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| Public Act 100-0806 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||
changing Section 1-7 and by adding Section 12-4.51 as follows:
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(305 ILCS 5/1-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 1-7)
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Sec. 1-7.
(a) For purposes of determining eligibility for | ||||
assistance
under this Code, the Illinois Department, County | ||||
Departments, and local
governmental units shall exclude from | ||||
consideration restitution payments,
including all income and | ||||
resources derived therefrom, made to persons of
Japanese or | ||||
Aleutian ancestry pursuant to the federal Civil Liberties Act
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of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act, | ||||
P.L. 100-383.
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(b) For purposes of any program or form of assistance where | ||||
a person's
income or assets are considered in determining | ||||
eligibility or level of
assistance, whether under this Code or | ||||
another authority, neither the State
of Illinois nor any entity | ||||
or person administering a program wholly or
partially financed | ||||
by the State of Illinois or any of its political
subdivisions | ||||
shall include restitution payments, including all income and
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resources derived therefrom, made pursuant to the federal Civil | ||||
Liberties
Act of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island | ||||
Restitution Act, P.L.
100-383, in the calculation of income or | ||
assets for determining eligibility
or level of assistance.
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(c) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the | ||
amount of assistance
under this Code, except for the | ||
determination of eligibility for payments or
programs under the | ||
TANF employment, education, and training programs and the
Food | ||
Stamp
Employment and Training Program, the Illinois | ||
Department, County Departments,
and local governmental units | ||
shall exclude from consideration any financial
assistance | ||
received under any student aid program administered by an | ||
agency of
this State or the federal government, by a person who | ||
is enrolled as a
full-time or part-time student of any public | ||
or private university, college, or
community college in this | ||
State.
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(d) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the | ||
amount of assistance under this Code, except for the | ||
determination of eligibility for payments or programs under the | ||
TANF employment, education, and training programs and the SNAP | ||
Employment and Training Program, the Illinois Department, | ||
County Departments, and local governmental units shall exclude | ||
from consideration, for a period of 36 months, any financial | ||
assistance, including wages, that is provided to a person who | ||
is enrolled in a demonstration project that is not funded with | ||
general revenue funds and that is intended as a bridge to | ||
self-sufficiency by offering (i) intensive workforce support | ||
and training and (ii) support services for new and expectant | ||
parents that are intended to foster multi-generational healthy | ||
families as described in Section 12-4.51. | ||
(Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
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(305 ILCS 5/12-4.51 new) | ||
Sec. 12-4.51. Workforce training and healthy families | ||
demonstration project. | ||
(a) Subject to the availability of funds provided for this | ||
purpose by the federal government, local philanthropic or | ||
charitable sources, or other private sources, there is created | ||
a 5-year demonstration project within the Department of Human | ||
Services to provide an intensive workforce training program for | ||
entry level workers and a multi-generational healthy family | ||
initiative. No general revenue funds may be used to fund the | ||
demonstration project created under this Section. The | ||
demonstration project shall be implemented no later than 6 | ||
months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||
100th General Assembly and shall terminate 5 years after the | ||
initial date of implementation. The demonstration project | ||
shall be operated and maintained by a non-profit, | ||
community-based entity that shall provide the majority of the | ||
wages earned by participants enrolled in the workforce training | ||
program as well as support services to families, including new | ||
and expectant parents, enrolled in the multi-generational | ||
healthy family initiative. The total number of participants in | ||
the 5-year demonstration project at any one time shall not | ||
exceed 500. Participants enrolled in the workforce training | ||
program or the multi-generational healthy family initiative | ||
shall qualify to have whatever financial assistance they | ||
receive from their participation excluded from consideration | ||
for purposes of determining eligibility for or the amount of | ||
assistance under this Code as provided in subsection (d) of | ||
Section 1-7. The selected entity must immediately notify the | ||
Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare | ||
and Family Services whenever a participant enrolled in the | ||
workforce training program or the multi-generational healthy | ||
family initiative leaves the demonstration project and ceases | ||
to participate in any of the programs under the demonstration | ||
making the participant ineligible to receive an exemption as | ||
provided in subsection (d) of Section 1-7. | ||
(b) The entity selected to operate and maintain the | ||
demonstration project shall be a non-profit, community-based | ||
entity in good standing with the State that is located in a | ||
county with a population of less than 3,000,000. The selected | ||
entity must comply with all applicable State and federal | ||
requirements and must develop and implement a research | ||
component to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration | ||
project in promoting and instilling self-sufficiency through | ||
its intensive workforce training program and | ||
multi-generational healthy family initiative. The State shall | ||
not fund the research component outlined in the Section or any | ||
program under the demonstration project. | ||
(c) Beginning one year after the initial implementation | ||
date of the demonstration project, and each year thereafter for | ||
the duration of the demonstration, the selected entity shall | ||
submit a report to the Department of Human Services, the | ||
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the General | ||
Assembly that details the progress and effectiveness of the | ||
demonstration project and the demonstration's impact on | ||
instilling the value of self-sufficiency in participants. The | ||
4th annual report shall also provide policy recommendations on | ||
best practices for and continued research on facilitating | ||
bridges to self-sufficiency. The 4th annual report may also | ||
include a recommendation on making the demonstration project | ||
permanent upon completion of the demonstration project period. | ||
The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the | ||
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the | ||
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk | ||
and the Secretary shall direct.
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