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Public Act 094-0035
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| SB0328 Enrolled |
LRB094 06273 DRJ 36344 b |
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AN ACT concerning child care.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act.
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Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
"Department" means the Department of Human Services. |
"Deployed" means activated to serve in an active military |
operation or emergency. |
"Program" means the Helping Heroes Child Care Program |
established under this Act.
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Section 10. Program established. |
(a) The Helping Heroes Child Care Program is established |
for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to |
Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq |
or Afghanistan by the armed services. The Department shall |
administer the program. The Department shall implement the |
program only if federal funding is made available for that |
purpose. Any such federal moneys received by the State shall be |
deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military |
Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State |
treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the |
Department for the purpose of administering this Act. |
(b) Any Illinois resident who (i) is serving in the active |
military, reserves, or National Guard, (ii) has been deployed |
to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services, and (iii) meets |
the income eligibility criteria established by the Department |
by rule is eligible for a child care voucher under the program. |
A family that received child care assistance before the |
parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for |
a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care |