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| Public Act 100-0879
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| SB2628 Enrolled | LRB100 18775 KTG 34011 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and |
Families Act.
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Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to create |
a task force to study the compensation and workload of child |
welfare workers to determine the role that compensation and |
workload play in the recruitment and retention of child welfare |
workers, and to determine the role that staff turnover plays in |
achieving safety and timely permanency for children.
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Section 10. Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare |
Workforce for Children and Families. |
(a) As used in this Act: |
"Child welfare workers" or "staff" means child welfare |
caseworkers, child welfare specialists, and child welfare |
specialist supervisors. |
"Child welfare services job" mean an employment position as |
a child welfare caseworker, child welfare specialist, or child |
welfare specialist supervisor. |
(b) The Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare |
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Workforce for Children and Families is created to do all of the |
following: |
(1) Perform a policy and literature review regarding: |
(i) compensation and caseload standards in the field of |
child welfare; (ii) staff turnover rates; and (iii) the |
impact compensation, caseload, and staff turnover have on |
achieving safety and timely permanency for children. |
(2) Survey employers in the public and private sector |
to determine: |
(A) how many child welfare service jobs exist;
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(B) the compensation paid to child welfare |
workers; |
(C) how many child welfare service jobs are filled |
and how many are vacant; |
(D) how many child welfare service jobs are filled |
by persons who have at least 18 months in the position; |
(E) the rate of turnover for child welfare workers; |
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(F) the causes of turnover for child welfare |
workers. |
(3) Conduct a detailed time log analysis for child |
welfare workers to determine how much time is available to |
complete each administrative task and how much time is |
actually spent to complete each administrative task. The |
time log analysis shall expressly ask child welfare workers |
the following question for each administrative task, "Is |
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this task duplicative of one that you have already |
completed?". |
(4) Develop recommendations on how to (i) improve the |
recruitment and retention of child welfare workers; and |
(ii) reduce the turnover rates for child welfare workers. |
(c) Members of the Task Force shall include: |
(1) 2 members appointed by the Governor; |
(2) 2 legislative members appointed by the Speaker of |
the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be |
designated as Co-Chairperson; |
(3) 2 legislative members appointed by the Minority |
Leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall |
be designated as Co-Chairperson; |
(4) 2 legislative members appointed by the President of |
the Senate, one of whom shall be designated as |
Co-Chairperson; |
(5) 2 legislative members appointed by the Senate |
Minority Leader, one of whom shall be designated as |
Co-Chairperson; |
(6) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
Information Authority, or his or her designee; |
(7) the Director of Children and Family Services, or |
his or her designee; |
(8) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, |
or his or her designee; |
(9) the Principal Investigator for the Child |
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Protection Training Academy at the University of Illinois; |
(10) a person appointed by a labor union that |
represents State employees; |
(11) a current private sector employee appointed by the |
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and |
(12) a person representing a non-profit, statewide |
organization that represents private sector child welfare |
providers. |
(d) The Children and Family Research Center of the |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall provide |
administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
(e) The Department of Children and Family Services shall |
engage the services of a university-based consultant to aid in |
the collection, cataloguing, and analysis of child welfare data |
and whose services shall conclude when the Task Force submits |
its final report to the General Assembly and the Governor as |
required under subsection (h). |
(f) The Task Force shall consider contracting with a |
qualified company, university, or other entity with |
demonstrated experience studying and improving human resources |
management. |
(g) The Task Force shall meet no less than 6 times. |
(h) The Task Force shall submit a preliminary report to the |
General Assembly and the Governor no later than October 1, |
2019, and a final electronic report, along with recommendations |
and any proposed legislation, to the General Assembly and the |
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Governor by January 1, 2020. |
The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the |
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the |
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk |
and the Secretary shall direct. |
(i) The Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2021.
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Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, |
2021.
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