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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.10 - Introduction

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a) The Department
				of Human Services is the State agency which is responsible through its Division
				of Youth and Community Services for planning, developing, administering and
				funding a statewide comprehensive, community based program for adolescent
				services. Those duties and responsibilities are described in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				334, Administration and Funding of Community Based Services to Youth.
b) Comprehensive, Community Based Services to
				Youth is a program funded by the Department which strives to integrate youth
				services on a local level into a more comprehensive, community based youth
				service system.
c) The services to
				youth for which the Department may grant funds are primarily delivered by
				community based providers throughout the state who gain recognition from the
				Department as the designated provider for a specific local area through a
				process of competitive application as described in the aforementioned rules, 89
				Ill. Adm. Code 334. As part of the recognition gaining process, local boards or
				service systems must indicate the specific target groups of youth to be served,
				the goals and objectives to be achieved, the services to be provided, as well
				as the program design and methodology for delivering those services. Those
				service delivery requirements are described in the rules contained in this
				Subpart B.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.11 - Youth Service Goals

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a) Primary Goal
The primary goal of youth services funded by the Department
				  is the diversion of youth from the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
				  through the provision of family preservation, family reunification and
				  independent living services. Such services are directed at assuring that youth
				  who come into contact or may come into contact with the child welfare or
				  juvenile justice systems will have access to needed community, prevention,
				  diversion, emergency or independent living services.
b) Permanency Goal
All youths receiving services will usually have the primary
				  permanency goals of either family preservation or family reunification, or
				  independence.
c) Family
				Preservation
When family preservation is the goal, services are directed
				  toward helping the youth and his or her parents resolve and cope with family
				  problems and disruptive behaviors in order to preserve the youth in his or her
				  family home.
d) Family
				Reunification
When family reunification is the goal, services are directed
				  toward helping the youth and his or her parents resolve and cope with family
				  problems and disruptive behaviors in order to return the youth to his or her
				  family home after short term foster care or shelter care or other temporary
				  living arrangements.
e)
				Independence
When independence is the goal, services are directed toward
				  helping the youth develop the ability to care for himself or herself and to
				  become economically self-sufficient.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.12 - Eligibility for Comprehensive, Community Based Youth Services

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a) Department funded youth services must be
				provided to the following categories of youth:
1) Youth who have been taken into limited
				custody by the police as potential minors requiring authoritative intervention
				(MRAI's) for one of the following reasons:
A)
				absence from home without parental consent; or
B) beyond the control of parents in
				circumstances which constitute a substantial or immediate danger to the youth's
				physical safety.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.13 - Youth Services

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a) The
				needs of youth defined in Section
				310.12
				are met through a variety of programs which offer a mix of services depending
				on the needs of the youth.
1) The services
				which must be available include:
A) crisis
				intervention services;
B) family
				preservation/reunification services;
C) temporary living arrangement
				services;
D) networking.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.14 - Access to Youth Services

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a) To
				obtain services eligible youth as defined in Section
				310.12(a)
				must be referred in one of the following ways:
1) Through a request from a law enforcement
				officer for interim crisis intervention services for a youth taken into limited
				custody.
2) Through a referral from
				the State Central Register operated by the Department of Human Services,
				Department of Children and Family Services field offices or child protection
				teams.
3) Through self-referred by
				the youth.
4) Through referrals
				from the Governor's Youth Services Initiative.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.15 - Client Service Plan

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a) Each youth and
				family served shall have a written client service plan established between the
				local service provider and the youth and family served.
b) Service plans shall be completed within
				ten working days of the first service contact and shall be updated as the youth
				and family situation changes.
c)
				The service plan shall include the following:
1) Names of youth and family
				served.
2) Legal status of
				youth.
3) The problems to be
				overcome and the needs to be met.
4) Permanency goals and interim
				objectives.
5) Services provided to
				resolve problems, meet needs and achieve goals and objectives.
6) Justification for any placement.
7) Visitation plan for any youth in
				placement.
8) Timeframes for
				achieving goals and objectives.
9)
				Documentation of compliance with the provisions of Department of Human Services
				contracts.
10) Social investigation
				interviews if court petition is necessary.
11) Evaluation of progress toward meeting
				goals and objectives.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 310 - DELIVERY OF YOUTH SERVICES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Subpart B - COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO YOUTH › Section 310.16 - Timeframes and Termination of Services

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a) Total involvement of youth in youth
				services funded by the Department of Human Services is time limited. No youth
				and/or family shall receive more than eight weeks of service without a staffing
				on the youth and family and written documentation of the need to continue
				services to achieve permanency goals. The staffing shall involve the worker and
				his/her supervisor. Staffings shall be documented in case records or client
				service plans.
b) Crisis
				intervention/placement services may be offered for a maximum of fourteen
				calendar days with possible extensions of seven days granted by the youth
				services coordinator when the efforts to reunify the family have been
				unsuccessful. At this time the youth service coordinator shall also ensure that
				a court pre-screening is held if necessary.
c) For each youth who receives services, the
				youth service provider must formulate a discharge plan which contains the
				following:
1) The youth's progress during
				service;
2) Recommendations for
				aftercare/followup that will ensure family preservation;
3) Measures taken by the provider to ensure
				that all necessary aftercare and follow-up services will take place to ensure
				family preservation;
4) If the
				youth cannot be returned to the parent(s) or guardian following placement, the
				plan must contain the reasons for failure to reunify the family, the plan for
				the youth's living situation and the interim objectives set that will
				accomplish an eventual return, if possible.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 311 - GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SERVICES INITIATIVE › Section 311.1 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Part is to delineate the involvement of the
				Illinois Department of Children and Family Services with the Departments of
				Corrections, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Illinois
				State Board of Education in the execution of the Governor's Youth Services
				Initiative.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 311 - GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SERVICES INITIATIVE › Section 311.2 - Definitions

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"Court liaisons" are representatives of the juvenile court who
				attend staffings and provide contact between the court and the
				Initiative.
"Multi-problemed youth" means youth with multiple problems in
				domains of mental illness or retardation, emotional disturbance, juvenile
				delinquency, serious criminal offense, child abuse or neglect, behavioral
				disorders, or educational handicapping conditions. For a youth to be eligible
				for the Governor's Youth Services Initiative, the criteria set forth in Section
				311.4 must be
				met.
"Policy Board" is the decision-making board of the Governor's
				Youth Services Initiative composed of state agency liaisons appointed by the
				Directors of the Departments of Children and Family Services, Corrections,
				Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the State Superintendent of
				the Illinois State Board of Education.
"Program Administrator" chairs the Policy Board and supervises
				the regional coordinators.
"Regional Conveners" are regional representatives of the
				Departments of Children and Family Services, Corrections, and Mental Health and
				Developmental Disabilities, and representatives of a local school district in
				lieu of the Illinois State Board of Education, who participate in staffings on
				Governor's Youth Services Initiative cases and who have the authority to
				facilitate the implementation of treatment plans.
"Regional Coordinators" are those staff located in selected
				regions of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services who chair
				staffings on cases, initiate services and monitor implementation of treatment
				plans.
"Staffings" means conferences involving Regional Conveners
				which result in an assessment of needs, the development or modification of a
				client service plan, the identification of a case manager and the monitoring or
				review of a plan for all severely multi-problemed youth served by the
				Initiative.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 311 - GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SERVICES INITIATIVE › Section 311.3 - Purpose of the Governor's Youth Services Initiative

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The Governor's Youth Services Initiative (G.Y.S.I.) is a
				program which is cooperatively sponsored by the Illinois Department of Children
				and Family Services (DCFS), Illinois Department of Mental Health and
				Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD), the Illinois Department of Corrections
				(DOC), and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). The initiative is
				designed to perform four basic functions:
a) Assist in conflict resolution over
			 disagreements between state agencies and/or the juvenile court in accessing or
			 planning appropriate services for multi-problem youth.
b) Assist in case planning, management, and
			 coordination for multi-problem youth whose problems are not the clear
			 responsibility of any state agency.
c) Identify policy, procedural, and
			 programming gaps in the network of state and local community service
			 systems.
d) Promote the development
			 of a full continuum of in-state programs to meet the needs of multi-problem
			 youth.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 311 - GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SERVICES INITIATIVE › Section 311.4 - Referral Criteria

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In order for a youth to be referred to the Governor's Youth
				Services Initiative, the presiding juvenile judge or designee must determine
				that one or more of the following criteria are met:
a) There is a major disagreement between the
			 court and a state agency as to that state agency's responsibility for the child
			 or as to the type of service that the child is to receive. A major disagreement
			 is one which creates the appearance that litigation is imminent or probable.
			 This disagreement must arise between the court and the state agency which is
			 expected to respond to the major presenting problem.
b) There is a major disagreement between
			 state agencies as to which agency is responsible for service
			 delivery.
c) If neither subsections
			 (a) nor (b) above apply, then all regular channels designed to elicit services
			 must have been pursued and failed and documentation which shows services have
			 been denied must be available in the Juvenile Court file.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 311 - GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SERVICES INITIATIVE › Section 311.5 - Responsibilities of the Policy Board

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a)
			 The Policy Board is responsible at the state level for:
1) Developing and approving criteria for
			 decision making for the Initiative in areas of referral, service delivery, case
			 management, termination and funding.
2) Approving an annual operational plan
			 prepared by Initiative staff.
3)
			 Identifying, analyzing and resolving issues of mutual concern regarding the
			 delivery of services to children and adolescents in Illinois.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 311 - GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SERVICES INITIATIVE › Section 311.6 - Regional Staffings

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a) At the
			 regional level the Initiative conducts multi-disciplinary staffings on
			 individual youth, which insure that the needs of the youth are thoroughly
			 assessed and analyzed, a client service plan is developed and implemented, and
			 regular monitoring and review of the plan take place at least quarterly. Youth
			 have a right to be present at and participate in the needs assessment phase of
			 the staffings and to be represented by counsel at their own expense.
b) Staffing decisions are made through a
			 process of consensus or majority rule of regional conveners present with
			 adherence to approved criteria referenced above in Section
			 311.5(a).
			 If a decision appears to contradict approved criteria, the Program
			 Administrator has authority to request further consideration if the decision
			 appears to be against the manifest weight of the evidence. The Program
			 Administrator retains the authority to change decisions based upon the manifest
			 weight of the evidence after the reconsideration process is
			 completed.
c) Regional Conveners
			 and staff are to expedite both planning and service initiation for referrals to
			 the Initiative. Initial staffings must occur within 9 working days of receipt
			 of the referral information and a written client service plan will be available
			 within 60 working days of the initial staffing.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Part is to describe eligibility
				requirements, the application and selection process, and financial provisions
				of the Department of Children and Family Services Scholarship
				Program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.20 - Definitions

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"Accredited high school", as used in this Part, means any high
				school that has met all compliance rules and regulations as required by the
				State of Illinois.
"ACT" means American College Test.
"Adopted child" means a child for whom the Department was
				legally responsible immediately before the adoption was finalized.
"Children for whom the Department is legally responsible" means
				children for whom the Department has temporary protective custody or
				guardianship via court order or children whose parent has signed an adoptive
				surrender or voluntary placement agreement with the Department.
"Children of veterans" means youth who are either wards of the
				Department or in the subsidized guardianship program or who have been adopted
				and whose birth parent or adoptive parent has served honorably in a branch of
				the United States Armed Services.
"Department" means the Department of Children and Family
				Services.
"FAFSA" means Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
"GED" means General Educational Development
				certificate/diploma.
"KinGap Program" means
the subsidized guardianship
				program that allows the State to enter into guardianship agreements to provide
				assistance payments to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed the
				legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as a licensed foster
				parent and for whom they have committed to care on a permanent
				basis.
"SAT" means Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.30 - Description

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The DCFS Scholarship Program provides a maximum of 48
				scholarships each year, four of which are awarded to children of veterans.
				Scholarship recipients receive up to four consecutive years of supplemental
				services and maintenance payments (see Section
				312.90 )
				that will include annual tuition and fee waivers if the student attends an
				Illinois State community college or university. Scholarships do not cover room,
				board, or dormitory fees. Students may attend other colleges or universities,
				if scholarships are awarded them, and receive the same maintenance benefits as
				those students attending State-supported community colleges or
				universities.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.40 - Eligibility Requirements

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Applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be
				considered for a DCFS scholarship:
a)
			 the applicant must be at least 16 years of age and have earned a high school
			 diploma from an accredited institution, or a General Education Development
			 certificate/diploma, or have met the State criteria for high school graduation
			 by the end of the current school year;
b) the Department must have court-ordered
			 legal responsibility for the applicant, the applicant must have aged out of the
			 Department's care at age 18 or older, or the Department must have had legal
			 responsibility for the applicant immediately prior to the adoption being
			 finalized, or the applicant must be in the KinGap Program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.50 - Application

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a) The application
			 package will contain the following:
1)
			 completed DCFS Scholarship Program Student Application, CFS 438;
2) transcript of high school grades through
			 the first semester of the senior year and class standing information, copy of
			 GED and score, or copy of alternative acceptable high school
			 transcript;
3) college transcript
			 if applicable;
4) ACT or SAT test
			 and score;
5) documentation of
			 legal relationship with the Department; and
6) three letters of recommendation from
			 persons unrelated to the applicant.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.60 - Selection

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a) The Office of
			 Education and Transition Services shall coordinate the Scholarship Awards
			 Selection Committee (SASC). SASC shall include senior leadership of the
			 Department, including, but not limited to, persons who oversee the offices of
			 guardian, legal services, clinical and operations, and key representatives from
			 Department advisory groups, including the Child Welfare Advisory Committee,
			 Child Care Association of Illinois, Illinois Foster Parent Association,
			 Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council and Council on Adoptable
			 Children.
b) The SASC shall meet in
			 April to evaluate the applications.
1) Each
			 application will be reviewed by 3 randomly selected SASC members, who will rate
			 it according to the criteria in this subsection (b)(1). The reviewers will
			 receive detailed scoring rubrics regarding subsections (b)(1)(B) through (D) to
			 maximize consistency among reviewers.
A) Test
			 Scores/GPA (40 points total)
The highest two scores of the following shall be counted at 20
				points each:
i) High School GPA, on a
			 4-point scale (weighted if possible; otherwise unweighted is acceptable):
GPA x 5
=
(20 points possible)
ii)
			 College GPA (if applicable), on a 4-point scale (weighted if possible;
			 otherwise unweighted is acceptable):
GPA x 5
=
(20 points possible)
iii)
			 ACT Score (if the applicant is submitting an SAT Score instead, it is converted
			 to the corresponding ACT Score using the ACT-SAT Concordance available at
			 http://www.act.org/aap/concordance):
ACT Score x 20/36
=
(20 points possible)
iv) GED
			 Test Score (if applicable):
GED - 200 x 20/600
=
(20 points possible)
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.70 - Service Planning and Living Arrangements

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a) A service plan will be developed with each
			 scholarship recipient for whom the Department has legal responsibility. At a
			 minimum, plans will be reviewed every six months or at the beginning of each
			 academic quarter or semester.
b)
			 Children under the care of the Department selected to receive a Department
			 scholarship shall have a living arrangement plan established by their
			 caseworker prior to beginning school. Scholarship recipients may not live in a
			 Department funded placement while attending post-secondary school. However,
			 Department funded placements may be available to these youth during extended
			 college breaks.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.80 - Ongoing Eligibility Requirements

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Scholarship recipients are required to take a minimum of 12
				credit hours per semester or quarter during fall and spring term and 6 credit
				hours in the summer term (see Section
				312.90(b)(2)(A)
				 ), maintain a "C" grade point average and
				provide a copy of their semester or quarter grades to their caseworker and OETS
				Business Office. Recipients who are under the care of the Department shall also
				notify their caseworkers and the OETS Business Office if they transfer to
				another school, change their address, attend summer school or withdraw from
				school. Youth who are no longer the legal responsibility of the Department
				shall submit the above-required documentation to the OETS Business Office.
				Scholarship recipients are responsible for filing a FAFSA form and applying for
				other forms of financial aid annually, if needed, and for paying their own room
				and board, as well as other costs not covered by the Department
				scholarship.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 312 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 312.100 - Discharge from the Scholarship Program

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a) Students will be discharged from the
			 Scholarship Program for the following reasons:
1) completion of four years in the
			 Scholarship Program, or the student reaches age 23, whichever occurs
			 first;
2) failure to enroll in
			 school;
3) failure to maintain a
			 "C" grade point average;
4) failure
			 to maintain an academic load of 12 credit hours each semester or quarter during
			 the fall and spring semesters;
5)
			 withdrawal from school; or
6)
			 dismissal from school due to disciplinary reasons.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.1 - Purpose

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The Purpose of this Part is to describe:
a) The responsibilities of the Department of
			 Human Services (Department) in developing, maintaining, administering and
			 funding a program of community services.
b) The requirements of boards of Area
			 Projects which seek funding for developing, managing, providing and
			 coordinating community services programs.
c) The responsibilities of Community
			 Committees in implementing and operating the service components of community
			 services programs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.3 - Eligibility as an Area Project

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a) Any
			 organization, association or local board/service system can apply to be
			 recognized as an Area Project for a given area, provided that either:
1) the recognized body is any agency whose
			 preponderance of resources is directed to community service programs as defined
			 in this rule, which are different than intervention-oriented youth
			 services.
2) it creates, through an
			 amendment to its by-laws or other binding agreement, a specific body whose
			 purpose is to develop, manage, provide and coordinate a community services
			 program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.4 - Community Service Areas of Community Committees

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a) The Community Committee shall define its
			 own geographic area when applying to the board of the Area Project for
			 recognition. The Community Committee, as the entity which will provide a
			 Community Services Program in that area, may request funding from the Area
			 Project.
b) In defining a community
			 service area, the Community Committee shall consider the following:
1) In urban settings, community areas or
			 "neighborhoods" where there is a common sense of identity and concerns, with a
			 sense of shared territory. The neighborhood is usually not larger than 100
			 square blocks.
2) In less densely
			 populated areas, the natural groupings are less often clearly defined and
			 "shared territory" may mean a neighborhood, small town, or township.
3) Manageability of the geographic size of
			 the size of the service area. Is the area too large for the committee to
			 develop or should the committee develop target a section of the area?
4) Cohesiveness of the service area and sense
			 of community among the residents. The committee needs to assess whether the
			 community is homogeneous or heterogeneous with respect to social, cultural,
			 ethnic, racial or economic variables. If the groups comprising the community
			 are diverse, then the committee will need to adjust its approach to accommodate
			 this diversity.
5) Population. Is
			 the number of people in the area too large for the committee to
			 service?
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.5 - Composition of the Board of an Area Project

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a) The board of the Area Project shall
			 conduct meetings at least every two months.
b) No member of the board of an Area Project
			 may have a direct financial interest in the affairs of the Area Project or be
			 an immediate relative (i.e. husband, wife or child) of any person with a direct
			 financial interest.
c) The board of
			 an Area Project shall have the following authority and responsibilities:
1) Review and approval of all community
			 services program reports submitted to the Department.
2) Review, approval and monitoring of
			 expenditures in accordance with all laws, Department rules and
			 procedures.
3) Maintenance of
			 written records of all meetings.
4)
			 Review, approval and monitoring of all contracts and subcontracts
			 established.
5) Ensuring that all
			 relevant laws, regulations and procedures are complied with including all laws,
			 Department rules, procedures and contract requirements and
			 guidelines.
6) Assuring that
			 community services grants, contracts and budgets are implemented as
			 approved.
7) Approval and
			 monitoring of all aspects of a community services program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.6 - Community Services Program Plan

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a) Area Projects funded by the Department to
			 provide community services shall, within 180 days of notification of initial
			 funding and 45 days prior to contract renewal in subsequent years, submit a
			 community services program plan to the Department and the appropriate Regional
			 Youth Planning Committee.
b) Each
			 community services program plan shall incorporate the previously submitted
			 application and also include:
1)
			 Documentation as to how the services will achieve the program goals and
			 objectives in accordance with the community needs assessment and available
			 resources.
2) Procedures which
			 describe how the following functions will be carried out:
A) community organizing
B) advocacy services
C) direct services
3) A plan which details a time-line for
			 implementation of the procedures stated in subsection (b)(2) above.
4) Staffing patterns and job
			 descriptions.
5) Personnel
			 policies.
6) Procedures for
			 development, award and monitoring of subcontracts.
7) Fiscal record keeping.
8) Reporting procedures and documentation of
			 programs towards goals and objectives.
9) A plan for monitoring of working
			 agreements and network activities.
10) A plan to recruit, screen and train
			 volunteers accompanied by a method of record keeping for activities performed
			 by volunteers.
11) A financial
			 development and fund raising plan which ensures that on-going attempts are made
			 to generate resources from potential public and private sources.
12) An affirmative action plan, if
			 necessitated by state or federal statutes or regulations.
13) A plan for staff development including
			 staff training plans sponsored by the Area Project and participation in
			 Department/Division training workshops.
14) listings of the service brokerage
			 agreements for referral.
15)
			 listings of the criteria for admission/discharge of a youth from the
			 program.
16) appeal procedures for
			 clients which are clear and comprehensive.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.7 - Target Groups to be Served by Community Services Programs

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a) The identification of persons eligible to
			 receive services under the community services program shall flow from the
			 program plan developed in the context of the targeted community service
			 area.
b) In identifying target
			 groups, the total youth population in the community service area shall be given
			 consideration for eligibility.
c) A
			 process for referral of youth not eligible for services under the community
			 services program shall be developed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.8 - Service Components of Community Services Programs

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a) In order to be considered for funding,
			 Area Projects must plan to provide the following services:
1) Community organizing, which shall seek to
			 change conditions that weaken the community and put its youth at risk, through
			 activities such as the building of community organizations, community
			 development/ redevelopment, and efforts directed at improving community
			 environmental, educational, political and other problem conditions.
2) Advocacy services on behalf of the local
			 population, both youth and their families, either:
A) directly with employers, parents, schools
			 and other service providers; or with the key persons of the juvenile justice
			 system (i.e., police, courts and the Department/Division), or
B) indirectly through such actions as
			 assisting youth and families to seek advocacy services in the
			 community.
3) Direct
			 services to the youth themselves when deemed necessary by the Area Project,
			 should serve as a means of involving community residents. Direct services shall
			 be:
A) identified and developed by the local
			 residents.
B) provided by the
			 Community Committee(s) or volunteers.
C) delivered on an informal basis as opposed
			 to the traditional casework modality.
D) directly related to the problem identified
			 in the community needs assessment and address the specific needs which are
			 identified as part of the program plan.
E) structured in such a way as to encourage
			 the recruitment and involvement of both youth and adult community residents as
			 volunteers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.9 - Funding of Community Services Programs

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a) The Department may make grants for the
			 purpose of planning, establishing, operating, coordinating and evaluating
			 programs aimed at changing conditions which weaken the community and put its
			 youth at risk based upon poverty levels and population of youth in a designated
			 geographical area. Grants shall be made through negotiated contracts, which are
			 written agreements mutually agreed upon by the Department and the
			 provider.
b) The payment of funds
			 to the sponsoring bodies under the community services program shall be in the
			 form of a grant paid in equal monthly installments.
c) The Department will make monthly payments
			 in advance on or about the 10th day of the month for which payment is
			 requested. Due to the requirements of the State of Illinois' appropriation
			 system, no advance payment will be made for the month of July.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.10 - Application Requirements for Funding as a Community Services Program

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Applications from Area Projects shall include:
a) A plan for a community needs assessment
			 which shall be conducted annually as the basis for the formulation of the
			 community services program. This plan should address:
1) A compilation and review of the community
			 service area demographic data, such as, but not limited to: total population,
			 ethnic/racial composition, educational levels, dropout and truancy rates,
			 teenage pregnancies, gang activity and juvenile arrests/station
			 adjustments.
2) Interviews with
			 community residents, leaders, youth and others who can identify the unique
			 needs, available resources and current problems. As part of this assessment,
			 the problems present in the community shall be ranked by the residents in terms
			 of their own perception of seriousness.
3) Identification of indigenous leaders who
			 have strong abilities to reflect the needs of their community, identify and
			 understand those needs firsthand and carry influence with their peers and
			 neighbors.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.11 - Review and Monitoring of Community Services Program Plans

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a) The Department
			 shall establish a data repository which will organize the minimum data by
			 county to assist Area Projects in profiling the problems that put youth at risk
			 in their community service areas.
b) The Department shall analyze available
			 data for trends and correlations in order to prepare a statewide youth profile
			 which shall become part of the statewide annual plan for youth
			 services.
c) The Department shall
			 review all community services program plans to assure compliance with all
			 requirements and the potential for achievement of all goals.
d) The final decision on the approval of all
			 plans and the award of all contracts shall be made by the Department's
			 Secretary or designee.
e) All
			 contracts will be reviewed at least annually.
f) The Department shall perform on-site
			 monitoring with each designated Area Project at least semi-annually. Monitoring
			 will be done by a monitoring team of Department staff and community services
			 provider staff from other regions whose responsibilities will be to:
1) View progress toward objectives or
			 compliance with this Part.
2)
			 Discuss problems encountered and steps taken to remedy them.
3) Develop corrective action plans to ensure
			 attainment of objectives and compliance with requirements.
4) View a sample of account records, time
			 sheets and contract files.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 313 - COMMUNITY SERVICES › Section 313.12 - Contract Renewal

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a) Subsequent
			 contracts may be negotiated and renewed, based on available funds, without
			 recourse to a Request for Proposal. The Department will review such contracts
			 in order to determine that the provider is complying with the provisions of the
			 current contract and providing effective services which meet the goals of the
			 contract. The Department will review the program plan of the proposed contract
			 for compatibility with Department goals and objectives as stated in 89 Ill.
			 Adm. Code 310, Delivery of Youth Services Funded by the Department of Human
			 Services.
b) In all cases, the
			 Secretary or designee shall make the final decision in the renewal of community
			 services contracts. In the event of reduced or insufficient funding, existing
			 grants will receive proportionate reductions. The funding of new programs will
			 be based on the availabilty of new, additional funding.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.10 - Purpose

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Under federal and State laws, children are entitled to a free,
				public education appropriate to their needs. Those unable to benefit from the
				education experience without additional supports are entitled to special
				education services. These rights extend to all children, including those for
				whom the Department of Children and Family Services is legally responsible. The
				purpose of these rules is to identify the regular education, special education,
				and preschool education services which must be provided to children for whom
				the Department is legally responsible.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.40 - Educational Assessment

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a) The
			 Department will provide an educational assessment for all children entering
			 Department custody. This assessment, part of the comprehensive assessment,
			 shall be completed sufficiently in advance of the case plan to incorporate the
			 contents of the assessment into the case plan. If an equivalent evaluation is
			 being used, the written results of this assessment may be received after
			 preparation of the case plan, but in no event more than 60 days after DCFS
			 receives court-ordered temporary custody. The educational assessment shall
			 include the following minimum components:
1)
			 identification of the child's current school and grade level;
2) the child's educational history (including
			 a determination if the child has in the past, or is currently, receiving any
			 early intervention, pre-kindergarten, or special education services);
3) an identification of educational goals,
			 educational needs, identifiable educational problem(s), and the need for a case
			 study evaluation; and
4) a review
			 of the child's medical history and medical screening report, including results
			 of initial vision and hearing screening.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.50 - Education Plan

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a) The
			 Department shall prepare an education plan (as part of the client service plan)
			 for each child in custody. The education plan shall assure that a child, while
			 in Department custody, receives a public education of a kind and quality
			 comparable to the public education provided to children not in Department
			 custody. The education plan shall be completed within 30 days after
			 commencement of court-ordered temporary custody.
b) If a child three or over is not currently
			 enrolled in school, the plan shall provide for when and how the child will be
			 enrolled, and how the child's educational needs will be met prior to such
			 enrollment. Children should be enrolled within two days after entering
			 Department custody or being moved to a new placement requiring a change in
			 schools. In no event will any child remain unenrolled by the Department for
			 more than five school days.
c) The
			 education plan shall contain the following minimum information:
1) Identification of the school in which the
			 child is enrolled;
2) How each
			 specific educational problem, need, or goal (as identified in the educational
			 assessment) will be addressed; and
3) What, if any, services or other supports
			 will be needed, and how such services or supports will be provided.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.60 - Special Education

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a)
			 Children for whom the Department is legally responsible will be classified as
			 eligible for special education services only in accordance with mandated case
			 study evaluation practices and multidisciplinary conferences provided under
			 State and federal law. Furthermore, no child should be considered or determined
			 eligible for special education services solely on the basis of his or her
			 placement or other living arrangement, or the fact that he or she is in the
			 custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family
			 Services.
b) Children for whom the
			 Department is legally responsible who are eligible for or receiving special
			 education services are entitled to have a surrogate parent appointed for them
			 by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to serve as their educational
			 advocate in accordance with 23 Ill. Adm. Code 226.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.70 - Pre-school Education

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The Department will ensure that children for whom the
				Department is legally responsible receive the same access to pre-school
				education programs as would be available to eligible children not in the
				custody of the Department. In meeting this obligation, the Department shall
				make all reasonable efforts to enroll all wards meeting the enrollment criteria
				of individual pre-school education programs available at no cost or at nominal
				cost to the Department. For purposes of this Part, pre-school education
				programs include early intervention services, pre-kindergarten programs for
				children at risk of academic failure (Pre-K), pre-school education programs and
				Head Start.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.80 - School Records

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Individual child case records shall contain current information
				concerning the child's school and progress in school, educational history,
				basic educational screening, and copies of the child's individualized
				educational plans. The Department shall ensure that a current immunization
				record is contained in the case record or health passport for each child, and
				will ensure that a current immunization record is promptly available to
				personnel responsible for enrolling the child in school.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.90 - Administrative Case Reviews

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a) The
			 initial administrative case review conducted pursuant to 89 Ill. Adm. Code 305,
			 Client Service Planning, shall include the following:
1) a determination as to whether an education
			 plan has been developed for the child;
2) a determination as to whether the child is
			 currently enrolled in school;
3) if
			 the child is not currently enrolled in school, a determination whether there is
			 adequate documentation of the reasons why the child was not enrolled in school
			 and what other plans have been made to ensure that the child receives an
			 appropriate education; and
4) a
			 determination whether the educational screening required by this Part has been
			 completed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 314 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 314.100 - Education Expenses

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The Department shall ensure the provision of education related
				services outside the mandated responsibility of public school districts or the
				Illinois State Board of Education. Foster parents shall not bear the financial
				burden of any charges associated with a child's education.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 315 - PERMANENCY PLANNING › Subpart A - PRINCIPLES OF PERMANENCY PLANNING › Section 315.10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Part is to explain the principles and
				  standards around which the Department centers its permanency planning and
				  decisionmaking for children and families when children must be placed apart
				  from their families.