Illinois Administrative Code
Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 301 - PLACEMENT AND VISITATION SERVICES
Subpart B - VISITATION SERVICES
Section 301.210 - Family-Child Visitation

Universal Citation: 89 IL Admin Code ยง 301.210

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024

a) The Department recognizes that there is a strong correlation between regular parental visits and contacts with a child and the child's discharge from placement services. Therefore, when a child is in placement and the permanency goal is return home, parent-child visits, telephone calls at reasonable hours, and mail are encouraged unless they have been prohibited by court order. The name, address and telephone number of the foster parent/relative caregiver shall not be disclosed to the parents until the assessment has been completed and a determination has been made whether to disclose the information in accordance with Section 301.440(a). The responsible agency shall arrange for parent-child visits and shall advise parents that repeated failure to visit according to the visiting plan shall be considered a demonstration of a lack of parental concern for the child and may result in the Department seeking a termination of parental rights.

b) When the permanency goal is return home, a visiting plan shall:

1) be established before placement or within three working days after placement out-of-home unless the placement was an emergency;

2) be established within ten working days after an emergency placement;

3) specify that visits are to begin immediately;

4) specify that parents shall be expected to visit weekly unless there is documentation to the contrary in the case/record;

5) increase in length unless specific harm to the child is caused by the visits;

6) specify visiting in the home of the child's parents, if consistent with the safety and well-being of the child. When visits in the home of the child's parents are not consistent with the child's safety and well-being, visits shall be in the most homelike setting possible. Office visits are acceptable if structure is necessary to evaluate or protect the child;

7) specify how contacts are to be maintained if the determination has been made not to release identifying information regarding the foster parent/relative caregiver in accordance with Section 301.440(a); and

8) specify the responsibilities of the Department, the purchase of service providers, the parents, and the child in regard to visitation.

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