Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council met Feb. 17.
Here is the agenda provided by the council:
Welcome/Introduction Arrelda Hall
Approval of January20, 2023, minutes Council
Regional Administrator Update Wendy Ingersoll
Office of Caregiver and Parent Support Kim Willis
Youth In Care Scholarship and Secondary Education Kim Peck
Update Council Committee Arrelda Hall
Absent Council Member Reports Arrelda Hall
Lunch
Council Reports:
*CWAC Harriet Kersh/Mary
Savage/ Phyllis
*IFAPA Arrelda Hall
Regional Reports:
*Northern Region Erin Nysather-Janssens
/Johnnie Pentenburg
*Cook Central Molly Hamilton
*Cook North Arrelda Hall
*Cook South Arrelda Hall
*Central Region John Spears
*Southern Region Arrelda Hall
Workgroup Report
*Day Care Rebecca Thomas
Committee Reports:
*Training Committee Harriet Kersh
*Foster Parent Support Specialist Arrelda Hall
*Policy & Legislative Susan McConnell
*Hospitality and Public Relations Arrelda Hall
*Respite
*Membership
*Permanency Susan McConnell
*Nomination Committee
Public Comment
Stakeholder Comments
Closing Council Discussion
Adjourn
Next Meeting: Joint Meeting with Illinois Adoption Advisory Council on April 21st, 2023.
https://dcfs.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dcfs/documents/loving-homes/foster-care/documents/swfcac-agenda-021723.pdf
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