Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Child Welfare Employee Licensure Board met Feb. 6.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
Open Session
Board Members Present
Tiffany Johnson
Brenda Lindsey
Shea Kamp
Judi Bradley
Angela Brown-Love
Board Member Absent
Deneca Winfrey Avant
Carly Jones
Others Present
Shelia Riley, CWEL Office
Marjorie Moore, IDCFS, OLS
Brandon Hudson, IDCFS, OLS
Open Session
Marjorie Moore reminded everyone to complete the mandatory DCFS FY2023 Annual Ethics, Harassment, and DEI Trainings via One Net by July 31, 2023. She explained that the trainings recently completed by several Board members fulfilled the FY2022 training requirement and that other non-DCFS employer provided similar trainings could not be substituted for the specific DCFS trainings. She added that the trainings are very important and the Department has to report the status of completions to the Governor’s Office.
Welcome/Introduction
Board Chairperson Tiffany Johnson welcomed everyone to the meeting and called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
Status on Public/Private Not-for-Profit Sector Vacancies
Shelia Riley provided a status update on the public/private sector vacancies. She stated that the April 2022- May 2022 Public/Private Not-for-Profit Vacancy Announcement was intended to fill the seats held by Janet Ahern (Public/Private Not-for-Profit) and Angela Brown (General Public) but an announcement for the General Public vacancy is necessary because the requirements for General Public and Public/Private Not for-Profit representatives are different in the Children and Family Services Act, 20 ILCS 505/5d. As a result, the two candidates approved by the Board on 12/12/2022 meet the requirements for Public/Private Not for-Profit but not General Public. There were no questions about or objections to the forthcoming new General Public announcement.
Tiffany Johnson requested a status update on the DCFS administrative process to seat the two candidates approved by the Board on 12/12/2022. Shelia Riley stated that she was conferring internally to locate the appropriate background check documents and send them, along with a notice, to the two candidates and the goal is to complete the entire processing time for the two new members to join the 3/13/2023 Quarterly Board Meeting.
Accredited University Faculty Vacancies
Shelia Riley stated that she met with DCFS’ Office of Information Technology (OITS) on Friday, 2/3/2023, to resolve technical issues with the announcement and the announcement for the two accredited university faculty vacancies would be forthcoming in the near term.
Preliminary Suspensions
Shelia Riley discussed the notices and DCFS Rule 412.90 a) and b) (Preliminary Suspension by Board Action) regarding the outcome of OIG investigations after licensure preliminary suspensions and the expiration of preliminary suspensions/licensure reinstatement. She also discussed the impact of decisions on substantive and procedural due process. Tiffany Johnson responded that it has been the Board’s practice to require that the Board formally lift preliminary suspensions. She further stated that current practice is based on a 2019 agreement between the OIG, the Board, and the CWEL Office. After further discussion, it was agreed that a meeting would be scheduled to further discuss the matter.
Tiffany Johnson called for a motion to go into Closed Session. Judi Bradley moved for the meeting to go into Closed Session. Motion seconded by Brenda Lindsey. The motion was properly moved and seconded. Vote: Unanimous. Motion carried. Meeting went into Closed Session at 10:21 a.m.
Meeting is Closed.
Judi Bradley moved for the meeting to return to Open Session and adjourn. Carly Jones seconded the motion. The motion was properly moved and seconded. Vote was taken: Unanimous. Motion carried. The meeting returned to Open Session and adjourned at 10:27 a.m.
https://dcfs.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dcfs/documents/about-us/impact-public-policy/documents/cwel/cwel-minutes-020623.pdf
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