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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the DCFS | ||||||
| 5 | Residential Services Construction Grant
Program Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Board" means the Illinois Capital Development Board. | ||||||
| 8 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Children and | ||||||
| 9 | Family Services. | ||||||
| 10 | "Residential services" means child care institution care, | ||||||
| 11 | group home care, independent living services, and transitional | ||||||
| 12 | living services that are licensed and purchased by the | ||||||
| 13 | Department on behalf of children under the age of 22 years who | ||||||
| 14 | are served by the Department and who need 24-hour residential | ||||||
| 15 | care due to emotional and behavior problems and that are | ||||||
| 16 | services for which the Department has rate setting authority. | ||||||
| 17 | Section 10. Operation of the grant program. | ||||||
| 18 | (a) The Department, in consultation with the Board, shall
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| 19 | establish the DCFS Residential Services Construction Grant | ||||||
| 20 | Program and, pursuant to the Department's resource allocation | ||||||
| 21 | management plan determined in consultation with eligible | ||||||
| 22 | providers, may make grants to eligible licensed residential | ||||||
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| 1 | services providers,
subject to appropriations, out of funds | ||||||
| 2 | reserved for capital
improvements or expenditures as provided | ||||||
| 3 | for in this Act. The
Program shall operate in a manner so that | ||||||
| 4 | the estimated cost of
the Program during the fiscal year will | ||||||
| 5 | not exceed the total appropriation for the Program. The grants | ||||||
| 6 | shall be for the purpose of constructing new residential | ||||||
| 7 | services sites, renovating existing residential services | ||||||
| 8 | sites, and supporting capital rate enhancements for | ||||||
| 9 | residential services sites' capital projects.
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| 10 | Section 15. Eligibility for grant. To be eligible for a | ||||||
| 11 | grant under this Act, a recipient must be a residential | ||||||
| 12 | services provider
with which the Department contracts for | ||||||
| 13 | residential services. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 20. Use of grant moneys. A recipient of a grant | ||||||
| 15 | under this Act may use the grant moneys to do any one or more of | ||||||
| 16 | the following:
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| 17 | (1) Acquire a new physical location for the purpose of | ||||||
| 18 | delivering licensed residential services.
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| 19 | (2) Construct or renovate new or existing licensed | ||||||
| 20 | residential services sites. | ||||||
| 21 | (3) Support capital rate enhancements for licensed | ||||||
| 22 | residential services sites' capital projects. | ||||||
| 23 | Section 25. Reporting. Within 60 days after the first year | ||||||
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| 1 | of a grant under this Act, the grant recipient must submit a | ||||||
| 2 | progress report to the Department. The Department may assist | ||||||
| 3 | each grant recipient in meeting the goals and objectives stated
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| 4 | in the original grant proposal submitted by the recipient, in | ||||||
| 5 | ensuring that grant moneys are being used for appropriate | ||||||
| 6 | purposes, and in ensuring that residents of the community are | ||||||
| 7 | being served by the new residential services sites established | ||||||
| 8 | with grant moneys.
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.
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