(20 ILCS 505/23) (from Ch. 23, par. 5023)
Sec. 23. To make agreements with any other department, authority or
commission of this State, any State university or public or private agency,
to make and receive payment for services provided to or by such bodies, and
with written approval by the Governor to make agreements with other states.
The Department may enter into agreements with any public
or private agency determined appropriate and qualified by the Department
that will participate in the cost and operation of
programs, in at least 4 different communities, that provide a comprehensive
array of child and family services, including but not limited to prenatal
care to pregnant women, parenting education, and early
childhood education
services, nutrition services, and basic health services to children of
preschool age and their parents who
reside in service areas of the State identified by the Illinois Department
of Public Health as having the highest rates of infant mortality under the
Infant Mortality Reduction Act (now repealed). The Department may assume primary or full
financial and administrative responsibility for any such program that has
demonstrated effectiveness.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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