Section 112.65  Responsibility and Services Plan

a)         The Department shall advise every applicant and recipient of:

1)         the requirement that all recipients move toward self-sufficiency; and

2)         the value and benefits of employment.

b)         Clients who are adults or minor parents must prepare, sign and submit a personal Responsibility and Services Plan (RSP).  Active recipients who are adults or minor parents who have previously prepared, signed and submitted a personal RSP must comply with the RSP.  Department staff shall assist each client in completing the RSP.

c)         The RSP includes the following:

1)         job history;

2)         job preferences;

3)         job search plans;

4)         child immunization;

5)         school attendance;

6)         family well-being, including domestic or sexual violence, substance abuse, homelessness and mental and physical health issues;

7)         family information;

8)         income;

9)         child support;

10)         education/training;

11)         child care;

12)         transportation;

13)         legal; and

14)         referral.

d)         This Section does not apply to Representative Payees.

e)         A parent who refuses to complete the RSP, when appropriate for his or her family, renders the entire assistance unit ineligible.  Supervisory approval is required to confirm refusal.

f)         A client who fails to follow up in taking the necessary steps that will lead to self-sufficiency, as decided upon in the RSP, is subject to sanction (see Section 112.79). Failure to comply with provisions relating to domestic or sexual violence will not result in sanction.

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 4441, effective January 29, 2014)