DCFS
Who needs a license in IL? - correct answer Anyone that does direct practice with
children.
Concurrent Planning - correct answer On one hand working on re-unifying child
with family of origin, but if child can never go home finding somewhere that they
can stay (as permanent as possible).
Dual Mandate - correct answer Protecting children and supporting families even
when children and families are separated.
Failure to Thrive - correct answer An infant in less than the 25th percentile, not
due to biology.
Parentified Child - correct answer Children whom parent themselves
Orphan Train - correct answer 1850's-1920's. Movement of 150,000 children from
eastern cities to midwest farming communities. Child labor laws had not been
conceptualized during this time.
1874 - correct answer First legal intervention for child abuse occurred via the
american society for prevention of cruelty to animals. Mary Ellen was a member
of the Animal Kingdom.
1899 - correct answer Jane Addams & Julia Lathrop successfully advocated for
IL's adoption of the juvenile court act basic child protection procedures now
available to youth.
1920 - correct answer Children's bureau established- first federal agency focused
on child welfare
, 1939 - correct answer Social security act amended to provide social services
using federal funds for children
1964 - correct answer IL legislature created IL DCFS- state became fundamentally
responsible for safeguarding children and their families.
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act of 1996 - correct answer prohibits any consideration
of a child's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement
will be in their best interest.
The Best Approach to avoid violating the Inter-Ethnic Placement Act of 1996 is... -
correct answer to use care and sound clinical judgment in selecting the first
placement for a child who requires substitute care and to avoid delay in selecting
a suitable foster or adoptive home.
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 - correct answer Requires reasonable
efforts to move children to permanency. Requires judicial permanency hearing for
children no later than 12 months after the date children entered foster care and
no less than every 12 months as long as the children are in foster care. Requires
that states must file a petition to terminate parental rights when children have
been in foster care for 15 of the previous 22 months (but not sole criterion) -->
exceptions if child is living with relative, termination of parental rights is not best
interest of child or the state failed to provide services consistent with case plan
time frame.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - correct
answer Extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and
kinship guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18-21. Resulting from the
patient protection and ACA.
Children and Family Services Act - correct answer Specifies the general duties
and responsibilities of DCFS. These vary across states and DCFS can designate
representatives to carry out these duties, but oversight must be conducted by
DCFS.
Who needs a license in IL? - correct answer Anyone that does direct practice with
children.
Concurrent Planning - correct answer On one hand working on re-unifying child
with family of origin, but if child can never go home finding somewhere that they
can stay (as permanent as possible).
Dual Mandate - correct answer Protecting children and supporting families even
when children and families are separated.
Failure to Thrive - correct answer An infant in less than the 25th percentile, not
due to biology.
Parentified Child - correct answer Children whom parent themselves
Orphan Train - correct answer 1850's-1920's. Movement of 150,000 children from
eastern cities to midwest farming communities. Child labor laws had not been
conceptualized during this time.
1874 - correct answer First legal intervention for child abuse occurred via the
american society for prevention of cruelty to animals. Mary Ellen was a member
of the Animal Kingdom.
1899 - correct answer Jane Addams & Julia Lathrop successfully advocated for
IL's adoption of the juvenile court act basic child protection procedures now
available to youth.
1920 - correct answer Children's bureau established- first federal agency focused
on child welfare
, 1939 - correct answer Social security act amended to provide social services
using federal funds for children
1964 - correct answer IL legislature created IL DCFS- state became fundamentally
responsible for safeguarding children and their families.
Inter-Ethnic Placement Act of 1996 - correct answer prohibits any consideration
of a child's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement
will be in their best interest.
The Best Approach to avoid violating the Inter-Ethnic Placement Act of 1996 is... -
correct answer to use care and sound clinical judgment in selecting the first
placement for a child who requires substitute care and to avoid delay in selecting
a suitable foster or adoptive home.
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 - correct answer Requires reasonable
efforts to move children to permanency. Requires judicial permanency hearing for
children no later than 12 months after the date children entered foster care and
no less than every 12 months as long as the children are in foster care. Requires
that states must file a petition to terminate parental rights when children have
been in foster care for 15 of the previous 22 months (but not sole criterion) -->
exceptions if child is living with relative, termination of parental rights is not best
interest of child or the state failed to provide services consistent with case plan
time frame.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - correct
answer Extends assistance for foster care maintenance, adoption assistance, and
kinship guardianship programs to eligible youth age 18-21. Resulting from the
patient protection and ACA.
Children and Family Services Act - correct answer Specifies the general duties
and responsibilities of DCFS. These vary across states and DCFS can designate
representatives to carry out these duties, but oversight must be conducted by
DCFS.
