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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 1-85 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/1-85) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-85. Home Illinois Program. |
| 8 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human |
| 9 | | Services shall establish the Home Illinois Program. The Home |
| 10 | | Illinois Program shall focus on preventing and ending |
| 11 | | homelessness in Illinois and may include, but not be limited |
| 12 | | to, homeless prevention, emergency and transitional housing, |
| 13 | | rapid rehousing, outreach, capital investment, and related |
| 14 | | services and supports for individuals at risk or experiencing |
| 15 | | homelessness. The Department may establish program eligibility |
| 16 | | criteria and other program requirements by rule. The |
| 17 | | Department of Human Services may consult with the Capital |
| 18 | | Development Board, the Department of Commerce and Economic |
| 19 | | Opportunity, and the Illinois Housing Development Authority in |
| 20 | | the management and disbursement of funds for capital related |
| 21 | | projects. The Capital Development Board, the Department of |
| 22 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Illinois Housing |
| 23 | | Development Authority shall act in a consulting role only for |
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| 1 | | the evaluation of applicants, scoring of applicants, or |
| 2 | | administration of the grant program. |
| 3 | | (b) Unless otherwise required by State law or federal |
| 4 | | requirements, a service provider shall not be subject to a |
| 5 | | matching funds requirement in order to be eligible to receive |
| 6 | | funds from the Department for the Emergency and Transitional |
| 7 | | Housing Program or the Supportive Housing Program. When making |
| 8 | | funding determinations, the Department retains discretion to |
| 9 | | take into consideration the ability of a service provider to |
| 10 | | leverage other funding sources, as well as other factors that |
| 11 | | may demonstrate fiscal solvency of the service provider and |
| 12 | | that the service provider is not solely reliant on State funds |
| 13 | | for the provision of services. |
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
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| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 16 | | becoming law. |
