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| Public Act 100-0806
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| SB3232 Enrolled | LRB100 18220 KTG 33423 b |
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
changing Section 1-7 and by adding Section 12-4.51 as follows:
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(305 ILCS 5/1-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 1-7)
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Sec. 1-7.
(a) For purposes of determining eligibility for |
assistance
under this Code, the Illinois Department, County |
Departments, and local
governmental units shall exclude from |
consideration restitution payments,
including all income and |
resources derived therefrom, made to persons of
Japanese or |
Aleutian ancestry pursuant to the federal Civil Liberties Act
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of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act, |
P.L. 100-383.
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(b) For purposes of any program or form of assistance where |
a person's
income or assets are considered in determining |
eligibility or level of
assistance, whether under this Code or |
another authority, neither the State
of Illinois nor any entity |
or person administering a program wholly or
partially financed |
by the State of Illinois or any of its political
subdivisions |
shall include restitution payments, including all income and
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resources derived therefrom, made pursuant to the federal Civil |
Liberties
Act of 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island |
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Restitution Act, P.L.
100-383, in the calculation of income or |
assets for determining eligibility
or level of assistance.
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(c) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the |
amount of assistance
under this Code, except for the |
determination of eligibility for payments or
programs under the |
TANF employment, education, and training programs and the
Food |
Stamp
Employment and Training Program, the Illinois |
Department, County Departments,
and local governmental units |
shall exclude from consideration any financial
assistance |
received under any student aid program administered by an |
agency of
this State or the federal government, by a person who |
is enrolled as a
full-time or part-time student of any public |
or private university, college, or
community college in this |
State.
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(d) For purposes of determining eligibility for or the |
amount of assistance under this Code, except for the |
determination of eligibility for payments or programs under the |
TANF employment, education, and training programs and the SNAP |
Employment and Training Program, the Illinois Department, |
County Departments, and local governmental units shall exclude |
from consideration, for a period of 36 months, any financial |
assistance, including wages, that is provided to a person who |
is enrolled in a demonstration project that is not funded with |
general revenue funds and that is intended as a bridge to |
self-sufficiency by offering (i) intensive workforce support |
and training and (ii) support services for new and expectant |
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parents that are intended to foster multi-generational healthy |
families as described in Section 12-4.51. |
(Source: P.A. 92-111, eff. 1-1-02.)
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(305 ILCS 5/12-4.51 new) |
Sec. 12-4.51. Workforce training and healthy families |
demonstration project. |
(a) Subject to the availability of funds provided for this |
purpose by the federal government, local philanthropic or |
charitable sources, or other private sources, there is created |
a 5-year demonstration project within the Department of Human |
Services to provide an intensive workforce training program for |
entry level workers and a multi-generational healthy family |
initiative. No general revenue funds may be used to fund the |
demonstration project created under this Section. The |
demonstration project shall be implemented no later than 6 |
months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
100th General Assembly and shall terminate 5 years after the |
initial date of implementation. The demonstration project |
shall be operated and maintained by a non-profit, |
community-based entity that shall provide the majority of the |
wages earned by participants enrolled in the workforce training |
program as well as support services to families, including new |
and expectant parents, enrolled in the multi-generational |
healthy family initiative. The total number of participants in |
the 5-year demonstration project at any one time shall not |
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exceed 500. Participants enrolled in the workforce training |
program or the multi-generational healthy family initiative |
shall qualify to have whatever financial assistance they |
receive from their participation excluded from consideration |
for purposes of determining eligibility for or the amount of |
assistance under this Code as provided in subsection (d) of |
Section 1-7. The selected entity must immediately notify the |
Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare |
and Family Services whenever a participant enrolled in the |
workforce training program or the multi-generational healthy |
family initiative leaves the demonstration project and ceases |
to participate in any of the programs under the demonstration |
making the participant ineligible to receive an exemption as |
provided in subsection (d) of Section 1-7. |
(b) The entity selected to operate and maintain the |
demonstration project shall be a non-profit, community-based |
entity in good standing with the State that is located in a |
county with a population of less than 3,000,000. The selected |
entity must comply with all applicable State and federal |
requirements and must develop and implement a research |
component to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration |
project in promoting and instilling self-sufficiency through |
its intensive workforce training program and |
multi-generational healthy family initiative. The State shall |
not fund the research component outlined in the Section or any |
program under the demonstration project. |
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(c) Beginning one year after the initial implementation |
date of the demonstration project, and each year thereafter for |
the duration of the demonstration, the selected entity shall |
submit a report to the Department of Human Services, the |
Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the General |
Assembly that details the progress and effectiveness of the |
demonstration project and the demonstration's impact on |
instilling the value of self-sufficiency in participants. The |
4th annual report shall also provide policy recommendations on |
best practices for and continued research on facilitating |
bridges to self-sufficiency. The 4th annual report may also |
include a recommendation on making the demonstration project |
permanent upon completion of the demonstration project period. |
The reports to the General Assembly shall be filed with the |
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the |
Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk |
and the Secretary shall direct.
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