Full Text of HB5301 94th General Assembly
HB5301 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB5301
Introduced 01/25/06, by Rep. Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Community Senior Services and Resources Act. Provides that the Department on Aging may award grants for the purposes of modifying the physical structure of a senior services and resource center or experimenting with innovative programming, which includes but is not limited to after-hours programming, to permit a senior services and resource center to appeal to a broader array of seniors. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning aging.
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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 5. The Community Senior Services and Resources Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
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| (320 ILCS 60/25)
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| Sec. 25. Community senior services and resource center | 8 |
| grants.
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| (a) On and after January 1, 2005, the Department may award | 10 |
| grants under this
Act. It is
the General Assembly's intent that | 11 |
| grants awarded under this Act shall be made
to the
extent of | 12 |
| the availability and level of appropriations made for this | 13 |
| purpose by
the General
Assembly.
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| (b) A center must meet the following criteria to be | 15 |
| eligible to receive a
grant under this Section:
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| (1) It must be a non-profit agency or a unit of local | 17 |
| government.
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| (2) It must be housed in a building or portion of a | 19 |
| building that includes
space
for group activities offered | 20 |
| to the community at large.
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| (3) It must be open 5 or more days each week, 7 or more | 22 |
| hours per day.
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| (4) It must employ paid staff.
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| (5) It must offer 5 or more home or community-based | 25 |
| services to the
community at large on a daily basis.
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| (6) A majority of the participants in the center's | 27 |
| programs must be
seniors or
family members of seniors.
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| (c) A center must apply for a grant in the manner | 29 |
| prescribed by the
Department. At a minimum, the application | 30 |
| must do the following:
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| (1) Describe the services offered by the center.
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| (2) Identify the special needs of the center and how |
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| the grant will be
used to alleviate identified funding | 2 |
| problems.
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| (3) Demonstrate that the center addresses the service | 4 |
| needs of seniors in
the community served by the center.
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| (4) Describe other potential funding sources.
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| (5) Describe additional funding opportunities, if any, | 7 |
| to be leveraged
with grant
funds.
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| (6) Provide proof of the center's involvement in the | 9 |
| community's greater
service delivery system.
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| (7) Provide documentation that funds were requested | 11 |
| from other sources,
including, but not limited to, units of | 12 |
| local government, local donors, local
Area
Agencies on | 13 |
| Aging, or private or religious foundations.
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| (8) Include letters of support for the awarding of the | 15 |
| grant, from sources
such as local government officials, | 16 |
| community leaders, other human service
providers,
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| local Area Agency on Aging, private or religious | 18 |
| foundations, or local
membership-based
organizations.
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| (d) The Department may award grants for the purposes of | 20 |
| modifying the physical structure of a center or experimenting | 21 |
| with innovative programming, which includes but is not limited | 22 |
| to after-hours programming, to permit a center to appeal to a | 23 |
| broader array of seniors.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 |
| becoming law.
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