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DCFS
Intact Families Contract Raises Protective Bar
New FY07
Contract Increases Agency Flexibility to Place More
Children in Protective Substitute Care if Necessary
FACT SHEET
�Family
preservation services grew out of the recognition that children need a
safe and stable family and that separating children from their
families traumatizes them, a separation trauma that often severely
harms a child.
�Federal
law has long required State agencies to demonstrate that reasonable
efforts have been made to provide assistance and services to prevent
the unnecessary removal of a child from his or her home and make it
possible for a child who has been placed in out-of-home care to be
reunited with his or her family.
�The
FY 2007 DCFS Intact Families Service Contract decreases the
number of families that must remain intact throughout the service
period from 88% to 85%, increasing private agency flexibility
to place more children in protective substitute care if
necessary. This provision raises the protective bar.
�The
FY 2007 DCFS Intact Families Service Contract decreases the
number of families that must remain intact for at least 12 months
following the termination of services from 82% to 80%, increasing
private agency flexibility to place more children in protective
substitute care if necessary. This provision raises the
protective bar.
�The
FY 2007 DCFS Intact Families Service Contract decreases the
number of intact families that can experience proven reports of abuse
or neglect during the private agency service period from 20% to 15%.
This provision raises the protective bar.
�The
FY 2007 DCFS Intact Families Service Contract maintains that no more
than 20% of families can experience proven reports of abuse and
neglect during the last 60 days following termination of private
agency services. This provision maintains the existing
protective bar.
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