(330 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 206)

Sec. 6. (a) The multipurpose service centers shall, after consulting and in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, develop job counseling and placement services by cooperating with federal, State and local governmental agencies and private employers. The services shall include:

(1) counseling veterans with respect to appropriate job opportunities;

(2) identifying community needs and seeking funding for new public and private sector jobs in relation to this Act;

(3) providing veterans with training, skills and referral services to help them to become gainfully employed and independent;

(4) developing plans to include more veterans in existing training and placement programs; and

(5) referring veterans to agencies which provide information and assistance with respect to health care, financial matters, education, nutrition and legal problems.

(b) To the extent possible, the centers shall serve surrounding rural areas through a rural outreach effort.

(c) To the extent possible, supervisory, technical and administrative positions relating to the multipurpose service programs shall be filled by veterans.

(d) The director of each center shall submit an annual report to the Director. The report shall include evaluations of the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service programs to veterans including the number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in employment, follow-up data on such persons, the number of persons served by the various service programs, and estimates of the cost effectiveness of the various components of the center. The Director shall also require quarterly reports and shall by rule specify the information to be included in the quarterly reports.

(e) The director of each center may accept, use and dispose of contributions of money, services and property for the purposes of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-99, eff. 1-1-06.)