As a result, Children and Family Services oversees adoption programs, foster care, and relative placement programs to ensure children are in a good home environment. (theravive.com)
It is important to note that in Illinois subsidized relative placement has resulted in increased permanency for children and reduced racial disproportionality in the child welfare system. (childwelfare.gov)
Although the impact of this policy will not be known for some time, current data do suggest that children of all racial and ethnic groups are more likely to receive permanent homes in the post-ASFA era, at least in terms of increased adoptive and permanent relative placements. (childwelfare.gov)