DCFS helps families work out problems so that children can come back home. If that isn't possible, DCFS places the children in permanent homes. To learn about becoming a Foster Family click here . Today, older, handicapped, minority, and abused or neglected children need loving persons to adopt them. DCFS helps by providing a full range of adoption services, from finding families to adopt to keeping a voluntary adoption registry.
Services are also available to birth parents who chose to place their newborns for adoption.
To learn more click here . The Child Welfare Agency Licensing Unit in DCFS is charged with the enforcement of the Child Welfare Agency Licensing Act 1041 of 1997. The Unit inspects and monitors Residential, Emergency, Psychiatric, Sexual Offenders programs and Placement agencies, in accordance with the Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Welfare Agencies. The unit makes recommendations to the Child Welfare Agency Review Board at their monthly meetings for licensure of various facilities or if the need arises such as adverse action against a facility found to be in violation of the standards. Monitoring visits are conducted quarterly for Residential facilities and at least yearly for Placement agencies.