CWEL & CANS Exam Questions with Correct Answers 2024 Who needs a child welfare license? - Correct Answer Anyone who works in child welfare in Illinois
- outcomes - Correct Answer safety, permanency, well-being
Safety - Correct Answer Status when an assessment of available information supports the belief that a child is not in immediate danger of moderate to severe harm Permanency - Correct Answer A continuous living arrangement designed to meet a child's needs, increases his/her sense of emotional well-being, and establish legal bonds to a place and family Orphan Train - Correct Answer Placed 150,000 poor/orphan children from eastern cities with Midwest farm families Some of these children became members of these families, but many were valued only as farm laborers DCFS Mission Statement - Correct Answer -Protect children who are reported to be abused or neglected and to increase their families capacity to safely care for them -Provide for the well-being of children in our care -Provide appropriate, permanent families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot safely return home -Support early intervention and child abuse prevention services -Work in partnership with communities to fulfill this mission Dual Mandate - Correct Answer Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families
Federal Laws:
Social Security Act - Correct Answer system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. 1 / 3
Social Security Title IV-B - Correct Answer Requires federal funding for family support services Social Security Title IV-E - Correct Answer Amends the SSA to include adoption assistance and child welfare funding and requires responsible efforts to keep children from entering care Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) - Correct Answer Addresses the best interests of Native American Children to preserve their generational and tribal ties Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) - Correct Answer Prohibits any consideration of a child's race or ethnicity as a factor in deciding which permanent placement will be in their best interest Adoption and safe families act (ASFA) - Correct Answer Amends title IV-E to require efforts to move a child to permanency, requiring judicial permanency hearing for children no later than 12 months after the child enters child care Fostering connections to success and increasing adoptions act of 2008 - Correct Answer extends assistance of youth to 21 requires that a transition plan be developed with youth and he/she ages out of foster care
State Laws:
Children and Family services act - Correct Answer specifies the general duties and responsibilities of DCFS Abused and Neglected Child Reporting act (ANCRA) - Correct Answer Guides the day by day work of child professionals in Illinois Defines abuse, neglect, how to report allegations, mandated reporters, how to accept and investigate reports and provide follow up services Juvenile Court Act - Correct Answer Establishes authority of Juvenile court to intervene in the lives of children and families 2 / 3
Adoption Act - Correct Answer Specifies the grounds for parental unfitness and procedures governing adoption of children Child care act - Correct Answer Establishes the licensing regulations governing child welfare agencies, foster family homes, group homes, child care institutions, day care agencies, and individual day care providers Interstate compact placement - Correct Answer Governs the provision of care for children in foster care from one state to another Interstate compact adoption - Correct Answer Governs provisions of medical care to children who are adopted in one state and move to another state Emancipation of mature minors act - Correct Answer Mature minors demonstrating ability and capacity to manage their own affairs may obtain legal status of emancipated person Foster Parent Law - Correct Answer Outlines foster parents rights and responsibilities Abandoned newborn infant - Correct Answer "safe haven act" Allows an infant 30 days old or less to be relinquished to a hospital, police station, or emergency medical facility without question or consequence to the parents Domestic Violence Act - Correct Answer Allows individuals to request orders of protection against individuals in inflicting physical abuse or neglect to family or household members Probate Act - Correct Answer Governs guardianship to minors and adults Consent Decrees - Correct Answer Have the force of law and child welfare professionals must comply with their requirements Aristotle - Correct Answer Diligent search to locate joint placement for siblings
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