Bill Text: IL SB1743 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services, in coordination with specified entities, to develop and process a standardized survey to gather feedback from children who are aging out of foster care and from children who have transitioned out of the foster care system. Provides that the survey shall include requests for information regarding the children's experience with and opinion of State foster care services, the children's recommendations for improvement of such services, the amount of time the children spent in the foster care system, and any other information deemed relevant by the Department. Provides that after the survey is created the Department shall circulate the survey to all youth participating in transitional living programs, independent living programs, or Youth in College and to all youth receiving scholarships or tuition waivers under the DCFS Scholarship Program. Requires the Department to conduct the survey every 5 years and to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly at the completion of each survey. Provides that the first report shall be submitted no later than December 1, 2021 and shall provide a detailed review of the survey results.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-7)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0166 [SB1743 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1743-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 101-0166 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||
by adding Sections 39.3 and 42 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 505/39.3) | ||||
Sec. 39.3. Suggestion boxes. The Department must place in | ||||
each residential treatment center , group home, shelter, and | ||||
transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for | ||||
placement by the Department a locked suggestion box into which | ||||
residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by | ||||
the Department. Only employees of the Department shall have | ||||
access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes. An | ||||
employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion | ||||
boxes at least once per week. The Department shall submit a | ||||
report to the General Assembly each year outlining the issues | ||||
and concerns submitted to the locked suggestion box and the | ||||
solution to each issue and concern.
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(Source: P.A. 99-342, eff. 8-11-15; 100-159, eff. 8-18-17.)
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(20 ILCS 505/42 new) | ||||
Sec. 42. Foster care survey. The Department, in | ||||
coordination with the Foster Care
Alumni of America Illinois |
Chapter, the School of Social Work at the University of | ||
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Department's Statewide | ||
Youth Advisory Board, shall develop and process a standardized | ||
survey to
gather feedback from children who are aging out of | ||
foster care and from children who have transitioned out of the
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foster care system. The survey shall include requests for | ||
information regarding the children's
experience with and | ||
opinion of State foster care services, the children's | ||
recommendations for improvement
of such services, the amount of | ||
time the children spent in the foster care system, and any | ||
other
information deemed relevant by the Department. After the | ||
survey is created
the Department shall circulate the survey to | ||
all youth participating in transitional living programs, | ||
independent living programs, or Youth in College and to all | ||
youth receiving scholarships or tuition waivers under the DCFS | ||
Scholarship
Program. The Department shall conduct the survey | ||
every 5 years. At the completion of each survey, the | ||
Department, in coordination with the Foster Care Alumni of | ||
America Illinois Chapter, the School of Social Work at the | ||
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the | ||
Department's Statewide Youth Advisory Board, shall submit a | ||
report with a detailed review of the survey results to the | ||
Governor and the General Assembly. The first report shall be | ||
submitted no later than December 1, 2021 and every 5 years | ||
thereafter.
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