101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1743

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Robert Peters

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/42 new

    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.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 42 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/42 new)
7    Sec. 42. Foster care survey. The Department, in
8coordination with the Foster Care Alumni of America Illinois
9Chapter, the School of Social Work at the University of
10Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Department's Statewide
11Youth Advisory Board, shall develop and process a standardized
12survey to gather feedback from children who are aging out of
13foster care and from children who have transitioned out of the
14foster care system. The survey shall include requests for
15information regarding the children's experience with and
16opinion of State foster care services, the children's
17recommendations for improvement of such services, the amount of
18time the children spent in the foster care system, and any
19other information deemed relevant by the Department. After the
20survey is created the Department shall circulate the survey to
21all youth participating in transitional living programs,
22independent living programs, or Youth in College and to all
23youth receiving scholarships or tuition waivers under the DCFS

 

 

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1Scholarship Program. The Department shall conduct the survey
2every 5 years. At the completion of each survey, the
3Department, in coordination with the Foster Care Alumni of
4America Illinois Chapter, the School of Social Work at the
5University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the
6Department's Statewide Youth Advisory Board, shall submit a
7report with a detailed review of the survey results to the
8Governor and the General Assembly. The first report shall be
9submitted no later than December 1, 2021 and every 5 years
10thereafter.