AN ACT making appropriations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

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    Section 5.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services to meet its ordinary and contingent expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009:

PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND

For Independent Living Initiative............... 10,300,000

For all Expenditures related to

  The collection and distribution

  Of Title IV-E reimbursements

  For counties included in the Title

  IV-E Juvenile Justice Pilot Program

  To be implemented in one county in each

  Of the DCFS regions of Cook, Northern,

  Central and Southern in accordance

  With an intergovernmental agreement

  To be developed with each Pilot County......... 5,000,000

For SSI Reimbursement............................ 1,513,300

    Total                                       $16,813,300

PAYABLE FROM C&FS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND

For Federal Child Welfare Projects............... 2,775,000

For Federal Child Protection Projects............ 5,292,600

    Total                                        $8,067,600

GRANTS-IN-AID

REGIONAL OFFICES

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND

For Foster Homes and Specialized

  Foster care and Prevention................... 189,660,000

For Counseling and Auxiliary Services........... 14,028,500

For Institution and Group Home Care and

  Prevention................................... 128,780,600

For Increased Rates to Group Homes................. 500,000

For Services Associated with the Foster

  Care Initiative................................ 6,812,200

For Foster Care Rate Increases.................. 12,000,000

For Purchases of Adoption and

  Guardianship Services........................ 199,584,100

For Health Care Network.......................... 4,198,500

For Cash Assistance and Housing

  Locator Service to Families in the

  Class defined in the Norman Consent Order...... 1,432,000

For Youth in Transition Program.................... 944,700

For MCO Technical Assistance and

  Program Development............................ 1,650,000

For Pre Admission/Post Discharge

  Psychiatric Screening.......................... 8,671,800

For Assistance in the Development

  of Children’s Advocacy centers................. 2,069,500

For Psychological Assessments

  Including operations and

  Administrative Expenses........................ 3,200,000

    Total                                      $573,531,900

PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND

For Foster Homes and Specialized

  Foster care and Prevention................... 141,570,500

For Cash Assistance and Housing Locator

  Services to Families in the

  Class defined in the Norman

  Consent Order.................................. 2,162,600

For Counseling and Auxiliary Services........... 12,568,900

For Institution and Group Home Care and

  Prevention.................................... 99,174,500

For Assisting in the development

  of Children’s Advocacy Center.................. 1,505,400

For Children’s Personal and

  Physical Maintenance........................... 3,198,100

For Services Associated with the Foster

  Care Initiative................................ 1,733,500

For Purchase of Adoption and

  Guardianship Services......................... 75,854,800

For Client Specific Assistance...................... 50,000

For Family Preservation Services................ 18,528,300

For Purchase of Children’s Services.............. 1,355,300

For Family Centered Services Initiative......... 16,999,700

    Total                                      $374,701,600

    Section 10.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services:

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND

For Department Scholarship Program................. 842,500

    Total                                          $842,500

    Section 15.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services for:

CHILD WELFARE

PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE

For Reimbursing Counties........................... 338,500

    Total                                          $338,500

    Section 20.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Department of Children and Family Services for:

GRANTS-IN-AID

SUPPORT SERVICES

For Tort Claims.................................... 233,800

    Total                                          $233,800

CHILD PROTECTION

PAYABLE FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND

For Protective/Family Maintenance

  Day Care...................................... 25,928,500

    Total                                       $25,928,500

PAYABLE FROM THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION FUND

For Child Abuse Prevention......................... 600,000

    Total                                          $600,000

CLINICAL SERVICES

PAYABLE FROM THE DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND

For Foster Care and Adoption Care Training...... 15,171,500

    Total                                       $15,171,500

ARTICLE 998

    Section 998.  Each of the amounts appropriated in this Act (after all actions by the Governor and the General Assembly) controls over any lower amount appropriated in any other Public Act (after all actions by the Governor and the General Assembly) for the same purpose unless that other Public Act expressly states otherwise.

ARTICLE 999

Section 999.  Effective Date.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.