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Download Best Practices Chapters in PDF format.
  • Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Child Welfare in Illinois
  • Chapter 2 - Permanency for All Children
  • Chapter 3 - Assessment and Service Planning
  • Chapter 4 - Intake and Investigation
  • Chapter 5 - Intact Families
  • Chapter 6 - Establishing Permanency for All Children in Substitute Care
  • Chapter 7 - Reunification
  • Chapter 8 - Kinship Care
  • Chapter 9 - Adoption
  • Chapter 10 -Independence
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