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Public Act 094-0099
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| HB2566 Enrolled |
LRB094 03839 WGH 35756 b |
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AN ACT concerning veterans.
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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 Veterans' Employment Act is amended by |
changing Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 as follows:
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(330 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 203)
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Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, |
"Director" means the
Director of the Department of Commerce and |
Economic Opportunity
Employment Security or
its successor |
agency.
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(Source: P.A. 88-12.)
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(330 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 205)
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Sec. 5. Service centers.
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(a) The Director shall designate multipurpose service
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centers for veterans operated by community nonprofit
agencies |
or organizations. To the greatest extent possible, the
Director |
shall rely on such agencies or organizations whose major
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emphasis has been to provide social services.
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(b) The Director shall search for such nonprofit agencies |
or
organizations to carry out the programs created under this |
Act.
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(c) The Director shall designate the agencies or |
organizations to carry
out such programs.
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(d) Subject to appropriation, the Director shall begin to |
provide the
necessary funds to the nonprofit agencies
or |
organizations to set up and begin the operation of the |
multipurpose
service centers. Thereafter the Director shall |
provide the funds
appropriated for grants to the centers as the |
costs of the centers are
incurred.
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(e) The Director shall, with the advice of the staff of the |
centers,
promulgate rules and regulations to implement this |
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Act. Such rules and
regulations shall include eligibility of |
persons for job training
programs, the level of stipends for |
the job training programs, and a
sliding fee scale for the |
service programs.
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(f) In performing his duties pursuant to this Act, the |
Director shall
consult and cooperate with such State agencies |
as may be appropriate, including but not limited to the |
Illinois Department of
Employment Security and the Department |
of
Veterans' Affairs
to ensure that there is no
duplication of |
services.
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(Source: P.A. 88-12.)
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(330 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 206)
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Sec. 6. (a) The multipurpose service centers shall, after |
consulting
and in cooperation with the Illinois Department of
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Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Employment Security, develop |
job counseling and placement services by
cooperating with |
federal, State and local governmental agencies and private
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employers. The services shall include:
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(1) counseling veterans with respect to appropriate job |
opportunities;
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(2) identifying community needs and seeking funding for new
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public and private sector jobs in relation to this Act;
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(3) providing veterans with training, skills and
referral |
services to help them to become gainfully employed and |
independent;
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(4) developing plans to include more veterans in
existing |
training and placement programs; and
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(5) referring veterans to agencies which provide
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information and assistance with respect to health care,
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financial matters, education, nutrition and legal problems.
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(b) To the extent possible, the centers shall serve
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surrounding rural areas through a rural outreach effort.
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(c) To the extent possible, supervisory, technical and
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administrative positions relating to the multipurpose service
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programs shall be filled by veterans.
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(d) The director of each center shall submit an annual |
report
to the Director. The report shall include evaluations
of |
the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service
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programs to veterans including the number of
persons trained, |
the number of persons placed in employment,
follow-up data on |
such persons, the number of persons served
by the various |
service programs, and estimates of the cost effectiveness of |
the
various components of the center.
The Director shall also |
require quarterly reports and shall by rule specify
the |
information to be included in the quarterly reports.
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(e) The director of each center may accept, use and
dispose |
of contributions of money, services and property
for the |
purposes of this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 85-792.)
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(330 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 207)
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Sec. 7. (a) The sponsoring nonprofit agency or organization |
shall
consult and cooperate with the Illinois Department of |
Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Employment Security
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ensure that there is no duplication of services, and shall |
cooperate
with federal, State and local agencies to coordinate |
the multiservice
programs established under this Act.
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(b) The agency or organization and the communities
served |
by programs established under this Act shall
provide a total of |
not less than 5% of the cost of the
operation of the centers to |
supplement monies appropriated
to implement and continue this |
Act.
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(Source: P.A. 83-1503.)
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