PERMANENCY GOALS AS SET FORTH IN 705 ILCS 405/2-28 The Court shall set one of the following permanency goals: 1. The minor will be returned home by a specific date within 5 months. 2. The minor will be in short-term care with a continued goal to return home within a period not to exceed one year, where the progress of the parent or parents is substantial giving particular consideration to the age and individual needs of the minor. 3. The minor will be in short-term care with a continued goal to return home pending a status hearing. When the Court finds that a parent has not made reasonable efforts or reasonable progress to date, the Court shall identify what actions the parent and the Department must take in order to justify a finding of reasonable efforts or reasonable progress and shall set a status hearing to be held not earlier than 9 months from the date of adjudication nor later than 11 months from the date of adjudication during which the parent's progress will again be reviewed. 4. The minor will be in substitute care pending Court determination on termination of parental rights. 5. Adoption, provided that parental rights have been terminated or relinquished. 6. The guardianship of the minor will be transferred to an individual or couple on a permanent basis provided that goals (1) through (5) have been ruled out. 7. The minor over age 12 will be in substitute care pending independence. 8. The minor will be in substitute care because he or she cannot be provided for in a home environment due to developmental disabilities or mental illness or because he or she is a danger to self or others, provided that goals (1) through (5) have been ruled out. In selecting any permanency goal, the Court shall indicate in writing the reasons the goal was selected and why the preceding goals were ruled out. Where the Court has selected a permanency goal other than (1), (2), or (3), the Department of Children and Family Services shall not provide further reunification services, but shall provide services consistent with the goal selected. 2002 © American LegalNet, Inc.