TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER III: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SUBCHAPTER a: SERVICE DELIVERY PART 315 PERMANENCY PLANNING The General Assembly's Illinois Administrative Code database includes only those rulemakings that have been permanently adopted. This menu will point out the Sections on which an emergency rule (valid for a maximum of 150 days, usually until replaced by a permanent rulemaking) exists. The emergency rulemaking is linked through the notation that follows the Section heading in the menu. View Entire Part SUBPART A: PRINCIPLES OF PERMANENCY PLANNING Section 315.10 Purpose Section 315.20 Definitions Section 315.30 Best Interests, Health and Safety of the Child Section 315.40 Accountability Section 315.45 The Need for a Permanent Home Section 315.50 Reasonable Efforts/Reasonable Progress Section 315.60 The Child's Sense of Time Section 315.70 The Critical Decisions Section 315.80 Components of the Permanency Planning Process SUBPART B: ASSESSMENT AND OTHER CASEWORK ACTIVITIES Section 315.100 Assessment Section 315.110 Worker Interventions and Contacts Section 315.120 Family Meetings Section 315.125 Preservation of Sibling Relationships Section 315.130 Developing the Case Plan Section 315.140 Distributing the Service Plan Section 315.150 Revising the Service Plan Section 315.160 Case Reviews and Court Hearings SUBPART C: SELECTING THE PERMANENCY GOAL Section 315.200 Selection of the Permanency Goal Section 315.205 Return Home Within Five Months Section 315.210 Return Home Within One Year Section 315.215 Return Home Pending Status Hearing Section 315.220 Substitute Care Pending Court Determination on Termination of Parental Rights Section 315.225 Adoption Section 315.230 Guardianship Section 315.235 Independence Section 315.240 Cannot Be Provided for in a Home Environment Section 315.241 Continuing Foster Care Section 315.245 Concurrent Planning Section 315.250 Applicability of Reunification Services SUBPART D: EVALUATION AND DECISIONMAKING Section 315.300 Evaluating Whether Children in Placement Should Be Returned Home Section 315.305 When Reunification Is Inappropriate Section 315.310 Termination of Services and Planning for Aftercare

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Children and Family Services Act [20 ILCS 505], the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act [325 ILCS 5], the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, amending Section 475 of the Social Security Act (42 USCA 670 et seq.), the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 [705 ILCS 405], and the Adoption Act [750 ILCS 50].

SOURCE: Adopted at 23 Ill. Reg. 2539, effective February 1, 1999; amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 11785, effective September 14, 2001; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 7720, effective May 24, 2002; amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 11765, effective August 1, 2002; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 8465, effective June 4, 2004; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 8103, effective May 30, 2008; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 14934, effective September 1, 2011; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 4073, effective March 5, 2012; expedited correction at 37 Ill. Reg. 19431, effective March 5, 2012; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 743, effective December 31, 2015; amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 7754, effective May 16, 2016; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 2204, effective January 17, 2018; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 9558, effective June 24, 2024.