Jan 6, 2025 · The KIND Act recognizes the decidedly positive role relatives play in the lives of children whose lives have been disrupted. Providing the same resources for family members to care for the child made available to foster parents who may well be strangers.

Jan 6, 2025 · The KIND Act provides equitable supports for kinship care and guardianship benefits to improve outcomes for DCFS-involved youth in relative care, as well as increase the capacity of relatives to become caregivers delivering permanency for more youth.

Jan 7, 2025 · SPRINGFIELD -- A bill soon heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk would direct foster care officials in Illinois to prioritize placing children with relatives. The House voted unanimously on Monday to...

Jan 13, 2025 · The Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act (HB4781) was unanimously passed by the Illinois House. The bill is meant to prioritize placing kids in foster care with their family members and would...

Jan 8, 2025 · SPRINGFIELD — A bill soon heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk would direct foster care officials in Illinois to prioritize placing children with relatives. The House voted unanimously on Monday to pass the Kindship in Demand Act, or KIND Act.

Jan 7, 2025 · The KIND Act, or Kinship in Demand, won State Senate approval in November, and only needs the governor’s signature to become law. It gives relatives priority in child placement and directs the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to …

(1) The Kinship in Demand Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service

Feb 6, 2024 · Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act. Provides that the KIND Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service delivery and directs the juvenile courts to provide necessary oversight of the Department's ...

Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act. Provides that the KIND Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service delivery and directs the juvenile courts to provide necessary oversight of the Department's ...

Nov 22, 2024 · The state Senate unanimously passed a the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act Thursday. Right now, a child’s relatives are required to undergo the same licensing procedures as unrelated foster parents, which can create barriers to …