Illinois Administrative Code
Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 329 - LOCATING AND RETURNING MISSING, RUNAWAY, AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN
Section 329.30 - Reporting Missing, Runaway, and Abducted Children
Universal Citation: 89 IL Admin Code ยง 329.30
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Initial Report
1) Whenever a child, for whom the Department
of Children and Family Services has legal responsibility, is believed to be
missing or on runaway, or to have been abducted, from a placement facility, the
caregiver shall report the incident to Department casework staff no later than
the next business day. If the child is believed to be at risk due to the
child's age or degree of vulnerability, the caregiver shall report the incident
immediately to:
A) Department casework staff,
if the incident occurs during normal working hours;
B) the State Central Register during
after-hours or on weekends.
2) As soon as the child's caseworker learns
that a child is missing, the worker shall verbally notify the local police
authorities (city police or sheriff's office) and follow their procedures for
reporting a missing child that include filing a missing person's report at the
police station in the district in which the minor most recently resided. The
worker shall provide as much identifying information about the child as
possible to police authorities, including a photograph of the child and whether
fingerprints are on file with the Illinois State Police.
3) After the police report has been made, the
worker shall file an unusual incident report (UIR) in accordance with 89 Ill.
Adm. Code 331 (Unusual Incidents Involving Department Clients, Employees, and
Facilities).
b) Other Reports
In addition to the notification required above in subsection (a), the caseworker shall also notify:
1) the child's parents, guardian or legal
custodian;
2) the juvenile court of
jurisdiction; and
3) the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Child Find of America.
c) Required Follow-up Activities
1) After the required notifications, the
caseworker shall attempt to locate the child by:
A) Inquiring of the following persons if they
have knowledge of the possible location of the child:
i) past known caregivers who have cared for
the child for at least six months within the last two years or any other
caregivers with whom the child is known to have had a close
relationship;
ii) relatives,
including the child's parents;
iii)
neighbors and landlord of the child's last known address;
iv) close friends and classmates of the
child, including any known boyfriends or girlfriends;
v) teachers, counselors, and other personnel
at the school that the child last attended, or at other schools the child
attended if there is knowledge that the child had a close relationship with
persons at that school; and
vi)
other staff of the Department or purchase of service agency who might have
knowledge of the possible location of the minor;
B) reviewing the Public Aid Client
Information Systems screen to seek the location of the minor and any other
person with whom the caseworker suspects the minor might be living;
C) inquiring of local emergency shelters and
homeless youth programs whether they have any information as to the whereabouts
of the child; and
D) requesting any
of the persons contacted above to contact the caseworker if they subsequently
receive any information about the child's location.
2) The child's caseworker shall periodically
(no less than once per month) check with the local police or appropriate local
law enforcement agency on the status of the report. Whenever the caseworker
obtains new information that may lead to the whereabouts of the child, the
caseworker shall immediately report the information to the local police or
appropriate local law enforcement agency.
3) The caseworker shall also keep the court
informed of any changes in the child's status.
4) At their monthly supervisory meeting the
worker and supervisor shall discuss what is being done to locate the missing
child and review what steps are being taken.
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