Full Text of HB2833 101st General Assembly
HB2833ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michelle Mussman Filed: 3/25/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2833
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2833 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 21.2a as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/21.2a new) | 7 | | Sec. 21.2a. Child Protection Training Academy. | 8 | | (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares all | 9 | | of the following: | 10 | | (1) The Department of Children and Family Services | 11 | | developed the Child Protection Training Academy in 2015 at | 12 | | the University of Illinois at Springfield. | 13 | | (2) The Child Protection Training Academy represents | 14 | | an innovative approach to training frontline child | 15 | | protection investigators using experiential learning | 16 | | through simulations. Experiential learning provides a safe |
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| 1 | | learning environment, bridges the gap between policy and | 2 | | practice, increases worker engagement, and accelerates | 3 | | learning. | 4 | | (3) Research indicates that traditional classroom | 5 | | training results in less than a 15% transfer of knowledge | 6 | | once in the field. | 7 | | (4) To date, 625 investigators have completed the | 8 | | simulation training at the Child Protection Training | 9 | | Academy. A June 2018 evaluation of simulation training at | 10 | | the Academy and traditional classroom training found that | 11 | | "investigators with simulation training gave significantly | 12 | | higher ratings on 8 of the 9 items assessing how well | 13 | | [they] thought their initial training prepared them for | 14 | | their work". Also, investigators not trained by the Academy | 15 | | were 4 times more likely than Academy-trained | 16 | | investigators to say they were actively looking for a | 17 | | position in another unit within the Department of Children | 18 | | and Family Services. This research found that at the | 19 | | 18-month mark persons who were not trained under the | 20 | | simulation model were twice as likely to leave their | 21 | | positions than the group that had been trained at the Child | 22 | | Protection Training Academy. | 23 | | (5) Over the last 8 years, there have been 10 acting or | 24 | | confirmed directors of the Department of Children and | 25 | | Family Services. Rapidly shifting leadership results in | 26 | | changing initiatives and priorities. Over the last 3 years |
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| 1 | | of operation, the Child Protection Training Academy has | 2 | | institutionalized training for frontline child protection | 3 | | investigators with plans to expand simulation training to | 4 | | the other professionals at the Department of Children and | 5 | | Family Services as well as to community providers. To | 6 | | ensure fidelity to the simulation training model, the | 7 | | purpose of this Section is to create a foundation for | 8 | | training child welfare professionals throughout the | 9 | | Department of Children and Family Services regardless of | 10 | | any administrative changes in the future. This is | 11 | | particularly important as the Child Protection Training | 12 | | Academy expands operations to other sites, subject to need | 13 | | and appropriation. | 14 | | (b) Child Protection Training Academy. As used in this | 15 | | Section, "child protection training" includes, but is not | 16 | | limited to, training for all child protective investigators and | 17 | | supervisors, child welfare specialists and supervisors | 18 | | employed by the Department of Children and Family Services or | 19 | | its contractors, as well as other State and county staff, | 20 | | judges, court personnel, service providers, mental health | 21 | | professionals, school personnel, law enforcement, foster | 22 | | parents, mandated reporters, and other appropriate entities | 23 | | that are involved in the child welfare service system and work | 24 | | directly with maltreated children. | 25 | | (c) Subject to appropriations, the Department of Children | 26 | | and Family Services, in collaboration with the University of |
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| 1 | | Illinois at Springfield, shall continue operating the Child | 2 | | Protection Training Academy.
The training efforts of the Child | 3 | | Protection Training Academy shall include, but not be limited | 4 | | to, the following: | 5 | | (1) The continued development of foundation and | 6 | | simulation training for all child protection | 7 | | investigators, including those newly hired and seasoned | 8 | | investigators. | 9 | | (2) The continued development and implementation of | 10 | | training for all supervisors. | 11 | | (3) The development of simulation training for intake | 12 | | and permanency workers both in the Department and at | 13 | | private agencies. | 14 | | (4) The development of training curricula on | 15 | | recognizing and responding to cases of child abuse or | 16 | | neglect for mandated reporters. | 17 | | (5) The development of a multidisciplinary training | 18 | | team that uses the Academy's simulation training model. | 19 | | (6) Cultural competency training that provides tools | 20 | | and other supports to ensure that a child welfare | 21 | | provider's response to and engagement with families and | 22 | | children of color are: (i) conducted or provided in a | 23 | | manner that is responsive to the beliefs, interpersonal | 24 | | styles, attitudes, language, and behaviors of the | 25 | | individuals who are receiving services; and (ii) conducted | 26 | | or provided in a manner that has the greatest likelihood of |
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success of or participation in the child | 2 | | welfare program or services being provided. | 3 | | (7) Laboratory training facilities that may include, | 4 | | but not be limited to, mock houses, mock courtrooms, and | 5 | | mock forensic interview rooms that allow for simulated, | 6 | | interactive, and intensive training. | 7 | | (8) Minimum standards of competence that a person shall | 8 | | be required to demonstrate prior to receiving | 9 | | certification from the Department. | 10 | | (d) By July 1, 2020, the Department of Children and Family | 11 | | Services shall adopt rules for the administration of the Child | 12 | | Protection Training Academy that not only establish statewide | 13 | | competence, assessment, and training standards for persons | 14 | | providing child welfare services, but that also ensure that | 15 | | persons who provide child welfare services have the knowledge, | 16 | | skills, professionalism, and abilities to make decisions that | 17 | | keep children safe and secure.
The Department shall continue to | 18 | | arrange for an independent evaluation of the Child Protection | 19 | | Training Academy for at least the first 5 years of operation to | 20 | | determine whether it is meeting the goals of this Section.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.".
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