FOSTER CARE-RELATIVES

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that if a child is placed with a relative or fictive kin, then the relative or fictive kin must apply for licensure under the Child Care Act of 1969 within 3 months after the child is placed with the relative or fictive kin. Provides that foster care payments shall be made only to: (i) licensed foster family homes; and (ii) a relative or fictive kin with whom the child is placed if the relative or fictive kin applied to be a licensed foster family home (rather than only licensed foster family homes). Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall remove a child placed with a relative or fictive kin if the relative or fictive kin does not apply for a license as a foster family home within 3 months of the child being placed with the relative or fictive kin. Provides that the Department shall remove a child placed with a relative or fictive kin if the relative's or fictive kin's application to be a licensed foster family home is declined by the Department. Provides that the Department must inform the relative or fictive kin with whom a child is placed of the reason the Department declined to grant the person a license as a foster family home. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that for a relative or fictive kin who applies for a license as a foster family home, the Department shall: (1) require less training time than what is required for other applicants applying for a foster family license; (2) require training on child care only as it relates to the child placed with the relative or fictive kin; (3) require training that includes information about the foster system and the expectations of a foster parent; and (4) require training on trauma and how trauma presents in children. Makes other and conforming changes.