Illinois Administrative Code
Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 309 - ADOPTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN FOR WHOM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE
Section 309.170 - Post-Adoption Services
Universal Citation: 89 IL Admin Code ยง 309.170
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Purpose of Post-Adoption Services
Services after adoption of a child are often essential in maintaining the adoptive family unit and empowering families to be advocates in the community for their children's needs. Consequently, the Department will provide post-adoption services in order to reduce the risk of adoption dissolution and to support the goal of permanency in adoption.
b) Post-Adoption Services
The Department provides the following post-adoption services either directly or through purchase of service providers:
1) Adoption preservation services will be
provided to families with adopted children under age 18. These services are
provided in accordance with 89 Ill. Adm. Code 302 (Services Delivered by the
Department) Subpart D: Intensive Family Preservation Services, and through
other contracts with service providers.
2) Services to families receiving adoption
assistance as described in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
302.310
(Adoption Assistance). These services include:
A) assisting families to utilize and access
services available to them through adoption assistance;
B) assisting adoptive parents of children
with developmental disabilities to access services available through the
Illinois Department of Human Services;
C) assisting families who are eligible for
conditional adoption assistance to access benefits at such time as their
children's condition warrants treatment or professional intervention.
3) Search and on-going sharing of
information among members of the adoption triad. This service includes:
A) providing to adults who had been the legal
responsibility of the Department or to biological families of adult adoptees
adopted through the Department, when they have requested information in
writing:
i) non-identifying information
regarding their biological background when requested;
ii) attempts to locate biological family
members for purposes of updating social history and/or medical information, if
desired;
iii) identifying
information upon the successful completion of a search, when consents that have
been witnessed by an adult third party from all members of the adoption triad
are received. The Department will provide names, addresses, and telephone
numbers so that they may arrange a reunion provided that consents that have
been witnessed by an adult third party from all birth parents and adult
adoptees are received;
iv) updated
medical and psychosocial information between members of the adoption triad,
when consents from all birth parents and adult adoptees that have been
witnessed by an adult third party have been received.
B) acting as or cooperating with confidential
intermediaries appointed by the court in accordance with the Adoption Act
[750 ILCS
50/18.3a] . In addition, the Department will maintain
a list of confidential intermediaries who have been trained and certified by
the Department.
C) providing to
adoptive parents of minor children, if requested, non-identifying information
on a child's background, if this information is available. The Department will
also facilitate the exchange of updated medical and psychosocial information
between members of the adoption triad and facilitate contact when members of
the triad have signed consents that have been witnessed by an adult third
party.
D) facilitating contact
between adoptees and their siblings when one or more is still in the
Department's care or adopted elsewhere with the consent of the adoptive parents
of a minor child that has been witnessed by an adult third party
E) facilitating contact, with the consent of
the adoptive parents that has been witnessed by an adult third party, between
adoptees who are minors and significant relationships in the minor adoptee's
past when such contact has been established to be necessary to the adoptee's
best interests, when all involved parties have provided written consent
witnessed by an adult third party for release of such identifying
information.
4)
Information and referral to services available in the community which would be
of benefit to the adoption triad. These services would include, but not be
limited to: adoption preservation services, therapists sensitive to the issues
of adoption, education advocates to assist families to obtain special services,
mental health agencies, support groups, respite care, financial services and
professional search groups. The Department, through its agent, will maintain a
listing of post-adoption services and will make this information available to
persons upon request.
5) The
Department will also provide to any interested adult adoptee, biological
parents and siblings information regarding the Illinois Adoption Registry
described in Section
309.190 of this
Part.
c) Who is Eligible for Post-Adoption Services
Post-adoption services are available to:
1) Families who have adopted children for
whom the Department of Children and Family Services had legal responsibility
immediately preceding the adoption. These families are eligible for the
services described in subsections (b)(1), adoption preservation services,
(b)(2), adoption assistance, if they meet eligibility criteria, (b)(3), search
and ongoing sharing of information, and (b)(4), information and
referral.
2) Families who adopt
children for whom the Department did not have legal responsibility prior to
adoption. These families are eligible for the services described in subsection
(b)(1), adoption preservation services, if sufficient financial resources
exists after adoption preservation services are provided to children for whom
the Department of Children and Family Services had been legally responsible,
and subsection (b)(4), information and referral.
3) Biological families of children adopted
through the Department. These families are eligible for the services described
in subsections (b)(3), search and ongoing sharing of information, and (b)(4)
information and referral.
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