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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the DCFS 
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Residential Services Construction Grant
Program Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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    "Board" means the Illinois Capital Development Board.
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    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Children and 
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Family Services.
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    "Residential services" means child care institution care, 
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group home care, independent living services, and transitional 
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living services that are licensed and purchased by the 
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Department on behalf of children under the age of 22 years who 
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are served by the Department and who need 24 hour residential 
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care due to emotional and behavior problems and that are 
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services for which the Department has rate setting authority.
 
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    Section 10. Operation of the grant program.
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    (a) The Department, in consultation with the Board, shall

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establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant 
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Program and, pursuant to the Department's resource allocation 
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management plan determined in consultation with eligible 
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providers, may make grants to eligible licensed residential 
 


 






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services providers,
subject to appropriations, out of funds 
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reserved for capital
improvements or expenditures as provided 
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for in this Act. The
Program shall operate in a manner so that 
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the estimated cost of
the Program during the fiscal year will 
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not exceed the total appropriation for the Program. The grants 
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shall be for the purpose of constructing new residential 
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services sites, renovating existing residential services 
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sites, and supporting capital rate enhancements for 
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residential services sites' capital projects.

 
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    Section 15. Eligibility for grant. To be eligible for a 
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grant under this Act, a recipient must be a residential 
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services provider
with which the Department contracts for 
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residential services.
 
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    Section 20. Use of grant moneys. A recipient of a grant 
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under this Act may use the grant moneys to do any one or more of 
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the following:

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        (1) Acquire a new physical location for the purpose of 
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    delivering licensed residential services.

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        (2) Construct or renovate new or existing licensed 
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    residential services sites.
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        (3)  Support capital rate enhancements for licensed 
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    residential services sites' capital projects.
 
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    Section 25. Reporting. Within 60 days after the first year 
 


 






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of a grant under this Act, the grant recipient must submit a 
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progress report to the Department. The Department may assist 
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each grant recipient in meeting the goals and objectives stated

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in the original grant proposal submitted by the recipient, in 
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ensuring  that grant moneys are being used for appropriate 
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purposes, and in ensuring that residents of the community are 
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being served by the new residential services sites established 
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with grant moneys.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.