093_SB1822

 
                                     LRB093 04894 DRJ 04953 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 4-0.5 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/4-0.5)
 7        Sec. 4-0.5.  Aid  to  Families  with  Dependent  Children
 8    Program inoperative after June 30, 1997.  The Aid to Families
 9    with  Dependent  Children (AFDC) Program shall be inoperative
10    after June 30, 1997.  Under the federal Temporary  Assistance
11    for  Needy  Children  Program  the  Illinois Department shall
12    develop  an  alternative  program  of  mutual  responsibility
13    between the Illinois Department and the client to  allow  the
14    family  to  become  self-sufficient or employed as quickly as
15    possible through (i) the provision of transitional assistance
16    to families in the form of  emergency  one-time  payments  to
17    prevent job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or
18    being  trained for work, or paternity establishment and child
19    support enforcement or (ii) the provision for continued work.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)