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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 17a-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 505/17a-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 17a-4.
Grants for community-based youth services; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Department of Human
Services.
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| 9 | (a) The The Department of Human Services shall make grants | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | for the purpose
of planning, establishing, operating, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | coordinating and evaluating programs
aimed at reducing or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | eliminating the involvement of youth in the child
welfare or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | juvenile justice systems. The programs shall include those
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| 14 | providing for more comprehensive and integrated | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | community-based youth
services including Unified Delinquency | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Intervention Services programs and
for community services | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | programs. The Department may authorize advance
disbursement of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | funds for such youth services programs. When the
appropriation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | for "comprehensive community-based service to youth" is equal
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| 20 | to or exceeds $5,000,000, the Department shall allocate the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | total amount of
such appropriated funds in the following | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | manner:
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| 23 | (1) no more than 20% of the grant funds appropriated | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall be awarded by
the Department for new program | ||||||
| 2 | development and innovation;
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| 3 | (2) not less than 80% of grant funds appropriated shall | ||||||
| 4 | be
allocated to community-based youth services programs
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| 5 | based upon population of youth under 18 years of age and | ||||||
| 6 | other
demographic variables defined by the Department of | ||||||
| 7 | Human Services by rule,
which may include weighting for | ||||||
| 8 | service priorities relating to
special needs identified in | ||||||
| 9 | the annual plans of the regional youth planning
committees | ||||||
| 10 | established under this Act;
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| 11 | (3) if any amount so allocated under paragraph (2) of | ||||||
| 12 | this subsection (a)
remains unobligated such funds shall be | ||||||
| 13 | reallocated in a manner equitable and
consistent with the | ||||||
| 14 | purpose of paragraph (2) of this subsection (a); and
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| 15 | (4) the local boards or local service systems shall | ||||||
| 16 | certify prior to
receipt of grant funds from the Department | ||||||
| 17 | of Human Services that a 10% local
public or private | ||||||
| 18 | financial or in-kind commitment is allocated to supplement
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| 19 | the State grant.
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| 20 | (b) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act
or rules | ||||||
| 21 | promulgated under this Act to the contrary, unless
expressly | ||||||
| 22 | prohibited by federal law or regulation, all individuals,
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| 23 | corporations, or other entities that provide medical or mental | ||||||
| 24 | health services,
whether organized as for-profit or | ||||||
| 25 | not-for-profit entities, shall be eligible
for consideration | ||||||
| 26 | by the Department of Human Services to participate in any
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| 1 | program funded or administered by the Department. This | ||||||
| 2 | subsection shall not
apply to the receipt of federal funds | ||||||
| 3 | administered and transferred by the
Department for services | ||||||
| 4 | when the federal government has specifically provided
that | ||||||
| 5 | those funds may be received only by those entities organized as
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| 6 | not-for-profit entities.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 89-392, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; | ||||||
| 8 | 90-655, eff.
7-30-98.)
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