Full Text of HR0932 94th General Assembly
HR0932 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that it is in the best | 3 |
| interests of Illinois and of Illinois families and children | 4 |
| that families escape poverty and achieve financial progress | 5 |
| through employment; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS,
It is in the best interests of Illinois employers | 7 |
| and the Illinois economy that workers be healthy, stable, and | 8 |
| productive; and
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly has created programs that | 10 |
| support the work
effort of lower income workers, including the | 11 |
| programs under Articles IV, V, and VI of the Illinois Public | 12 |
| Aid Code, as well as the Food Stamp Program and the programs | 13 |
| under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act; and
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that data and reports | 15 |
| submitted by the Department of Human Services will be useful in | 16 |
| determining whether the administration of certain of these | 17 |
| programs is effective in helping the programs accomplish their | 18 |
| purpose of supporting the work effort of lower income workers; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| the Department of Human Services has agreed to the following | 23 |
| provisions and will develop outcome statements, measures, | 24 |
| data-based performance indicators or targets, and reports | 25 |
| necessary to reflect current program participation and the | 26 |
| delivery of services in the local offices; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the outcome measures will address but not be | 28 |
| limited to program participation and the delivery of quality | 29 |
| services in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) | 30 |
| program, the Food Stamp program, and all medical assistance |
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| programs for children and families; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That for each outcome measure, the Department of | 3 |
| Human Services shall
develop performance indicators to help | 4 |
| assess the level of attainment of the outcome measures; to the | 5 |
| extent possible, the performance indicators shall be drawn from | 6 |
| administrative data available; and be it further | 7 |
| RESOLVED, That in first year of enactment by July 2006, the | 8 |
| Department shall provide the established outcomes statements | 9 |
| and designated indicators to the Social Services Advisory | 10 |
| Council for comment; after the year of enactment, the Social | 11 |
| Services Advisory Council shall be consulted by the Department | 12 |
| on changes to the outcomes and indicators; and be it further | 13 |
| RESOLVED, That in determining program participation for | 14 |
| all relevant programs, indicators or targets shall include, but | 15 |
| need not be limited to, the following: | 16 |
| (1) as of the date of the data collected for the | 17 |
| initial report, a caseload profile for each Department of | 18 |
| Human Services local office showing the numbers of cases | 19 |
| receiving Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF, and Medical | 20 |
| Assistance (including KidCare and Family Care); for each | 21 |
| program, the caseload profile as to each local office shall | 22 |
| also show the percentage of caseload employed; for TANF, | 23 |
| the caseload profile as to each local office
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| show the percentage employed full-time, the percentage | 25 |
| employed part-time, and the percentage of caseload engaged | 26 |
| in documented social, health, or educational activities | 27 |
| instead of employment; by program, aggregate data shall be | 28 |
| provided that is relevant and available; | 29 |
| (2) as available, statewide, the number of people | 30 |
| enrolled in one program who are income-eligible for one or | 31 |
| more other programs and the number of those who are | 32 |
| enrolled in such other programs;
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| (3) statewide, the number of participants in TANF who |
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| are participating, as full or partial compliance in program | 2 |
| work requirements, in activities related to mental | 3 |
| illness/depression, substance abuse, low literacy, | 4 |
| domestic violence, or a physical disability; as part of | 5 |
| this indicator, the number of people in the caseload | 6 |
| identified as having one or more of these barriers to | 7 |
| employment, the number of funded "slots" for
employment and | 8 |
| training, the extent to which these slots are filled, and | 9 |
| the numbers of people needing these services who are not | 10 |
| receiving them due to the unavailability of a funded | 11 |
| program "slot"; | 12 |
| (4) as available, the number of individuals in any of | 13 |
| these programs whose first language is not English, and the | 14 |
| number who are provided translation services; in addition, | 15 |
| the number of families whose first language is not English | 16 |
| who participate in TANF or Food Stamps and who are | 17 |
| participating in English as a Second Language classes; and | 18 |
| (5) as available, the number and percentage of program | 19 |
| exits based on increased income, compared to the number and | 20 |
| percentage of exits based on other factors; and be it | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That in developing an outcome related to the | 23 |
| delivery of quality services in the local offices, indicators | 24 |
| can include, but need not be limited to: | 25 |
| (A) the ratio of caseworkers to cases in each program | 26 |
| by local office; | 27 |
| (B) the ratio of non-English-speaking cases to | 28 |
| caseworkers who speak the appropriate language by office; | 29 |
| (C) the impact in service delivery improvement by | 30 |
| technological upgrades made in local offices, case | 31 |
| processing, and application processes; | 32 |
| (D) the average time elapsed between the date of | 33 |
| application and the date of disposition of the application | 34 |
| in each program; | 35 |
| (E) as available, the number and percentage of |
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| recipient families transitioning from Medicaid to Family | 2 |
| Care; | 3 |
| (F) as available, the number and percentage of | 4 |
| recipient families transitioning from Medicaid to Kid Care | 5 |
| Assist, from Kid Care Assist to KidCare Share, and from | 6 |
| KidCare Share to KidCare Premium; | 7 |
| (G) as available, the number of applications denied and | 8 |
| the number of cases closed for procedural reasons (reasons | 9 |
| other than substantive eligibility criteria based on | 10 |
| income and family circumstances); and | 11 |
| (H) as available, the number of administrative appeals | 12 |
| filed or related data to such information; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services shall | 15 |
| conduct a hearing on the administration of public assistance | 16 |
| programs at the local office level not later than May 2007; the | 17 |
| hearing shall include testimony of people randomly selected | 18 |
| from the Department's caseload who have used the programs, | 19 |
| officials familiar with the status of technology used in the | 20 |
| administration of programs in the local offices, and Department | 21 |
| workers engaged in the administration of programs in the local | 22 |
| offices; the hearing shall be held so that the proceedings may | 23 |
| be included in the October 2007 report; and be it further | 24 |
| RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services shall | 25 |
| examine the feasibility of retaining external assistance to | 26 |
| develop a report on an estimate of the number of people in | 27 |
| Illinois potentially eligible for each program, and the number | 28 |
| of people enrolled in each program broken down as to both | 29 |
| potential eligibles and actual enrollees by categories of race, | 30 |
| national origin, and work status, insofar as the administrative | 31 |
| date for each program tracks race and national origin; and be | 32 |
| it further | 33 |
| RESOLVED, That the Department of Human Services shall |
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| prepare a report and present it to the Social Services Advisory | 2 |
| Council on October 1, 2006 reflecting existing outcome measures | 3 |
| and available data, indicators, or targets covering the period | 4 |
| July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006; thereafter, the Department shall | 5 |
| prepare an annual report of performance indicators based on | 6 |
| data for the previous fiscal year July 1 to June 30 and, to the | 7 |
| extent possible, include indicators listed herein; it shall | 8 |
| also include a summary of the testimony provided at the hearing | 9 |
| as well as information available pertaining to the estimate of | 10 |
| all eligible populations; pending concurrence between the | 11 |
| Department and the Social Services Advisory Council, | 12 |
| additional performance indicators may be added to the report; | 13 |
| and be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That subsequent to the submittal and review of | 15 |
| the October 2007
report, the Department of Human Services in | 16 |
| conjunction with the Social Services
Advisory Council will | 17 |
| determine what additional action is necessary, including the | 18 |
| need for additional hearings and reports; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be delivered to | 20 |
| the Director of Human Services.
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