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      20 ILCS 625/4.1 new
          Amends the Illinois Economic Opportunity Act.    Provides
      that DCCA shall administer a family and community development
      demonstration  grant  program to make grants to organizations
      for demonstration projects  to  reduce  economic  dependency.
      Creates  a Community Services Advisory Council within DCCA to
      perform advisory functions relating  to  the  program.   Sets
      forth  the  powers  and  duties  of  DCCA  and the Council in
      relation to selecting grantees, requirements for the program,
      and other matters.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Economic Opportunity Act  by
 2    adding Section 4.1.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Economic  Opportunity  Act  is
 6    amended by adding Section 4.1 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 625/4.1 new)
 8        Sec.   4.1.  Family   and   Community  Development  Grant
 9    Program.
10        (a)  A family and  community  development  grant  program
11    shall  be  administered  by  the  Department  of Commerce and
12    Community Affairs.  The program shall  be  designed  to  make
13    services  available  to families who are at risk of long-term
14    economic dependency and to work with communities  to  provide
15    economic  opportunities.  The  purpose  of  the program is to
16    fund, evaluate, and provide recommendations on not less  than
17    8  nor  more than 10 projects to move 100 families at risk of
18    long-term economic dependency to self-sufficiency through the
19    family and community development program.
20        (b)  As used in this Section only:
21        "Applicant" means a public or private  organization  that
22    makes  application  for  a  grant  through  the  request  for
23    proposals process.
24        "Council" means the Community Services Advisory Council.
25        "Department"   means   the  Department  of  Commerce  and
26    Community Affairs.
27        "Grant" means an award to fund a project approved by  the
28    Council.
29        "Grantee"  means the recipient of a grant approved by the
30    Council.
31        (c)  The   Community   Services   Advisory   Council   as
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 1    established within the Department of Commerce  and  Community
 2    Affairs  with respect to the family and community development
 3    grants administered, under agreement, by  the  Department  of
 4    Commerce and Community Affairs shall include a representative
 5    of the Human Resource Investment Council.
 6        (d)  The Council shall:
 7             (1)  Identify  the factors and conditions that place
 8        Illinois families at risk of  long-term  dependency  upon
 9        the  AFDC  program or its successor program.  The Council
10        shall seek to use relevant research findings and national
11        and Illinois-specific data on the  AFDC  program  or  its
12        successor program.
13             (2)  Identify  the factors and conditions that place
14        Illinois  families  at  risk   of   family   instability,
15        long-term economic dependency, and foster care placement.
16             (3)  Report  those  findings to the Secretary of the
17        Department of Human Services for his or her evaluation.
18             (4)  Recommend   grants   to   public   or   private
19        organizations to provide family and community development
20        services  to  families  at  risk  of  long-term  economic
21        dependency.
22             (5)  In  cooperation  with  the  Illinois  Community
23        Action Association, use family and community  development
24        outcome    measures   to   independently   evaluate   the
25        effectiveness of demonstration projects.
26             (6)  Seek the  support  of  an  Illinois  accredited
27        university    to   continue   research   and   evaluation
28        responsibilities.
29             (7)  Seek additional  support  for  the  funding  of
30        family and community development grants.
31             (8)  Make   recommendations  to  the  Governor,  the
32        General Assembly, and the Secretary of the Department  of
33        Human   Services  on  the  effectiveness  of  family  and
34        community development intervention programs in Illinois.
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 1             (9)  Evaluate and make recommendations regarding the
 2        cost and  benefits  to  the  expansion  of  the  services
 3        provided  under the AFDC program or its successor program
 4        to include tuition for parenting skills programs,  family
 5        support   and   counseling  services,  child  development
 6        services, job  readiness  and  job  skill  training,  and
 7        transportation  and  child  care expenses associated with
 8        the programs and services.
 9        (e)  In cooperation with the  Illinois  Community  Action
10    Association,   the  grantees  shall  identify  families  that
11    receive AFDC payments or payments from its successor  program
12    that  may  place  families  at  risk  of  long-term  economic
13    dependency.
14        (f)  The  Department  shall adopt rules for the operation
15    of this program.
16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.

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