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90_HB1157
20 ILCS 2310/55.85 new
Creates the Board on Hunger in the Department of Public
Health. Provides that the Board shall (i) review activities
in the State relating to hunger prevention, (ii) advise the
Department of Public Health and the State Board of Education
on the use of State and federal resources for hunger
prevention, (iii) develop an annual plan to address hunger
problems in specified areas of the State; and (iv) award
hunger prevention program grants. Establishes criteria for
eligibility for these grants and establishes uses for the
grant money.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
2 by adding Section 55.85.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 55.85 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/55.85 new)
8 Sec. 55.85. Board on Hunger; hunger prevention grants.
9 (a) There is created in the Department of Public Health
10 the Board on Hunger. The Board consists of a nonvoting
11 chairperson and 9 voting members. The nonvoting chairperson
12 of the Board on Hunger is the Director of Public Health or
13 his or her designee. The board on hunger has the following
14 voting members:
15 (1) Five members who are not public officers or
16 employees, each having a demonstrated interest in hunger
17 prevention issues, appointed by the Governor for 3-year
18 terms.
19 (2) Two members of the Senate, one from the
20 majority party and one from the minority party, appointed
21 by the President and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
22 (3) Two members of the House of Representatives,
23 one from the majority party and one from the minority
24 party, appointed by the Speaker and Minority Leader of
25 the House of Representatives.
26 (b) The Board on Hunger shall do all of the following:
27 (1) Annually review existing public and private
28 activities within the State relating to hunger
29 prevention.
30 (2) Advise the Department, the State Board of
31 Education, and any other relevant State agency on the use
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1 of State and federal resources and on the provision and
2 administration of programs for hunger prevention.
3 (3) Award community-based hunger prevention grants
4 as provided in subsection (c).
5 (4) Develop an annual plan that documents areas of
6 hunger and populations experiencing hunger within the
7 State and that recommends strategies and State and
8 federal policy changes to address hunger in these areas
9 and populations.
10 (5) Submit, by December 31 annually, the plan
11 developed under paragraph (4) to the Governor, the
12 Director of Public Health, and the State Board of
13 Education.
14 (c) Community based hunger prevention program grants.
15 (1) In this subsection:
16 (A) "Agency" means a community-based public or
17 private, nonprofit organization.
18 (B) "Food distribution service" means a
19 program that provides food or serves meals directly
20 to individuals with low incomes or to elderly
21 individuals, or that collects and distributes food
22 to persons who provide food or serve meals directly
23 to these individuals.
24 (2) The Department shall make start-up grants, as
25 awarded by the Board on Hunger, to one or more agencies,
26 but not to exceed $20,000 per grant per year, for any of
27 the following purposes:
28 (A) To establish a community-based food
29 distribution service network to coordinate the
30 activities of food pantries, soup kitchens, food
31 banks, and congregate meal facilities.
32 (B) To assess local problems relating to
33 hunger and malnutrition and evaluate existing
34 community services to determine necessary
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1 strategies, policies, programs, and other responses
2 to meet community needs.
3 (C) To establish a community-based hunger
4 prevention council to undertake the activities under
5 item (B) of this paragraph (2), which may include
6 individuals from one or more of the following
7 groups: low-income individuals; local government
8 officials; members or the clergy; university public
9 school nutritionists and dietitians; school
10 administrators; public health and health care
11 professionals; community action agency
12 representatives; food service and restaurant
13 industry representatives; and community service
14 organization representatives.
15 (D) To participate in federally funded food
16 and nutrition programs.
17 (E) To integrate public and private community
18 resources to alleviate hunger and malnutrition.
19 (F) To establish programs to enhance volunteer
20 citizen participation in local hunger prevention
21 activities.
22 (G) To provide outreach information and referrals
23 to public and private food distribution, nutrition
24 education, and hunger prevention services and
25 programs.
26 (H) To develop nontraditional or innovative
27 hunger prevention resources and programs, such as
28 community gardens, agricultural gleaning, food
29 cooperatives and buying clubs, farmer's markets, and
30 community-owned and operated retail food
31 establishments.
32 (I) To identify and target community services
33 and programs to groups and individuals at risk of
34 hunger.
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1 (J) To provide for adequate transportation and
2 the efficient distribution of food from all
3 available resources.
4 (K) To coordinate community food distribution
5 services with other community education, recreation,
6 social, and cultural programs to afford greater
7 access to groups and individuals in need of food.
8 (L) To improve public transportation to human
9 services agencies, food distribution service
10 facilities, and other food resources in the
11 community.
12 (M) To establish nutrition education programs
13 for individuals with low incomes and special
14 nutritional needs to enhance food purchasing and
15 preparation skills and to increase awareness of the
16 relationship between proper diet and good health.
17 (3) In evaluating applications for grants, the
18 Board shall give priority to proposals for any of the
19 purposes enumerated in paragraph (2) that do all of the
20 following:
21 (A) Utilize financial or in-kind contributions
22 from the local community.
23 (B) Involve the planning and participation of
24 more than one agency.
25 (C) Appear likely to continue in operation
26 after using the grant under this Section.