DCFS Glossary of Terms
All DHS Terms - DAAS - DCFS - DSAMH - DSPD - JJS - OCPO - OL - OPG - ORS
Child and Family Team
Child Protective Services (CPS)
DCFS Practice Guidelines
Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS)
Domestic Violence Related Child Abuse
Domestic Violence Shelters & TreatmentPrograms
Educational Neglect
Emotional Maltreatment
Environmental Neglect
Failure to Protect
Fetal Addiction
Foster Care
Foster Care Home
Full Disclosure
Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA)
Guardian ad Litem (GAL)
Guardianship
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
In-Home Services
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA)
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
Kinship Care
Long-Term View
Neglect
Non-Supervision
Out-of-Home Caregiver
Permanency
Physical Abuse
Practice Model
Protective Services Counseling
Protective Services Supervision
Risk Assessment
SAFE
Safety Assessment
Shelter Hearing
Shelter Placement
Supported Finding
Transition to Adult Living (TAL)