"Social service agency", for purposes of Part 377, means an organization exempt from taxation pursuant to 26 USC 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that provides social services directed toward the accomplishment of one or more of the following purposes:
Protecting and promoting the welfare of children, including homeless, dependent, or neglected children;
Preventing or remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems which may result in, the neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of children;
Preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families by identifying family problems, assisting families in resolving their problems, and preventing the break-up of the family where the prevention of child removal is desirable and possible;
Restoring to their families children who have been removed, by the provision of services to the child and the families;
Placing children in suitable adoptive homes, in cases where restoration to the biological family is not possible or appropriate;
Assuring adequate care of children away from their homes, in cases where the child cannot be returned home or cannot be placed for adoption;
Providing supportive services and living maintenance which contribute to the physical, emotional and social well-being of children who are pregnant and unmarried;
Providing shelter and independent living services for homeless youth; and
Placing and maintaining children in facilities that provide separate living quarters for children under the age of 18 years of age and older, unless a child 18 years of age is in the last year of high school education or vocational training, in an approved individual or group treatment program, or in a licensed shelter facility. The Department is not required to place or maintain children:
who are in a foster home; or
who are developmentally disabled, as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code; or
who are female children who are pregnant, pregnant and parenting or parenting; or
who are siblings;
in facilities that provide separate living quarters for children 18 years of age and older and for children under 18 years of age [20 ILCS 505/5]. (R 377)