Full Text of SB1743 101st General Assembly
SB1743 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1743 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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| | 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| | 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | | 5 | | by adding Section 42 as follows:
| | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/42 new) | | 7 | | Sec. 42. Foster care survey. The Department, in | | 8 | | coordination with the Foster Care
Alumni of America Illinois | | 9 | | Chapter, the School of Social Work at the University of | | 10 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Department's Statewide | | 11 | | Youth Advisory Board, shall develop and process a standardized | | 12 | | survey to
gather feedback from children who are aging out of | | 13 | | foster care and from children who have transitioned out of the
| | 14 | | foster care system. The survey shall include requests for | | 15 | | information regarding the children's
experience with and | | 16 | | opinion of State foster care services, the children's | | 17 | | recommendations for improvement
of such services, the amount of | | 18 | | time the children spent in the foster care system, and any | | 19 | | other
information deemed relevant by the Department. After the | | 20 | | survey is created
the Department shall circulate the survey to | | 21 | | all youth participating in transitional living programs, | | 22 | | independent living programs, or Youth in College and to all | | 23 | | youth receiving scholarships or tuition waivers under the DCFS |
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Program. The Department shall conduct the survey | | 2 | | every 5 years. At the completion of each survey, the | | 3 | | Department, in coordination with the Foster Care Alumni of | | 4 | | America Illinois Chapter, the School of Social Work at the | | 5 | | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the | | 6 | | Department's Statewide Youth Advisory Board, shall submit a | | 7 | | report with a detailed review of the survey results to the | | 8 | | Governor and the General Assembly. The first report shall be | | 9 | | submitted no later than December 1, 2021 and every 5 years | | 10 | | thereafter.
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