Section 200.50  Family Need Based Grant Levels and Limits

a)         Payments to an Illinois National Guard or Reserve component member's family shall be a flat rate of $2,000.

b)         A member or a member's family may apply for and receive a $2,000 grant each six month period of continuous deployment.  Applications will not be approved unless at least six months have elapsed from the date of receipt of the previous application.  (This subsection (b) is effective January 1, 2008.  Members on active duty on January 1, 2008 will become eligible once they have completed six months on or after January 1, 2008.) Each six month grant eligibility period requires a minimum of 60 days (effective December 9, 2009; previously 30 days) duty.

c)         For periods of deployment of less than six months, a member or a member's family may apply for each new deployment period as long as six months have elapsed from the beginning date of each deployment.  Applications will not be approved unless at least six months have elapsed from the date of receipt of the previous application.

(Source:  Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 6905, effective April 29, 2010)