Agencies
Services
Boards and Advisory Groups
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services convenes and maintains a number of advisory councils to advise the department on a wide variety of topics including foster care, adoption and guardianship, child welfare, health services for youth in care and more.
Click on a council’s name below to learn more about their mission and membership as well as upcoming meeting dates, agendas and minutes.
For more information about the boards and advisory councils, contact: DCFS.StatewideAdvisoryBoardCoordinator@illinois.gov
Statutory Advisory Groups
- Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council (ARCI)
- Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol Advisory Committee (CERAP)
- Child Welfare Employee Licensure Board (CWEL)
- Child Welfare Medicaid Managed Care Implementation Advisory Workgroup (MCO)
- Children and Family Services Advisory Council (ICFSAC)
- Children's Justice Task Force (CJTF)
- Illinois Child Death Review Team/Executive Council
- Statewide Citizen's Committee on Abuse/Neglect (SCAN)
- Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council (SWFCAC)
- Statewide Youth Advisory Board
Non-Statutory Advisory Groups
- African American Advisory Council (AAAC)
- Asian American Advisory Council
- Child Day Care Licensing Advisory Council (CDCLAC)
- Child Welfare Advisory Committee (CWAC)
- Illinois Adoption Advisory Council (DCFS) (IAAC)
- Indian Child Welfare Act Advisory Council (ICWA)
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Latino Advisory Council (LAC)
- Statewide Parent Advisory Council (SPAC)
Task Forces and Commissions
- Advisory Commission of Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of African-American Children in Foster Care
- Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task Force
- Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare Task Force
Footer
