Bill Text: IL SB1376 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Homeless Family Placement Act. In a provision listing certain factors a referring agency must consider prior to referring a homeless family with school age children to a shelter, requires the referring agency to also consider 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.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0086 [SB1376 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1376-Chaptered.html
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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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