Full Text of SB1794 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 10-16 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/10-16 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-16. Home visiting program. | 8 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that research-informed home | 9 | | visiting programs work to strengthen families' functioning and | 10 | | support parents in caring for their children to ensure optimal | 11 | | child development. | 12 | | (b) The Department shall establish a home visiting program | 13 | | to support communities in providing intensive home visiting | 14 | | programs to pregnant persons and families with children from | 15 | | birth up to elementary school enrollment. Services shall be | 16 | | offered on a voluntary basis to families. In awarding grants | 17 | | under the program, the Department shall prioritize populations | 18 | | or communities in need of such services, as determined by the | 19 | | Department, based on data including, but not limited to, | 20 | | statewide home visiting needs assessments. Eligibility under | 21 | | the program shall also take into consideration requirements of | 22 | | the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home | 23 | | Visiting Program and Head Start and Early Head Start to ensure |
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| 1 | | appropriate alignment. The overall goals for these services | 2 | | are to: | 3 | | (1) improve maternal and newborn health; | 4 | | (2) prevent child abuse and neglect; | 5 | | (3) promote children's development and readiness to | 6 | | participate in school; and | 7 | | (4) connect families to needed community resources and | 8 | | supports. | 9 | | (b) Allowable uses of funding include: | 10 | | (1) Grants to community-based organizations to | 11 | | implement home visiting and family support services with | 12 | | fidelity to research-informed home visiting program | 13 | | models, as defined by the Department. Services may | 14 | | include, but are not limited to: | 15 | | (A) personal visits with a child and the child's | 16 | | parent or caregiver at a periodicity aligned with the | 17 | | model being implemented; | 18 | | (B) opportunities for connections with other | 19 | | parents and caregivers in their community and other | 20 | | social and community supports; | 21 | | (C) enhancements to research-informed home | 22 | | visiting program models based on community needs | 23 | | including doula services, and other program | 24 | | innovations as approved by the Department; and | 25 | | (D) referrals to other resources needed by | 26 | | families. |
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| 1 | | (2) Infrastructure supports for grantees, including, | 2 | | but not limited to, professional development for the | 3 | | workforce, technical assistance and capacity-building, | 4 | | data system and supports, infant and early childhood | 5 | | mental health consultation, trauma-informed practices, | 6 | | research, universal newborn screening, and coordinated | 7 | | intake. | 8 | | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall award | 9 | | grants to community-based agencies in accordance with this | 10 | | Section and any other rules that may be adopted by the | 11 | | Department. Successful grantees under this program shall | 12 | | comply with policies and procedures on program, data, and | 13 | | expense reporting as developed by the Department. | 14 | | (d) Funds received under this Section shall supplement, | 15 | | not supplant, other existing or new federal, State, or local | 16 | | sources of funding for these services. Any new federal funding | 17 | | received shall supplement and not supplant funding for this | 18 | | program. | 19 | | (e) The Department shall collaborate with relevant | 20 | | agencies to support the coordination and alignment of home | 21 | | visiting services provided through other State and federal | 22 | | funds, to the extent possible. The Department shall | 23 | | collaborate with the State Board of Education, the
Department | 24 | | of Healthcare and Family Services, and Head Start and Early | 25 | | Head Start in the implementation of these services to support | 26 | | alignment with home visiting services provided through the |
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| 1 | | Early Childhood Block Grant and the State's Medical Assistance | 2 | | Program, respectively, to the extent possible. | 3 | | (f) An advisory committee shall advise the Department | 4 | | concerning the implementation of the home visiting program. | 5 | | The advisory committee shall make recommendations on policy | 6 | | and implementation. The Department shall determine whether the | 7 | | advisory committee shall be a newly created body or an | 8 | | existing body such as a committee of the Illinois Early | 9 | | Learning Council. The advisory committee shall consist of one | 10 | | or more representatives of the Department, other members | 11 | | representing public and private entities that serve and | 12 | | interact with the families served under the home visiting | 13 | | program, with the input of families engaged in home visiting | 14 | | or related services themselves. Family input may be secured by | 15 | | engaging families as members of this advisory committee or as | 16 | | a separate committee of family representatives. | 17 | | (g) The Department may adopt any rules necessary to | 18 | | implement this Section.
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