SB1743 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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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,

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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1 Scholarship 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.