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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2604 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes in a Section
describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF
program.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB2604 | | LRB097 16142 KTG 61295 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 4-0.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4-0.5.
Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program |
| 8 | | inoperative
after June 30, 1997. The
The Aid to Families with |
| 9 | | Dependent Children
(AFDC)
Program shall be inoperative after |
| 10 | | June 30, 1997.
Under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy |
| 11 | | Children Program the
Illinois Department
shall develop an |
| 12 | | alternative program of mutual responsibility between the
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| 13 | | Illinois Department and the client to allow the family to |
| 14 | | become
self-sufficient
or employed as quickly as possible |
| 15 | | through (i) the provision of
transitional assistance to |
| 16 | | families in the form of emergency one-time payments
to prevent |
| 17 | | job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or being |
| 18 | | trained
for work, or paternity establishment and child support |
| 19 | | enforcement or (ii) the
provision for continued work. |
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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