(305 ILCS 5/9-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 9-2)
Sec. 9-2.
Guidance and Counseling Services.
Guidance and counseling services shall be provided directly by the
staffs of the Illinois Department, the County Departments, and local
governmental units, or through cooperating governmental and private
agencies which will assist in preventing or overcoming financial
dependency or social maladjustment; in maintaining and strengthening family
life; in assisting parents who are unmarried, divorced or separated to share
in the support and maintenance of their children; in increasing the capacities of
parents or other adults for
attaining or maintaining a decent and healthful standard of living for
themselves and any children they may have under their care; and in
encouraging and aiding parents or other adults to provide children under
their care with maximum opportunities for realizing their full
potentialities for development.
In local governmental units receiving State funds, the establishment
of such services and the expenditure of funds therefor shall be subject
to the approval and supervision of the Illinois Department.
(Source: P.A. 81-968.)
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