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90_HB2250

      20 ILCS 505/22.1          from Ch. 23, par. 5022.1
          Amends the Children and Family Services Act by  making  a
      stylistic  change  in  a Section concerning grants-in-aid for
      child care services.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Children and Family Services  Act  by
 2    changing section 22.1.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 22.1 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 505/22.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.1)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
 9        Sec.  22.1.  (a)  To make grants-in-aid to units of local
10    government,    voluntary    agencies    and    not-for-profit
11    associations  which   provide   day   care   services.   Such
12    grants-in-aid  shall  be  made  for the purpose of operating,
13    extending and improving existing day  facilities  which  fall
14    within  the priorities set forth in subparagraphs (A) through
15    (F) of paragraph (4) of subsection (e) of Section 5  of  this
16    Act,  or  for  the  purpose of providing day care services by
17    contracting with day facilities licensed under the Child Care
18    Act of  1969,  regardless  of  whether  such  facilities  are
19    organized  on  a  for-profit  or not-for-profit basis, and to
20    encourage the development  and  operation  of  new  day  care
21    facilities in areas of the state where they are deemed by the
22    Department  to  be  most  needed.  The  Department  shall, by
23    official  regulation,  establish  and  publish  criteria  for
24    determining  the  amounts  of  grants-in-aid  so   that   all
25    interested  individuals,  agencies  and associations may have
26    ready access to such information.
27        (b)  The General Assembly in recognition  of  the  severe
28    shortage of available child care facilities, particularly for
29    families with special needs, hereby authorizes the Department
30    of  Children  and  Family Services to establish a program for
31    the expansion of child care which shall be known as the Child
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 1    Care Expansion Program.
 2        The Department of  Children  and  Family  Services  shall
 3    award  a  one-time  only  grant to persons, organizations, or
 4    schools needing assistance to start a child  care  center  or
 5    mini  center,  as  defined  by the Department, or to existing
 6    licensed  child  care  providers,   including   family   home
 7    providers,  for the purpose of making capital improvements in
 8    order to accommodate handicapped children, sick children,  or
 9    infant  care  or  children  needing night time care. No grant
10    shall  exceed  $10,000.  Start-up  costs  shall  not  include
11    operational costs after the first 3 months of business.
12        The Department shall adopt rules setting forth  criteria,
13    application procedures, and methods to assure compliance with
14    the purposes described in Section 1.
15        (c)  The Department of Children and Family Services shall
16    establish and operate day care facilities for the children of
17    migrant  workers in areas of the State where they are needed.
18    The  Department  may  provide  these  day  care  services  by
19    contracting with  private  centers  if  practicable.  Migrant
20    worker  means  any person who moves seasonally from one place
21    to another, within or without the State, for the  purpose  of
22    employment in agricultural activities.
23    (Source: P.A. 86-995; 87-435.)
24        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
25        Sec.   22.1.   Grants-in-aid  for  child  care  services;
26    Department of Human Services.
27        (a)  The  Department   of   Human   Services   may   make
28    grants-in-aid   to   units  of  local  government,  voluntary
29    agencies and not-for-profit associations that  which  provide
30    day  care  services. Such grants-in-aid shall be made for the
31    purpose of operating, extending and  improving  existing  day
32    facilities  which  fall  within  the  priorities set forth in
33    subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (4) of  subsection
34    (e) of Section 5 of this Act, or for the purpose of providing
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 1    day care services by contracting with day facilities licensed
 2    under  the Child Care Act of 1969, regardless of whether such
 3    facilities are organized on a  for-profit  or  not-for-profit
 4    basis,  and to encourage the development and operation of new
 5    day care facilities in areas of  the  state  where  they  are
 6    deemed  by  the  Department to be most needed. The Department
 7    shall, by official regulation, establish and publish criteria
 8    for determining the amounts  of  grants-in-aid  so  that  all
 9    interested  individuals,  agencies  and associations may have
10    ready access to such information.
11        (b)  The General Assembly in recognition  of  the  severe
12    shortage of available child care facilities, particularly for
13    families with special needs, hereby authorizes the Department
14    of Human Services to establish a program for the expansion of
15    child  care  which shall be known as the Child Care Expansion
16    Program.
17        The Department of Human Services shall award  a  one-time
18    only  grant  to  persons,  organizations,  or schools needing
19    assistance to start a child care center or  mini  center,  as
20    defined by the Department, or to existing licensed child care
21    providers,  including  family home providers, for the purpose
22    of  making  capital  improvements  in  order  to  accommodate
23    handicapped  children,  sick  children,  or  infant  care  or
24    children needing night  time  care.  No  grant  shall  exceed
25    $10,000.  Start-up  costs shall not include operational costs
26    after the first 3 months of business.
27        The  Department  of  Human  Services  shall  adopt  rules
28    setting forth criteria, application procedures,  and  methods
29    to  assure  compliance with the purposes described in Section
30    1.
31        (c)  The Department of Human Services shall establish and
32    operate day care  facilities  for  the  children  of  migrant
33    workers  in  areas  of  the  State where they are needed. The
34    Department may provide these day care services by contracting
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 1    with private centers if practicable. "Migrant  worker"  means
 2    any  person  who  moves seasonally from one place to another,
 3    within or without the State, for the purpose of employment in
 4    agricultural activities.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 6        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
 7    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 8    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
 9    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
10    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
11    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
12    any other Public Act.

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