TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES
CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER a: SERVICE DELIVERY
PART 301 PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES
SECTION 301.330 PLANS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL


 

Section 301.330  Plans to Achieve This Goal

 

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.

 

b)         If it is determined that children cannot be returned home and an adoptive family must be sought, the Department shall:

 

1)         seek the termination of the biological family's parental rights,

 

2)         conduct an extensive search for an appropriate adoptive family, and

 

3)         provide supportive casework services to the adoptive family, if appropriate.

 

(Source:  Section 301.330 renumbered from Section 301.4 and amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 9438, effective July 1, 1995)