Boards and Advisory Groups

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services convenes and maintains a number of advisory councils to advise the department with respect to services and programs affecting abused, neglected or dependent children and their families. Click on a council’s name below to learn more about their mission, membership, 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
• Commission on the Social Status of Black Males
• Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task Force
• Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare Task Force
• Task Force on Strengthening Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families