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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Under the Children and Family Services Act, the | ||||||
| 3 | Department of Children and Family Services is required to | ||||||
| 4 | "establish rules and regulations concerning its operation of | ||||||
| 5 | programs designed to meet the goals of child safety and | ||||||
| 6 | protection"; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services has | ||||||
| 8 | adopted rules, entitled "Locating and Returning Missing, | ||||||
| 9 | Runaway, and Abducted Children" [89 Ill. Adm. Code Part 329]; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services has | ||||||
| 12 | adopted procedures, entitled "Locating and Returning Missing, | ||||||
| 13 | Runaway, and Abducted Children April 6, 2009 - P.T. 2009.07"; | ||||||
| 14 | therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit | ||||||
| 18 | of the Department of Children and Family Services' compliance | ||||||
| 19 | with its rules and procedures for locating and returning | ||||||
| 20 | missing, runaway, and abducted children; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
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| 1 | the following determinations as they pertain to missing, | ||||||
| 2 | runaway, and abducted children for which the Department of | ||||||
| 3 | Children and Family Services (the Department) was responsible | ||||||
| 4 | in calendar years 2011 and 2012: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) the number of children who were reported as | ||||||
| 6 | missing, runaway or abducted; | ||||||
| 7 | (2) whether reports of missing, runaway and abducted | ||||||
| 8 | children were made by Department staff to all required | ||||||
| 9 | parties in a timely manner; and | ||||||
| 10 | (3) the steps followed by the Department in attempting | ||||||
| 11 | to locate and recover children reported as missing, runaway | ||||||
| 12 | or abducted and whether those steps complied with the
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| 13 | Department's rules and procedures; and be it further | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
| 15 | Services and any other entity or person that may have | ||||||
| 16 | information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly | ||||||
| 17 | with the Auditor General's Office in conducting this audit; and | ||||||
| 18 | be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 20 | soon as possible and distribute the report upon completion in | ||||||
| 21 | accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing | ||||||
| 22 | Act.
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