TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SUBCHAPTER a: SERVICE DELIVERY PART 309 ADOPTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN FOR WHOM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE The General Assembly's Illinois Administrative Code database includes only those rulemakings that have been permanently adopted. This menu will point out the Sections on which an emergency rule (valid for a maximum of 150 days, usually until replaced by a permanent rulemaking) exists. The emergency rulemaking is linked through the notation that follows the Section heading in the menu. Section 309.10 Purpose Section 309.20 Definitions Section 309.30 Recruitment of Adoptive Families Section 309.40 Adoption Listing Services Section 309.50 Identification of Children for Potential Adoption Planning Section 309.60 Legal Risk Placements Section 309.70 Freeing Children for Adoption Section 309.80 Termination of Parental Rights Section 309.90 Putative Father Registry Section 309.100 Preparation of Children for Adoption Section 309.105 Who May Adopt a Child Section 309.110 Preparation and Training of Adoptive Families Section 309.120 Preparation of the Child's Biological Parents Section 309.130 Placement Considerations Section 309.140 Placement of Children with Adoptive Families Section 309.150 Providing Information to Adoptive Families Section 309.160 Post-Placement Services Section 309.170 Post-Adoption Services Section 309.180 Adoption Assistance Section 309.190 Adoption Registry

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 4 and 5 of the Children and Family Services Act [20 ILCS 505/4 and 5], the Adoption Act [750 ILCS 50] and Section 20 of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act [750 ILCS 75/20]; implementing the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (42 USC 670 et seq.; 45 CFR 1356.40 and 1356.41) and the Adoption and Safe Families Act (42 USC 1305).

SOURCE: Adopted at 22 Ill. Reg. 8769, effective May 15, 1998; amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 11098, effective September 16, 1999; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 11778, effective September 14, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 16449, effective October 23, 2002; emergency amendment at 30 Ill. Reg. 17123, effective October 13, 2006, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency expired March 11, 2007; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 8466, effective June 8, 2007; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 4069, effective March 5, 2012.