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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0328
Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 105/5.640 new |
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Creates the Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services. Provides for the program to be administered by the Department of Human Services, but only if federal funding is made available for that purpose. Provides that any such federal moneys received by the State shall be deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides for income eligibility criteria to be established by the Department by rule. Provides that a family that received child care assistance before the parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care that are necessary by reason of that deployment. Provides that a family is not eligible for a child care voucher if the family receives child care services from the United States military. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0328 |
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LRB094 06273 DRJ 36344 b |
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| AN ACT concerning child care.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Helping Heroes Child Care Program Act. |
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| Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
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| "Department" means the Department of Human Services. |
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| "Deployed" means activated to serve in an active military |
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| operation or emergency. |
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| "Program" means the Helping Heroes Child Care Program |
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| established under this Act. |
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| Section 10. Program established. |
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| (a) The Helping Heroes Child Care Program is established |
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| for the purpose of providing vouchers for child care to |
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| Illinois families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq |
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| or Afghanistan by the armed services. The Department shall |
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| administer the program. The Department shall implement the |
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| program only if federal funding is made available for that |
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| purpose. Any such federal moneys received by the State shall be |
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| deposited into the Fund for Child Care for Deployed Military |
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| Personnel, which is created as a special fund in the State |
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| treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the |
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| Department for the purpose of administering this Act. |
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| (b) Any Illinois resident who (i) is serving in the active |
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| military, reserves, or National Guard, (ii) has been deployed |
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| to Iraq or Afghanistan by the armed services, and (iii) meets |
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| the income eligibility criteria established by the Department |
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| by rule is eligible for a child care voucher under the program. |
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| A family that received child care assistance before the |
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| parent's deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan is eligible only for |
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| a voucher for the cost of any additional hours of child care |