225 ILCS 10/3.6: Licenses for host homes.

The Department shall develop an appropriate licensing and monitoring system that recognizes the unique population and programming for youth served by the Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program. The Department shall maintain licensing staff who are knowledgeable of Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program standards, as set forth by the Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services shall be solely responsible for the development and implementation of a training curriculum for host homes that recognizes the unique population and programming of youth served in Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services. Host homes licensed by the Department shall not be utilized for a child who is a youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family Services Act.