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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3854

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. John F. Curran

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 505/45a new

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department
of Children and Family Services, as the State agency responsible for
administering federal funds in accordance with Title IV-E of the Social
Security Act, to apply to the Administration for Children and Families
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for approval to
amend the State's Family First Title IV-E Prevention Plan to implement a
Community Pathway for Parents as Teachers model that allows at-risk
families to access needed services through community-based referrals from
organizations that offer evidence-based programs aimed at preventing
foster care entry. Provides that the Community Pathway for Parents as
Teachers model shall target families with children age 0 through 5 years
and provide parents with child development knowledge and parenting support
to help prevent child abuse and neglect. Provides that the Community
Pathway for Parents as Teachers model shall be an alternative prevention
strategy to the Department's traditional child protection approach by
better facilitating families' accessibility to needed services, without
child welfare involvement, through the integration of the existing Parents
as Teachers model administered and supported by the Parents as Teachers
Illinois State Office. Provides that Title IV-E funding shall be used to
support and expand the network of community-based services and supports
for children and families under the existing Parents as Teachers model.
Requires the Department to collaborate with the Parents as Teachers
Illinois State Office, the Illinois State Board of Education, and any
other relevant agency in the development of the Community Pathway for
Parents as Teachers model.
LRB104 17149 KTG 30568 b

A BILL FOR

SB3854
LRB104 17149 KTG 30568 b
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AN ACT concerning State government.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Children and Family Services Act is amended
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by adding Section 45a as follows:

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(20 ILCS 505/45a new)
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Sec. 45a.
Community Pathway for Parents as Teachers model;
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services and supports.
The Department of Children and Family
9
Services, as the State agency responsible for administering
10
federal funds in accordance with Title IV-E of the Social
11
Security Act, shall apply to the Administration for Children
12
and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
13
Services for approval to amend the State's Family First Title
14
IV-E Prevention Plan to implement a Community Pathway for
15
Parents as Teachers model that allows at-risk families to
16
access needed services through community-based referrals from
17
organizations that offer evidence-based programs aimed at
18
preventing foster care entry. The Community Pathway for
19
Parents as Teachers model shall target families with children
20
age 0 through 5 years and provide parents with child
21
development knowledge and parenting support to help prevent
22
child abuse and neglect. The Community Pathway for Parents as
23
Teachers model shall be an alternative prevention strategy to

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LRB104 17149 KTG 30568 b
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the Department's traditional child protection approach by
2
better facilitating families' accessibility to needed
3
services, without child welfare involvement, through the
4
integration of the existing Parents as Teachers model
5
administered and supported by the Parents as Teachers Illinois
6
State Office. Title IV-E funding shall be used to support and
7
expand the network of community-based services and supports
8
for children and families under the existing Parents as
9
Teachers model. The Department shall collaborate with the
10
Parents as Teachers Illinois State Office, the Illinois State
11
Board of Education, and any other relevant agency in the
12
development of the Community Pathway for Parents as Teachers
13
model.

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