(60 ILCS 1/215-15)
Sec. 215-15.
Runaway or homeless youths.
The township board annually may
appropriate funds to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of
providing services to runaway or homeless youths and their families. The
services may include temporary shelter, food, clothing, medical care,
transportation, individual and family counseling, and any other service
necessary to provide adequate temporary, protective care for runaway or
homeless youths and to reunite the youths with their parents or guardians. For
purposes of this Section, "runaway or homeless youth" means a person under the
age of 18 years who is absent from his legal residence without the consent of
his parent or legal guardian or who is without a place of shelter where
supervision and care are available.
(Source: P.A. 83-1284; 88-62.)
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