(a) The Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council shall consist of the
following membership:
(1) 2 foster parents from the Department's southern
and northern administrative regions; 3 foster parents from the Department's central administrative region; and 2 foster parents from each of the Department's Cook County administrative regions. One of the 6 foster parents representing the Cook County administrative regions shall be the current President of the Cook County Foster Parent Advisory Committee;
(2) 2 foster parents representing the Department's
Child Welfare Advisory Committee, with at least one foster parent residing in Cook County;
(3) 2 foster care professionals representing the
Department's Child Welfare Advisory Committee to represent agencies providing foster care services under contract to the Department;
(4) the current president of the Illinois Foster
Parent Association; and
(5) 4 other non-Department persons with recognized
expertise regarding foster care who shall be nominated by the Director of the Department ("the Director").
Each Administrator of the Department's specified administrative regions shall
make recommendations of foster parents for appointment as members to
the Director. The
recommendations of the Regional Administrator shall be based upon consultation
by the Regional Administrator with organized foster parent groups and
Department staff.
All appointments to the Council shall be made in writing by the
Director. In soliciting and making appointments, the Director
shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure the membership of the Council is
culturally diverse and representative and also geographically representative of
the Department's administrative regions.
(b) Each member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. No member shall
be appointed to more than 2 terms, except the President of the Illinois Foster
Parent Association and the President of the Cook County Foster Parent
Association may serve as long as the member holds office. Members shall
continue to serve until their successors are appointed. The terms of original
members and of members subsequently appointed to fill vacancies created by a
change in the number of the Council's members shall be determined to assure as
nearly as
possible that the terms of one-third of the members in each sector expire each
year on June 30th. The original members in each sector shall determine by lot
the length of each member's term, one-third to be for 3 years,
one-third to be for 2 years, and one-third to be for one year, and
the Council's secretary shall record the results. Thereafter, any member
appointed to fill a vacancy other than one created by the expiration of a
regular 3 year term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the
predecessor member, or in the case of new memberships created by change in
number of members, for such term as is appropriate under this subsection.
(c) Members of the Advisory Council shall serve without compensation, except
that the Department shall reimburse members for travel and per diem expenses
associated with participation in Advisory Council meetings and activities.
Reimbursement shall be consistent with Illinois Department of Central
Management Services rules, as approved by the Governor's Travel Control Board.
and northern administrative regions; 3 foster parents from the Department's central administrative region; and 2 foster parents from each of the Department's Cook County administrative regions. One of the 6 foster parents representing the Cook County administrative regions shall be the current President of the Cook County Foster Parent Advisory Committee;
Child Welfare Advisory Committee, with at least one foster parent residing in Cook County;
Department's Child Welfare Advisory Committee to represent agencies providing foster care services under contract to the Department;
Parent Association; and
expertise regarding foster care who shall be nominated by the Director of the Department ("the Director").‹ Prev All Illinois sections Next ›
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