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Rep. Natalie A. Manley
Filed: 3/21/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 780
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 780 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 8.13 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 105/8.13 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8.13. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot |
| 8 | | Program. |
| 9 | | (a) The Department shall establish and administer a |
| 10 | | Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Pilot Program to operate in |
| 11 | | Will County beginning January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2027. |
| 12 | | The pilot program shall allow the Senior Services Center of |
| 13 | | Will County to designate an intake coordinator for Will County |
| 14 | | who shall help connect grandparents raising grandchildren to |
| 15 | | relevant services and resources provided by the various State |
| 16 | | agencies, including, but not limited to, services and |
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| 1 | | resources provided by the Department of Children and Family |
| 2 | | Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department on |
| 3 | | Aging, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and |
| 4 | | the State Board of Education. The intake coordinator shall |
| 5 | | provide services at local Senior Services Centers located in |
| 6 | | Will County and shall work with the Department on Aging to |
| 7 | | create a public awareness campaign on the services and |
| 8 | | resources offered by each of the agencies. The intake |
| 9 | | coordinator selected by the Department on Aging must be |
| 10 | | knowledgeable on the following programs: |
| 11 | | (1) The Extended Family Support Program administered |
| 12 | | by the Department of Children and Family Services. |
| 13 | | (2) The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program |
| 14 | | administered by the Department on Aging. |
| 15 | | (3) The Child Only Grants assistance component of the |
| 16 | | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program |
| 17 | | administered by the Department of Human Services. |
| 18 | | (4) The Children Health Insurance Program administered |
| 19 | | by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
| 20 | | (b) The intake coordinator must be given the contact |
| 21 | | information for the designated point of contact for each State |
| 22 | | agency listed in subsection (a). Each State agency's |
| 23 | | designated point of contact shall provide educational |
| 24 | | materials and training on the different programs provided by |
| 25 | | the State agency. The intake coordinator may receive this |
| 26 | | information within 14 days after his or her selection by the |
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| 1 | | Department on Aging in accordance with this Section. |
| 2 | | (c) By January 1 of each year beginning in 2025 until the |
| 3 | | pilot program terminates, the Department on Aging shall submit |
| 4 | | an annual report to the General Assembly on the number of |
| 5 | | families who received referrals to relevant services from the |
| 6 | | intake coordinator during the prior calendar year, the |
| 7 | | specific services each family was referred to and received, |
| 8 | | and other related information on the frequency of calls and |
| 9 | | visits to the office of the intake coordinator during the |
| 10 | | reporting period.".
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