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Ill.
Admin. Code tit. 89, § 307.4
ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE
89: SOCIAL SERVICES
CHAPTER
III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER
A: SERVICE DELIVERY
PART
307. INDIAN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
307.4
Services Which Trigger the Indian Child Welfare Requirements
a) In choosing an out-of-home placement the Department shall
assure that the child is placed in accordance with the
Department's placement requirements as specified in Department rules. In addition,
preference must be given in the following order, absent good
cause to the contrary, to placement with:
1) a member of the Indian child's extended family;
2) a foster home, licensed, approved or specified by
the Indians child's tribe, whether on or off the reservation;
and
3) an Indian foster home licensed or approved by
an authorized non-Indian licensing
authority; or
4) an institution for children approved by an Indian
tribe or operated by an Indian organization which has a
program suitable to meet the child's needs.
b) The Indian child's tribe may establish a different
order of preference by resolution. The Department shall document efforts
to place the child according to these priorities.
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