Placement Exam Illinois DCFS with
question and answer100%CORRECT
Permanency - Continuous living arrangement designed to meet a child's developmental
needs, increase his/her sense of emotional well-being and establish legal bonds to a place and
family. (Illinois Juvenile Court Act, Department Rules & Procedures, Policy Guide 98.1)
Permanency Pathways - The Permanency Pathways are the various routes to permanency
goals for children in placement. The pathways depict the various junctures along the child
welfare continuum where casework practices would be needed to strengthen reunification and
concurrent planning practices.
Permanency goals for intact family cases - This goal is selected for children who remain at
home and are served as intact families. These cases sometimes have particular challenges for
workers as children remain in homes that have been determined to be "unsafe." In those cases
there is a "Safety Plan" which provides for the children in their parents' care as long as they
follow this plan.
Permanency goals for children in placement - -Return home in five months
-Return home in twelve months
-Return home pending status hearing
-Substitute care pending court determination on termination of parental rights
-Adoption
-Guardianship
-Independence
-Cannot be provided for in home environment
question and answer100%CORRECT
Permanency - Continuous living arrangement designed to meet a child's developmental
needs, increase his/her sense of emotional well-being and establish legal bonds to a place and
family. (Illinois Juvenile Court Act, Department Rules & Procedures, Policy Guide 98.1)
Permanency Pathways - The Permanency Pathways are the various routes to permanency
goals for children in placement. The pathways depict the various junctures along the child
welfare continuum where casework practices would be needed to strengthen reunification and
concurrent planning practices.
Permanency goals for intact family cases - This goal is selected for children who remain at
home and are served as intact families. These cases sometimes have particular challenges for
workers as children remain in homes that have been determined to be "unsafe." In those cases
there is a "Safety Plan" which provides for the children in their parents' care as long as they
follow this plan.
Permanency goals for children in placement - -Return home in five months
-Return home in twelve months
-Return home pending status hearing
-Substitute care pending court determination on termination of parental rights
-Adoption
-Guardianship
-Independence
-Cannot be provided for in home environment
