DCFS-KINSHIP IN DEMAND Senate SponsorsSen. Don Harmon-Javier L. Cervantes, Mary Edly-Allen and Michael W. Halpin-Mattie Hunter-Lakesia Collins 1/7/2025SenateSession Sine Die 20 ILCS 505/4d20 ILCS 505/520 ILCS 505/6afrom Ch. 23, par. 5006a20 ILCS 505/7from Ch. 23, par. 500720 ILCS 505/7.320 ILCS 505/50 new20 ILCS 505/55 new225 ILCS 10/2.05from Ch. 23, par. 2212.05225 ILCS 10/2.17from Ch. 23, par. 2212.17225 ILCS 10/2.35225 ILCS 10/2.36 new225 ILCS 10/2.37 new225 ILCS 10/2.38 new225 ILCS 10/2.39 new225 ILCS 10/3.4 new225 ILCS 10/4from Ch. 23, par. 2214225 ILCS 10/4.3from Ch. 23, par. 2214.3225 ILCS 10/5from Ch. 23, par. 2215225 ILCS 10/7.3225 ILCS 10/7.4705 ILCS 405/1-3from Ch. 37, par. 801-3705 ILCS 405/1-5from Ch. 37, par. 801-5705 ILCS 405/2-9from Ch. 37, par. 802-9705 ILCS 405/2-10from Ch. 37, par. 802-10705 ILCS 405/2-13from Ch. 37, par. 802-13705 ILCS 405/2-21from Ch. 37, par. 802-21705 ILCS 405/2-22from Ch. 37, par. 802-22705 ILCS 405/2-23from Ch. 37, par. 802-23705 ILCS 405/2-27from Ch. 37, par. 802-27705 ILCS 405/2-28750 ILCS 50/15.1from Ch. 40, par. 1519.1Provides 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 obligations to maintain family connections and promote equitable opportunities for youth and families to thrive with relational permanence. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Contains provisions concerning Department rules on relative, kinship, and licensed foster care; grants to subsidized guardians of hard-to-place children; a requirement on the Department to make reasonable efforts to place a child with a relative; documentation of the Department's reasons for failing to secure a relative placement; foster care maintenance payments for relatives who qualify for certification as a kinship caregiver home; subsidized guardianship support services for children and their guardians; certification and background checks on relative caregivers; annual reports regarding relative and kinship care placements; performance audits; and other matters. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department to adopt standards for certifying kinship caregiver family homes that are different from licensing standards used for non-relative foster family homes. Contains provisions concerning background screenings of prospective kinship caregivers; a requirement that the Department assist relatives and prospective kinship caregivers with completing the steps required for approval as a kinship caregiver home; orientation activities for prospective kinship caregivers; Guardianship Assistance Program payments and services for relative caregivers; and other matters. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes changes to provisions concerning "best interest" determinations; emergency placement of a minor with a willing relative pending a temporary custody hearing; court assessments on the Department's effort to place a minor with a relative; court ordered family-finding efforts; required notification to a minor's located relatives that the minor has been removed from the custody of the minor's parents; and other matters. Effective immediately. 2/7/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Ann Gillespie 2/7/2024SenateFirst Reading 2/7/2024SenateReferred to Assignments 2/21/2024SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes 3/7/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen 3/7/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin 3/12/2024SenateAssigned to Appropriations - Health and Human Services 3/13/2024SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter 3/13/2024SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins 3/15/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024 4/5/2024SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 4/15/2024SenateChief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon 5/3/2024SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 1/7/2025SenateSession Sine Die