Chapter 20 — EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(20 ILCS 505/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5001) Sec. 1. The purpose of this Act is to create a Department of Children and Family Services to provide social services to children and their families, to operate children's institutions, and to provide certain other rehabilitative and reside…

(20 ILCS 505/1.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5001.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Children and Family Services Act. (Source: P.A. 86-820.)

(20 ILCS 505/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 5010) Sec. 10. To establish and operate in the regions of the State additional shelter care or group care facilities. (Source: P.A. 83-180.)

(20 ILCS 505/11) (from Ch. 23, par. 5011) Sec. 11. To appoint and remove the superintendents of the institutions operated by the Department, to obtain all other employees subject to the provisions of the "Personnel Code", and to conduct staff training programs for the development…

(20 ILCS 505/11.1) Sec. 11.1. Department employees; restrictions. No person may be employed by the Department who has been declared a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act or convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the offenses describe…

(20 ILCS 505/12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5012) Sec. 12. (a) To provide supervision, housing accommodations, board or the payment of boarding costs, tuition, and treatment free of charge, except as otherwise specified in this Act, for residents of this State who are cared for in any in…

(20 ILCS 505/12.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5012.1) Sec. 12.1. To cooperate with the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services in a program to provide for the placement, supervision and foster care of children with disabilities who must leave their home community in…

(20 ILCS 505/12.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5012.2) Sec. 12.2. To cooperate with the Department of Human Services in any programs or projects regarding the care and education of children with disabilities, particularly in relation to the institutions under the administration of the Dep…

(20 ILCS 505/17) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017) Sec. 17. Youth and Community Services Program. The Department of Human Services shall develop a State program for youth and community services which will assure that youth who come into contact or may come into contact with either the chi…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-1) Sec. 17a-1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(20 ILCS 505/17a-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-10) Sec. 17a-10. The Department of Human Services may administer unified delinquency intervention services to provide community-based alternatives to commitment to the Department of Corrections of children adjudicated as delinquent mi…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-11) Sec. 17a-11. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06. Repealed by P.A. 103-50, eff. 1-1-24.)

(20 ILCS 505/17a-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-12) Sec. 17a-12. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-1004. Repealed by P.A. 91-60, eff. 6-30-99.)

(20 ILCS 505/17a-13) Sec. 17a-13. The Department shall establish a minimum of 3 citizen review panels for the purpose of evaluating the extent to which public and private agencies are effectively discharging their child protection responsibilities as required by the State plan su…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-15) Sec. 17a-15. Community service programs; Department of Human Services. (a) The Department of Human Services must establish a program to award grants to area projects to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate community services programs. For purpos…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-2) Sec. 17a-2. Local boards and service systems; Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate regulations for the establishment and recognition of service areas and local boards or local service syste…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-3) Sec. 17a-3. Annual community youth service plan; Department of Human Services. Each local board or local service system shall, in conformity with regulations of the Department of Human Services, prepare an annual community youth ser…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-4) Sec. 17a-4. Grants for community-based youth services; Department of Human Services. (a) The Department of Human Services shall make grants for the purpose of planning, establishing, operating, coordinating and evaluating programs a…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-5) Sec. 17a-5. The Department of Human Services shall be successor to the Department of Children and Family Services in the latter Department's capacity as successor to the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission in the functions of that C…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-6) Sec. 17a-6. (A) Personnel exercising the rights, powers and duties in the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission that are transferred to the Department of Children and Family Services are transferred to the Department of Children and F…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-7) Sec. 17a-7. Units of General Local Government - Agreements for Funds. Units of general local government may apply for, receive, disburse, allocate and account for grants of funds made available by the United States government, or by…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-8) Sec. 17a-8. Agreements for Cooperative Action by Units of General Local Government. Any two or more units of general local government may enter into agreements with one another for joint cooperative action for the purpose of applyin…

(20 ILCS 505/17a-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-9) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-449) Sec. 17a-9. Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission. (a) There is hereby created the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission which shall consist of 25 persons appointed by the Governor. T…

(20 ILCS 505/18a-13) (from Ch. 23, par. 5018a-13) Sec. 18a-13. (Repealed). (Source P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-97.)

(20 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5002) Sec. 2. In addition to the powers and duties otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have the powers enumerated in Sections 3 through 34.12 inclusive, except as otherwise provided in those Sections. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-9…

(20 ILCS 505/2.1) Sec. 2.1. The Department shall ensure a sufficient number of placement and other resources of sufficient quality and variety to meet the needs of children and families as specified in the individual case plan in Sec. 6a of this Act. Nothing in this Sec. shall be…

(20 ILCS 505/2.2) Sec. 2.2. Annual reports on youth in care waiting for placement. No later than December 31, 2018, and on December 31 of each year thereafter, the Department shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly reg…

(20 ILCS 505/20) (from Ch. 23, par. 5020) Sec. 20. To control the admission and transfer of persons in the programs of the Department. The Department may divide the State into such regions as it may deem necessary to provide care and service. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 1061.)

(20 ILCS 505/21) Sec. 21. Investigative powers; training. (a) To make such investigations as it may deem necessary to the performance of its duties. (b) In the course of any such investigation any qualified person authorized by the Director may administer oaths and secure by its …

(20 ILCS 505/21.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5021.1) Sec. 21.1. In any proceeding in which the Department of Children and Family Services is a party, books, papers, records, warrants, computer printouts and memoranda showing the status of financial obligations owed to the Department of …

(20 ILCS 505/21.2) Sec. 21.2. Child welfare training academy. Subject to appropriations, the Department shall establish within its operations a child welfare training academy for child protective investigators and supervisors employed by the Department. The training efforts of th…

(20 ILCS 505/21.2a) Sec. 21.2a. The Department of Children and Family Services' Child Protection Training Academy. (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Department of Children and Family Services collaborated with the University of Il…

(20 ILCS 505/21.5) Sec. 21.5. Training; advice to subjects of investigation. The Department shall train all child protective investigators concerning the statutory and constitutional rights of individuals subject to investigation for child abuse and neglect and shall require all …

(20 ILCS 505/21.6) Sec. 21.6. Front-line staff members; personal protection spray devices. (a) As used in this Section: "Front-line staff member" or "staff member" means an individual who engages with families in their home settings. "Personal protection spray device" means a com…

(20 ILCS 505/22) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022) Sec. 22. To receive, hold, distribute and use for indicated purposes and the benefit of persons receiving care or service, monies and materials made available by the federal government or other agency. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 1061.)

(20 ILCS 505/22.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 22.1. Grants-in-aid for child care services; Department of Human Services. (a) Blank. (b) Blank. (c) The Department of Human Services shall establish and operate day care facilit…

(20 ILCS 505/22.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.2) Sec. 22.2. To provide training programs for the provision of foster care and adoptive care services. Training provided to foster parents shall include training and information on their right to be heard, to bring a mandamus action, an…

(20 ILCS 505/22.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.3) Sec. 22.3. To provide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing for any child in the custody of the Department being placed in adoptive care, upon the request of the child's prospective adoptive parent. Such testing shall consist of …

(20 ILCS 505/22.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.4) Sec. 22.4. Low-interest loans for child care facilities; Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services may establish, with financing to be provided through the issuance of bonds by the Illinois Finance Authority pursu…

(20 ILCS 505/23) (from Ch. 23, par. 5023) Sec. 23. To make agreements with any other department, authority or commission of this State, any State university or public or private agency, to make and receive payment for services provided to or by such bodies, and with written appro…

(20 ILCS 505/24) (from Ch. 23, par. 5024) Sec. 24. To direct the expenditure of all money which has been or may be received by any officer of the several State institutions under the direction and supervision of the Department, as profit on sales from commissary stores. Such mone…

(20 ILCS 505/25) (from Ch. 23, par. 5025) Sec. 25. Funds; Putative Father Registry fees. (a) The DCFS Special Purposes Trust Fund is created as a trust fund in the State treasury. The Department is authorized to accept and deposit into the Fund moneys received from grants, gifts,…

(20 ILCS 505/29) (from Ch. 23, par. 5029) Sec. 29. To establish, maintain and operate cemeteries in connection with the institutions of the Department for the interment of the remains of deceased residents of such institutions whose bodies are not claimed by relatives or others w…

(20 ILCS 505/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5003) Sec. 3. To establish such subdivisions of the Department as shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the responsibilities and duties placed upon the Department by the Laws of the State of Illinois. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 1…

(20 ILCS 505/30) (from Ch. 23, par. 5030) Sec. 30. To prescribe and require surety bonds from any officer or employee under the jurisdiction of the Department, where deemed advisable, in such penal sums to be determined by the Department. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by t…

(20 ILCS 505/31) (from Ch. 23, par. 5031) Sec. 31. To keep, for each institution under the jurisdiction of the Department, a register of the number of officers, employees and residents present each day in the year, in such form as to admit of a calculation of the average number p…

(20 ILCS 505/32) (from Ch. 23, par. 5032) Sec. 32. To keep, for each institution under the jurisdiction of the Department, so far as may be practicable, a record of stores and supplies received and issued, with the dates and names of the parties from or to whom the same were rece…

(20 ILCS 505/34) (from Ch. 23, par. 5034) Sec. 34. To report annually in writing to the Governor, on or before the first day of December, on the conditions, management and financial transactions of the Department. The Department shall make such other reports as the Governor may r…

(20 ILCS 505/34.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5034.1) Sec. 34.1. To report to the appropriate local law enforcement agency, the Department's knowledge of any foster parent's criminal behavior relative to child care activity. (Source: P.A. 81-185.)

(20 ILCS 505/34.10) (from Ch. 23, par. 5034.10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 34.10. Home child care demonstration project; conversion and renovation grants; Department of Human Services. (a) The legislature finds that the demand for quality child care f…