment in 1939 that made federal funds avaliable for services to children -
CORRECTANSWER social security act titleIV-b
Department of Children and Family Services -CORRECTANSWER Was created in
January 1, 1964 by the illinois legislature so the state assumed fundamental
responsibility for safeguarding all illinois children and families
Dual mandate -CORRECTANSWER Protecting children and supporting families
mission of the Department of children and family services -CORRECTANSWER safety,
well being, permanent families
Social Security Act Title IV-B -CORRECTANSWER reasonable efforts must be made to
prevent a child from entering foster care, and to reunify a child with the child's family-
parents make reasonable progress
Safe haven law -CORRECTANSWER Allows an infant no more than 30 days old to be
relinquished to a hospital, police station, or emergency medical facility without question
or consequence to the parent.
, IEPA -CORRECTANSWER inter-ethnic placement act- prohibits any consideration of
children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in
the best insterest
Social Security Act Title IV-E -CORRECTANSWER reasonable efforts to move children
to permanency
fits vision statement -CORRECTANSWER partnering with families in making decisions,
setting goals,and achieving desired outcomes family importance, usable strengths,
identifying, the effects of adverse traumatic experiences
family centered, trauma informed, strength based practice fts -CORRECTANSWER
connected to parents use trauma lens and impact of trauma on behavior and
development strength based build strengths when planning
cftm -CORRECTANSWER child and family team meeting
planning for permanency -CORRECTANSWER is the focus of all child and family
meetings
engagement
full disclosure
open participation
Questions With 100- Verified Answers||
GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE 2026
1. Serve as an agent of change
2. Form a helping relationship with the child and his or her family
3. Conduct initial and ongoing assessment
4. Provide information about the impact of trama on the child and family
5. Advocate for the child and family
6. Provide behavioral support
7. Linkage to appropriate services
8. Coordinate all child and family sevices
9. Demonstrate cultural competence -CORRECTANSWER nine core child welfare
practices
ACES -CORRECTANSWER Adverse childhood experiences
Orphan train movement -CORRECTANSWER Placed as many as 150,000 children
from eastern cities, orphans or children feom poor families, with midwest farm families
1.settlement movement -CORRECTANSWER 1.settlement movement
,Children's Bureau -CORRECTANSWER Was established in 1920. The first federal
agency comcerned with the welfare of children.
Amendment in 1939 that made federal funds avaliable for services to children -
CORRECTANSWER social security act titleIV-b
Department of Children and Family Services -CORRECTANSWER Was created in
January 1, 1964 by the illinois legislature so the state assumed fundamental
responsibility for safeguarding all illinois children and families
Dual mandate -CORRECTANSWER Protecting children and supporting families
mission of the Department of children and family services -CORRECTANSWER safety,
well being, permanent families
Social Security Act Title IV-B -CORRECTANSWER reasonable efforts must be made to
prevent a child from entering foster care, and to reunify a child with the child's family-
parents make reasonable progress
Safe haven law -CORRECTANSWER Allows an infant no more than 30 days old to be
relinquished to a hospital, police station, or emergency medical facility without question
or consequence to the parent.
, IEPA -CORRECTANSWER inter-ethnic placement act- prohibits any consideration of
children's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in
the best insterest
Social Security Act Title IV-E -CORRECTANSWER reasonable efforts to move children
to permanency
fits vision statement -CORRECTANSWER partnering with families in making decisions,
setting goals,and achieving desired outcomes family importance, usable strengths,
identifying, the effects of adverse traumatic experiences
family centered, trauma informed, strength based practice fts -CORRECTANSWER
connected to parents use trauma lens and impact of trauma on behavior and
development strength based build strengths when planning
cftm -CORRECTANSWER child and family team meeting
planning for permanency -CORRECTANSWER is the focus of all child and family
meetings
engagement
full disclosure
open participation
