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| Public Act 103-0086 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning housing.
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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 Homeless Family Placement Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 15 as follows:
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(310 ILCS 85/15)
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Sec. 15. Placement.
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(a) Prior to referring homeless families to a shelter, the | ||||
referring agency
shall consult with families and in making the | ||||
referral shall consider the
following factors:
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(1) the potential for the child's academic and social | ||||
success at the
school of origin;
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(2) a family history of domestic violence;
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(3) the family's employment status;
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(4) the family's job training opportunities;
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(4.5) the military status of any member of the family | ||||
to determine the family's eligibility for State or federal | ||||
benefits and other supportive services for homeless | ||||
veterans and their families, including, but not limited | ||||
to, housing or rental assistance, job training, and | ||||
employment opportunities;
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(5) the proximity of other familial support;
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(6) the availability of shelter resources appropriate | ||||
to the family's
needs; and
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(7) other social, psychological and health | ||
considerations.
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Based on the above, a referring agency shall refer | ||
homeless families with a
school age child to the shelter | ||
closest to their child's school of origin
unless the parent | ||
determines that it
is not in the best interest of the child
or | ||
children to attend the school of origin or to be placed in a | ||
shelter near
the school of origin.
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(b) If the parent chooses to be located in a shelter | ||
nearest the school of
origin and no space is available in that
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shelter, the family shall be referred to or placed in an | ||
available shelter next
nearest to the school of origin unless | ||
the parent chooses otherwise.
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(c) This Act shall not be construed to mean that a shelter | ||
facility must
serve any family not otherwise eligible for its | ||
services.
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(d) As used in this Section, "military status" has the | ||
meaning ascribed to that term in Section 1-103 of the Illinois | ||
Human Rights Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 88-366.)
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