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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 271 - JOINT RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT ON AGING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS › Section 271.120 - Financial Exploitation Training

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a) A training program shall minimally include
			 information on the following subjects:
1)
			 recognizing the indicators of financial exploitation;
2) how to report financial exploitation of
			 older adults.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 271 - JOINT RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT ON AGING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION TRAINING BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS › Section 271.130 - Reports

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a) An officer of
			 each financial institution shall be designated to create and maintain a record
			 of each employee and officer of the financial institution who has
			 satisfactorily completed training.
b) The list of the employees and officers in
			 each financial institution who have satisfactorily completed training shall be
			 maintained by the institution and be available for inspection at all times by
			 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The list shall include
			 the total number of employees and officers having satisfactorily completed the
			 training.
c) DFPR will compile a
			 statewide bi-annual report and submit that report to the Department on Aging
			 not more than 45 calendar days following the close of the reporting
			 period.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 280 - COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT › Subpart A - PROJECT OVERVIEW › Section 280.50 - Definitions

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"Department" means the Illinois Department on Aging.
"Program Plan" means a detailed explanation of the types of
				  service(s) the project shall provide, the methods by which services may or may
				  not be considered for residency, and a listing of client rights including
				  provision for contracts, liability insurance and discharge procedures.
"Project" means a location participating in the Community
				  Based Residential Facilities Demonstration Project.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 280 - COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT › Subpart A - PROJECT OVERVIEW › Section 280.100 - Authority and Purpose

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a) This Part is
				promulgated to develop and implement the criteria for the Community Based
				Residential Facilities Demonstration Project.
b) The Community Based Residential Facilities
				Demonstration Project is funded through the Department's Community Care Program
				(CCP), therefore all applicable CCP rules (89 Ill. Adm. Code 240) shall apply
				to this Part.
c) The Director shall
				appoint individuals to serve in an advisory capacity to identify potential
				issues regarding the CBRFDP, based upon the following:
1) provider of service representation, as
				well as representatives from the applicable Area Agency on Aging;
2) non-provider representatives from
				policy/advocacy/other services/research organizations; and
3) willingness to serve.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Part is to describe how the Department of
				Children and Family Services (Department) administers and provides child
				protective services through a State Central Register and local child protective
				service units. This Part governs how child abuse and neglect is reported and
				how such reports are handled and investigated.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.40 - Content of Child Abuse or Neglect Reports

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The State Central Register or the local report-taker shall
				attempt to secure the following information from the reporter:
a) family composition, including the name,
			 age, sex, race, ethnicity, and address of the children named in the report and
			 any other children in the environment;
b) name, age, sex, race, ethnicity and
			 address of the children's parents, caregiver, if different from the parent(s),
			 and if different, the relationship of the caregiver to the child(ren), and of
			 the alleged perpetrator and his/her relationship to the child
			 subjects;
c) the physical harm to
			 the involved children and an estimation of the children's present physical,
			 medical, and environmental condition. This estimation should include
			 information concerning any previous incidents of suspected child abuse or
			 neglect; and
d) the reporter's
			 name, occupation and relationship to the children, actions taken by the
			 reporter, where the reporter can be reached, and other information the reporter
			 believes will be of assistance.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.50 - Transmittal of Child Abuse or Neglect Reports

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a) The State Central Register, upon receipt
			 of a report of suspected child abuse or neglect, shall immediately transmit to
			 the appropriate investigative staff;
1) the
			 contents of the report;
2)
			 information on any previous indicated, pending, or undetermined reports
			 involving the subjects of a current report; and
3) other pertinent information.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.70 - Referrals to the Local Law Enforcement Agency and State's Attorney

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The Department will immediately refer reports, including but
				not limited to the following types, to the local law enforcement agency and the
				appropriate State's Attorney for consideration of criminal investigation or
				other action:
a) reports regarding a
			 child who may have died as a result of abuse or neglect;
b) reports in which the injury to the child
			 suspected to be abused or neglected is severe; such as, but not limited to:
			 multiple or spiral fractures, third degree burns, internal injuries, subdural
			 hematomas, brain damage, and skull fractures;
c) indicated reports in which credible
			 evidence is found that a child has been abused a second time, regardless of
			 severity;
d) reports of physical
			 injury when the evidence indicates that the child has been tortured;
e) reports in which a child is the alleged
			 victim of sexual abuse; or
f)
			 reports in which a child is alleged to be suffering from
			 malnutrition.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.80 - Delegation of the Investigation

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The Department may delegate the investigation of the child
				abuse or neglect report to:
a) the
			 local police, sheriff's office, other law enforcement agency, or the State's
			 Attorney, when they are concurrently conducting a criminal investigation of the
			 same incidents and allegations; or
b) a coroner or medical examiner who is
			 investigating the cause of death of a child who may have been the victim of
			 child abuse or neglect; or
c)
			 private social service agencies which had been designated for this purpose by
			 the Department prior to July 1, 1980; or
d) the Department of State Police, when the
			 investigation involves suspected child abuse or neglect perpetrated by State
			 employees acting in their official capacity or in State facilities or
			 institutions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.90 - Time Frames for the Investigation

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The following activities must be completed within the time
				frames indicated, except as exempted in Section
				300.110(d).
				The time the report was received at the State Central Register begins the
				investigative process.
a) In-person contact with alleged child victim or
						  in-person examination of the environment for inadequate shelter and
						  environmental neglect reports only or in-person contact with mothers of infants
						  who are hospitalized with controlled substances in their systems. Contact with
						  mother of hospitalized infants shall be in the environment in which the mother
						  intends to reside with the infant. Good faith attempt/Begin the initial
						  investigation. The investigation shall begin immediately if the child is
						  believed to be in immediate danger of physical harm or it is likely that the
						  family may flee with the child.
24 hours
b) In-person contacts with the alleged perpetrator, the
						  children's caretaker and the alleged child victim if not completed
						  sooner
7 days
c) Begins the Formal Investigation (Written)
14 days
d) Final Investigation Report (Written)
60 days
e) Preliminary Investigation Report - If a 30-day
						  extension to the formal investigation is necessary
60 days
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.100 - Initial Investigation

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a) When
			 a report of child abuse or neglect is received, Department investigative staff
			 will make an initial investigation to validate whether there is reasonable
			 cause to believe that child abuse or neglect exists.
b) The initial investigation will consist of
			 the following steps:
1) in-person contact
			 with all alleged child victims or in-person examination of the environment for
			 inadequate shelter and environmental neglect reports only, and
2) in-person or telephone contact with the
			 reporter, if the reporter's identity and whereabouts are available
			 and
3) data checks of Departmental
			 and law enforcement records.
4) If
			 the initial investigation is not completed within seven days, the alleged
			 perpetrator and the children's caretaker shall be contacted.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.110 - The Formal Investigative Process

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a) Beginning the Formal Investigation
The formal investigation begins as soon as investigative staff
				make a determination following the initial investigation that there is
				reasonable cause to believe that child abuse or neglect exists. Any actions
				described below which were taken during the initial investigation need not be
				repeated. Any time frames listed in Section
				300.90 which apply
				to the formal investigation mentioned below are retroactive to the beginning of
				the initial investigation.
b) Notifications During the Formal
			 Investigation
1) During the first contact,
			 after the formal investigation has begun, with the child's custodial parent,
			 personal guardian, or legal custodian and the alleged perpetrator, the
			 investigative staff shall notify them in writing that:
A) the Department has received a report
			 alleging abuse or neglect of their child; and
B) the Department is legally mandated to
			 investigate all child abuse or neglect reports; and
C) information concerning the report has been
			 entered into the Department's files; and
D) the Department will work confidentially
			 with them unless it becomes necessary to share information with authorized
			 individuals or agencies as provided by law in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 431;
			 and
E) the subjects have the right
			 of access to the information in the report with the exception of information
			 which would identify the reporter or persons who cooperated in the
			 investigation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.120 - Taking Children Into Temporary Protective Custody

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a) Local law enforcement officers, Department
			 child protection staff, and physicians treating a child may take temporary
			 protective custody of a child without the consent of the persons responsible
			 for the child's welfare, if they have reason to believe that:
1) leaving the child in the home or in the
			 care and custody of the child's caregiver presents an imminent danger to the
			 child's life or health. The child shall not be taken into protective custody
			 for the sole reason that the child was left with a relative, so long as the
			 relative is willing to keep the child, and the Department has reason to believe
			 that the relative can adequately and safely care for the child; and
2) there is insufficient time to obtain a
			 Juvenile Court order authorizing temporary custody.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.130 - Notices Whether Child Abuse or Neglect Occurred

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a) Written Notices of Decision
The Department provides a written notice to mandated reporters
				who reported suspected child abuse or neglect as well as to the child's parent,
				personal guardian, or legal custodian; the Juvenile Court Judge (when a State
				ward is involved); and the alleged perpetrator concerning the final
				determination of the report.
b) Mandated Reporters
1) Mandated reporters who have reported
			 suspected child abuse or neglect are informed via a written notice that a
			 formal investigation was conducted. The written notice also provides an
			 explanation of how further information on an indicated report may be secured.
			 Department staff will notify them in writing:
A) of the name of the child who was the
			 subject of a report of abuse or neglect;
B) whether the report was indicated or
			 unfounded;
C) whether the
			 Department took temporary protective custody.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.140 - Transmittal of Information to the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation and to School Superintendents

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a) The
			 Department will transmit to the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
			 information regarding perpetrators of indicated reports of child abuse or
			 neglect who are known to be subject to licensure or registration by the
			 Department of Professional Regulation under the following Acts:
1) Section 23 of The Illinois Dental Practice
			 Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 2323)
2) Section 25 of The Illinois Nursing Act of
			 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 3525)
3) Section 24 of The Illinois Optometric
			 Practice Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 3924)
4) Section 17 of The Illinois Physical
			 Therapy Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 4267)
5) Section 22 of the Medical Practice Act of
			 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 4400-22)
6) Section 21 of the Physician Assistant
			 Practice Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 4621)
7) Section 24 of the Podiatric Medical
			 Practice Act of 1987 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 4824)
8) Section 15 of the Clinical Psychologist
			 Licensing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 5316)
9) Section19 of the Clinical Social Work and
			 Social Work Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 6369)
10) Section 16 of the Illinois Athletic
			 Trainers Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 7616)
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.150 - Referral for Services

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a) When an
			 investigative worker determines that a report is indicated, the parents or
			 caregivers may be given the opportunity to cooperate with the Department
			 through services provided or arranged for by the Department. When the parents
			 or caregivers are unwilling or unable to cooperate, or when legal custody or
			 guardianship through the Department is necessary to protect the child, the
			 worker may seek court intervention.
b) When the investigative worker determines
			 that a report is unfounded but the family, including a relative caregiver, may
			 need services, the worker shall:
1) inform
			 the family of available child welfare services and refer the family for
			 services, if requested; or
2)
			 provide information regarding other community resources.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.170 - Child Death Review Teams

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a) The
			 Director of the Department shall appoint a child death review team in each
			 subregion of the Department outside Cook County and at least one child death
			 review team in Cook County.
b)
			 Every child death shall be reviewed by the team in the Department subregion
			 that has primary case management responsibility when the deceased child meets
			 one of the criteria described in Section
			 300.160(a)(2)
			 of this Part. The child death review team may, at its discretion, review other
			 sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths.
c) The purposes of the child death reviews
			 are to:
1) assist in determining the cause
			 and manner of the child's death, when requested;
2) evaluate means by which the death might
			 have been prevented;
3) report its
			 findings to appropriate agencies;
4) make recommendations that may help to
			 reduce the number of child deaths caused by abuse or neglect;
5) promote continuing education for
			 professionals involved in investigating, treating, and preventing child abuse
			 and neglect as a means of preventing child deaths due to abuse or neglect;
			 and
6) make specific
			 recommendations to the Director and the Inspector General of the Department of
			 Children and Family Services concerning the prevention of child deaths due to
			 abuse or neglect and the establishment of protocols for investigating child
			 deaths. [20 ILCS
			 515/20(b) ]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.180 - Abandoned Newborn Infants

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a)
			 Parental Relinquishment of a Newborn Infant
1)
			 In accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infants Protection Act [325 ILCS 2 ],
			 a parent of a newborn infant may relinquish the infant to a hospital, police
			 station, fire station or emergency medical facility personnel within 30 days
			 after the child's birth. Relinquishment of a newborn infant in accordance with
			 the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act does not render the infant abused,
			 neglected or abandoned solely because the newborn infant was relinquished to a
			 hospital, police station, fire station or emergency medical facility.
2) Hospital, police station, fire station and
			 emergency medical facility personnel are mandated reporters under the Abused
			 and Neglected Child Reporting Act. If personnel of the hospital, police
			 station, fire station or emergency medical facility to which the newborn infant
			 is relinquished suspect child abuse or neglect that is not solely based on the
			 newborn infant's relinquishment, they must report the suspected abuse or
			 neglect to the Department's State Central Register.
3) Neither a child protective investigation
			 nor a criminal investigation may be initiated solely because a newborn infant
			 is relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infants Protection
			 Act.
4) Newborn infants
			 relinquished to a police station, fire station or emergency medical facility
			 will be transported to the nearest hospital as soon as transportation can be
			 arranged by the facility. If the parent of a relinquished infant returns to the
			 facility to reclaim the infant within 72 hours, the facility must provide the
			 parent with the name and location of the hospital to which the infant was
			 transported.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Appendix A - Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status

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I,
(Employee name)
, understand that
				when I am employed as a
(Type of Employment)
, I will
				become a mandated reporter under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
				(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 23, pars. 2051 et seq.) This means that I am
				required to report or cause a report to be made to the child abuse Hotline
				number (1-800-25A-BUSE) whenever I have reasonable cause to believe that a
				child known to me in my professional or official capacity may be abused or
				neglected. I understand that there is no charge when calling the Hotline number
				and that the Hotline operates 24-hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per
				year.
I further understand that the privileged quality of
				communication between me and my patient or client is not grounds for failure to
				report suspected child abuse or neglect. I know that if I willfully fail to
				report suspected child abuse or neglect I may be found guilty of a Class A
				misdemeanor. This does not apply to physicians who will be referred to the
				Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Board for action.
I also understand that if I am subject to licensing under the
				Illinois Nursing Act, the Medical Practice Act, the Psychologist Registration
				Act, the Social Workers Registration Act, the Illinois Dental Practices Act,
				the School Code, or "AN ACT to regulate the practice of Podiatry in the State
				of Illinois," I may be subject to license suspension or revocation if I
				willfully fail to report suspected child abuse or neglect.
I affirm that I have read this statement and have knowledge and
				understanding of the reporting requirements which apply to me under the Abused
				and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
____________________________
Signature of Applicant/Employee
____________________________
Date
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Subpart is to describe the substitute
				  care services provided by the Department or its contractual agencies when it is
				  in the best interests of children to be placed apart from their parents or
				  guardians. Included in this Subpart is an explanation of:
a) the conditions under which children are
				placed in substitute care;
b) the
				types of substitute care settings in which children are placed;
c) the criteria used for selecting a
				placement; and
d) other legal and
				service requirements that must be fulfilled when placing children.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.30 - Introduction

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Placement or substitute care services means the care of
				  children for whom the Department is legally responsible who require a living
				  arrangement away from their families due to abuse, neglect, dependency,
				  voluntary surrender of parental rights or consent to adopt by a specified
				  person, or voluntary placement agreement and for whom the Department has
				  determined that family preservation services are not appropriate because such
				  services are not in the child's best interest or would not protect the child
				  from imminent risk of harm. Placement services include foster family or
				  relative home care, care provided in a group home or child care institution or
				  other institution. Placement is intended to be a temporary situation for the
				  children during the time that the parents' ability to care for the child is
				  being evaluated or the parents are receiving services to alleviate the problems
				  in the home so the family can be reunited. However, there may be times when it
				  is in the best interests of the child to seek a permanent placement away from
				  the child's family. In these instances a permanency goal other than family
				  reunification is sought. The complete range of permanency goals is described in
				  89 Ill. Adm. Code 315 (Permanency Planning).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.40 - Legal Authority to Place

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a) The
				Department shall not place children until it has the appropriate legal
				authority to do so. Such legal authority includes:
1) temporary protective custody in accordance
				with the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act [325 ILCS 5 ];
2) adoptive surrender or consent to adoption
				by a specified person in accordance with the Adoption Act [750 ILCS 50
				];
3) custody or guardianship in
				accordance with the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 [705 ILCS 405 ]; or
4) temporary custody with written consent of
				the parents or, if the child is not in the custody of either parent, written
				consent of the guardian or custodian of the child, in accordance with the
				Children and Family Services Act [20 ILCS 505 ]. A written consent from a
				parent, guardian or legal custodian requesting temporary placement services for
				his or her children is known as a voluntary placement agreement. A voluntary
				placement agreement may be entered into for a maximum of 60 days when it is in
				the best interests of the children. A voluntary placement agreement requires
				prior written approval of the administrator in charge of the Department region
				or designee. A voluntary placement agreement may be renewed for an additional
				60 days only with the prior non-delegable written approval of the administrator
				in charge of the Department region.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.50 - Emergency Placement

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Emergency placement services shall be provided immediately
				  when the provision of other services are not in the child's best interests and
				  will not ensure the safety of the child because the Department has reason to
				  believe:
a) that leaving the child in
				the home of his or her caregiver would present an imminent danger to the
				child's life or health; or
b) that
				a child has been left unsupervised for an unreasonable period of time without
				regard for the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of the child and
				the child's parent or caregiver cannot be readily located; or
c) that services directed toward keeping the
				family together would not sufficiently protect the child from harm, thus
				endangering the child's safety and well-being; or
d) that the child appears to be severely ill
				or injured and the parent or caregiver is unable to care for the child in this
				situation; or
e) the child is
				abandoned; or
f) the child is a
				runaway in accordance with 89 Ill. Adm. Code 329, Return of Runaway
				Children.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.60 - Placement Selection Criteria

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a)
				All placement decisions will be made consistent with the safety, best interests
				and special needs of the child. When a child is removed from the care of a
				custodial parent, the placing worker shall explore whether the non-custodial
				parent would be a suitable caregiver for the child. If placement with the
				non-custodial parent is not consistent with the safety, best interests and
				special needs of the child or if the non-custodial parent is not a suitable
				caregiver for the child, placement in substitute care shall be
				considered.
b) Substitute care
				placement decisions consistent with the safety, best interests and special
				needs of the child shall be made in consideration of the following:
1) the least restrictive setting appropriate
				for the child that most closely approximates a family;
2) placement within reasonable proximity to
				the child's home when the permanency goal is return home, and within the
				child's school district, whenever possible, taking into account any special
				needs of the child and family, the importance of maintaining continuity of the
				children's educational and social relationships, and the availability of the
				service resources needed for the child and family;
3) the ability of prospective foster or
				adoptive parents to meet the needs of a child. Placement in a foster or
				adoptive family home shall not be denied or delayed on the basis of the race,
				color, or national origin of the child, or the foster or adoptive family home
				members, nor shall placement for adoption of a child be denied or delayed if an
				approved family is available either outside of the Department's region handling
				the case or outside of the State of Illinois;
4) preservation of sibling relationships;
				and
5) placement, if the child is
				of American Indian heritage, according to criteria described in 89 Ill. Adm.
				Code 307 (Indian Child Welfare Services).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.70 - Sibling Placement

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a) It is
				the policy of the Department to place siblings together unless:
1) it is in the best interests of one or more
				of the children to be placed apart or to remain apart from his or her
				siblings;
2) the Department has
				been unable to locate a joint placement for the siblings, despite a diligent
				search by the Department as defined in subsection (f);
3) a court has ordered that the siblings be
				placed apart; or
4) it is in the
				best interests of the child or his or her siblings to be placed with a relative
				and the relative is not willing to accept all the children.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.90 - Foster Family Home Care

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a) Foster
				family home care is provided in licensed foster family homes for children who
				cannot remain in the home and who can benefit from a family structure of care.
				The Department shall have legal responsibility for the child before the child
				is placed in a foster family home. The home shall have received a license or
				permit under the provisions of 89 Ill. Adm. Code 402 (Licensing Standards for
				Foster Family Homes) before it receives children for foster care
				payment.
b) The Department shall
				provide specialized foster care services for a child in the custody or
				guardianship of the Department who requires such services due to emotional,
				behavioral, developmental or medical needs, or any combination thereof, or any
				other needs which require special intervention services, the primary goal being
				to maintain the child in foster care or in a permanency setting. [20 ILCS
				505/5.30(a) ]
1) A child's eligibility for specialized
				foster care services, and the specific service interventions needed, shall be
				determined based upon:
A) The results of the
				Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment tool, assessing the
				following child traits, domains and functioning:
i) Trauma experiences;
ii) Trauma stress symptoms;
iii) Child strengths;
iv) Life domain functioning;
v) Acculturation;
vi) Child behavioral/emotional needs;
				and
vii) Child risk behaviors;
				and
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.100 - Residential Care

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Residential care is provided in licensed group homes and
				  residential care facilities (child care institutions). Group home care is
				  provided for youth unable to adjust to family living who need a less structured
				  living situation than is provided in residential care facilities. Placement in
				  a residential care facility shall be made only when no other less restrictive
				  setting is appropriate for children requiring intensive services to change
				  behaviors which significantly interfere with their ability to cope with daily
				  life or which preclude placement in a family setting.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.110 - Care in a Medical/Psychiatric Facility

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Care in a medical or psychiatric facility is provided
				  for:
a) children who require long term
				care on an ongoing basis in an intermediate or skilled nursing care facility
				because of a severe physical or mental disability.
b) children who require acute or long term
				care on an ongoing basis because of a severe emotional handicap.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.120 - Sharing Appropriate Information with the Caregiver

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a) At the time the Department places a child
				in substitute care (e.g., foster home, relative caregiver, adoptive home, group
				home or child care institution) or prior to the placement of the child,
				whenever possible, the caseworker shall provide the caregiver with a written
				summary of available information about the child necessary for the proper care
				of the child.
1) In the case of emergency
				placements when time does not allow prior review, preparation, and collection
				of written information, the caseworker shall provide such information to the
				caregiver verbally as it becomes available.
2) Within 10 business days after placement
				the caseworker shall obtain from the caregiver a signed verification of receipt
				of the information provided.
3) The
				information provided to the caregiver shall be reviewed and approved regarding
				accuracy by the caseworker's supervisor.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.130 - Medical Examinations for Children in Placement

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The Department shall ensure that:
a) all children entering substitute care
				receive an initial health screening within 24 hours of the Department assuming
				legal custody of a child, preferably, before placement, regardless of the type
				of custody (i.e., protective custody, temporary custody, or voluntary placement
				agreement);
b) all children for
				whom the Department is awarded temporary custody receive a comprehensive health
				evaluation which meets the requirements of the Department of Public Aid's Early
				and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule within 21 days
				of the date on which the Department was given temporary custody of a child;
				and
c) all children entering
				substitute care via a voluntary placement agreement receive a comprehensive
				health evaluation within 21 days of the date on which the Department accepted
				custody of the child via the voluntary placement agreement.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart A - PLACEMENT SERVICES › Section 301.140 - Education of Children While in Placement

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When children are placed in substitute care, the Department
				  shall ensure that they are enrolled in school in accordance with the provisions
				  of 89 Adm. Code 314, Educational Services and that they receive the educational
				  services required by that Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES › Section 301.200 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Subpart is to describe the Department's
				  policy regarding visitation among children who are placed in substitute care
				  and their parents, siblings and grandparents.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES › Section 301.210 - Family-Child Visitation

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a) The
				Department recognizes that there is a strong correlation between regular
				parental visits and contacts with a child and the child's discharge from
				placement services. Therefore, when a child is in placement and the permanency
				goal is return home, parent-child visits, telephone calls at reasonable hours,
				and mail are encouraged unless they have been prohibited by court order. The
				name, address and telephone number of the foster parent/relative caregiver
				shall not be disclosed to the parents until the assessment has been completed
				and a determination has been made whether to disclose the information in
				accordance with Section
				301.440(a).
				The responsible agency shall arrange for parent-child visits and shall advise
				parents that repeated failure to visit according to the visiting plan shall be
				considered a demonstration of a lack of parental concern for the child and may
				result in the Department seeking a termination of parental rights.
b) When the permanency goal is return home, a
				visiting plan shall:
1) be established before
				placement or within three working days after placement out-of-home unless the
				placement was an emergency;
2) be
				established within ten working days after an emergency placement;
3) specify that visits are to begin
				immediately;
4) specify that
				parents shall be expected to visit weekly unless there is documentation to the
				contrary in the case/record;
5)
				increase in length unless specific harm to the child is caused by the
				visits;
6) specify visiting in the
				home of the child's parents, if consistent with the safety and well-being of
				the child. When visits in the home of the child's parents are not consistent
				with the child's safety and well-being, visits shall be in the most homelike
				setting possible. Office visits are acceptable if structure is necessary to
				evaluate or protect the child;
7)
				specify how contacts are to be maintained if the determination has been made
				not to release identifying information regarding the foster parent/relative
				caregiver in accordance with Section
				301.440(a);
				and
8) specify the responsibilities
				of the Department, the purchase of service providers, the parents, and the
				child in regard to visitation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES › Section 301.220 - Sibling Visitation

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a) The
				Department or purchase of service agency shall schedule and provide visits
				among all siblings in substitute care who are placed apart at least twice per
				month, beginning as soon as possible, but not later than two weeks, after the
				Department is awarded temporary custody of any sibling, unless:
1) a court has ordered that sibling visits
				occur less frequently or not at all; or
2) one sibling may physically, mentally or
				emotionally harm another during the visit, and supervision would be inadequate
				to eliminate the risk of that harm as determined by prior observation or
				documentation of sibling interaction as recorded in the child's case file. The
				specific risk and the basis for assessing that risk shall be documented in the
				child's case file.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES › Section 301.240 - Grandparent and Great-Grandparent Visitation

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Not later than
February 11, 2016
,
				  and every 5 years thereafter, the Department shall revise the rules on granting
				  visitation privileges to a non-custodial grandparent of a child who is in the
				  care and custody of the Department.
[
				  20
				  ILCS 505/35.8 ]
a)
The Department shall make
				reasonable efforts and accommodations to provide for visitation privileges of a
				child who is in the care and custody of the Department. Any visitation
				privileges provided under this Section shall be separate and apart from any
				visitation privileges provided to a parent of the child. The Department shall
				provide visitation privileges only if doing so is in the child's best interest,
				taking into consideration the factors set out in Section 1-3 (4.05 ) of the
				Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the following additional factors:
1)
The mental and physical health of
				the grandparent or great-grandparent;
2)
The quantity or duration of the
				visitation time requested and the potential adverse impact the visitation would
				have on the child's customary activities;
3)
Any other fact that establishes
				that the loss of the relationship between the child and the grandparent or
				great-grandparent is likely to unduly harm the child's mental, physical, or
				emotional health; and
4)
Whether visitation can be structured in a way to minimize the child's
				exposure to conflicts between adult family members.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES › Section 301.250 - Sibling Visitation and Contact with Adopted Siblings and Siblings in Private Guardianship

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a) When one
				or more members of a sibling group is/are placed apart by the Department for
				adoption or subsidized guardianship, the Department shall encourage the
				adoptive parents/legal guardian to develop a Visitation and Contact Plan or
				Post-Permanency Sibling Contact Agreement to enable continued contact among all
				of the siblings.
b) The Department
				shall offer to assist the parties in developing the Plan or Agreement, provide
				services to the parties post-permanency to support them in implementing and
				maintaining agreements, and assist them in amending agreements as necessary to
				meet the needs of the children. A copy of the Plan or Agreement shall be placed
				in the adoption or guardianship record.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES › Section 301.255 - Sibling Visitation with and Among Adult Siblings

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When one or more (but fewer than all) members of a sibling
				  group are adults or emancipated youth, the Department shall offer to develop a
				  Visitation and Contact Plan or Post-Permanency Sibling Contact Agreement to
				  enable continued contact among all of the siblings.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart C - FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT GOAL › Section 301.310 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Subpart is to comply with Federal
				  requirements by establishing the Department's goal for the maximum number of
				  children who will remain in Federally funded foster care after having been in
				  such care for a period in excess of 24 months. In addition, this Subpart
				  explains the Department's plans to achieve this goal.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart C - FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT GOAL › Section 301.320 - Foster Care Placement Goal

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The Department of Children and Family Services has set the
				  following percentage goal which is applicable at any time during each Federal
				  Fiscal Year. A maximum of 60% of all children receiving Aid to Families With
				  Dependent Children under Title IV-E during a Federal Fiscal Year will remain in
				  foster care if they have been in such care for a period in excess of 24
				  months.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart C - FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT GOAL › Section 301.330 - Plans to Achieve This Goal

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a)
				In order to achieve this goal, the Department shall observe the necessary
				prerequisites of client service planning set forth in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 305,
				Client Service Planning, in providing the child welfare services described in
				89 Ill. Adm. Code 302, Services Delivered By The Department. Such planning and
				service delivery shall:
1) assure that
				parental visits with children who are to be returned home are arranged as
				scheduled and agreed upon in the service plan;
2) acquire or provide appropriate services to
				the family and/or child;
3) contact
				the family and/or child on a regular basis to provide supportive casework
				services;
4) develop and implement
				service plans, as provided for in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 305: Client Service
				Planning, which can be understood by the participating family members;
				and
5) conduct reviews of these
				cases as required by State law, consistent with the program guidelines in 42
				U.S.C.A. 670 et seq.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart D - FOSTER PARENT/RELATIVE CAREGIVER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION › Section 301.410 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Subpart is to describe the Department's
				  policy regarding the release of identifying information about licensed foster
				  parents and license exempt relative caregivers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES › Subpart D - FOSTER PARENT/RELATIVE CAREGIVER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION › Section 301.420 - Confidentiality of Foster Parent/Relative Caregiver Identifying Information

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In accordance with Section 35.3 of the Children and Family
				  Services Act [20
				  ILCS 505/35.3 ], identifying information regarding
				  licensed foster parents and license exempt relative caregivers shall be
				  regarded as confidential. The name, address or telephone number of a foster
				  parent or relative caregiver shall be disclosed only as provided by this
				  Subpart.