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90_HB2250
20 ILCS 505/22.1 from Ch. 23, par. 5022.1
Amends the Children and Family Services Act by making a
stylistic change in a Section concerning grants-in-aid for
child care services.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Children and Family Services Act by
2 changing section 22.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is
6 amended by changing Section 22.1 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 505/22.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.1)
8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
9 Sec. 22.1. (a) To make grants-in-aid to units of local
10 government, voluntary agencies and not-for-profit
11 associations which provide day care services. Such
12 grants-in-aid shall be made for the purpose of operating,
13 extending and improving existing day facilities which fall
14 within the priorities set forth in subparagraphs (A) through
15 (F) of paragraph (4) of subsection (e) of Section 5 of this
16 Act, or for the purpose of providing day care services by
17 contracting with day facilities licensed under the Child Care
18 Act of 1969, regardless of whether such facilities are
19 organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis, and to
20 encourage the development and operation of new day care
21 facilities in areas of the state where they are deemed by the
22 Department to be most needed. The Department shall, by
23 official regulation, establish and publish criteria for
24 determining the amounts of grants-in-aid so that all
25 interested individuals, agencies and associations may have
26 ready access to such information.
27 (b) The General Assembly in recognition of the severe
28 shortage of available child care facilities, particularly for
29 families with special needs, hereby authorizes the Department
30 of Children and Family Services to establish a program for
31 the expansion of child care which shall be known as the Child
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1 Care Expansion Program.
2 The Department of Children and Family Services shall
3 award a one-time only grant to persons, organizations, or
4 schools needing assistance to start a child care center or
5 mini center, as defined by the Department, or to existing
6 licensed child care providers, including family home
7 providers, for the purpose of making capital improvements in
8 order to accommodate handicapped children, sick children, or
9 infant care or children needing night time care. No grant
10 shall exceed $10,000. Start-up costs shall not include
11 operational costs after the first 3 months of business.
12 The Department shall adopt rules setting forth criteria,
13 application procedures, and methods to assure compliance with
14 the purposes described in Section 1.
15 (c) The Department of Children and Family Services shall
16 establish and operate day care facilities for the children of
17 migrant workers in areas of the State where they are needed.
18 The Department may provide these day care services by
19 contracting with private centers if practicable. Migrant
20 worker means any person who moves seasonally from one place
21 to another, within or without the State, for the purpose of
22 employment in agricultural activities.
23 (Source: P.A. 86-995; 87-435.)
24 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
25 Sec. 22.1. Grants-in-aid for child care services;
26 Department of Human Services.
27 (a) The Department of Human Services may make
28 grants-in-aid to units of local government, voluntary
29 agencies and not-for-profit associations that which provide
30 day care services. Such grants-in-aid shall be made for the
31 purpose of operating, extending and improving existing day
32 facilities which fall within the priorities set forth in
33 subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (4) of subsection
34 (e) of Section 5 of this Act, or for the purpose of providing
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1 day care services by contracting with day facilities licensed
2 under the Child Care Act of 1969, regardless of whether such
3 facilities are organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit
4 basis, and to encourage the development and operation of new
5 day care facilities in areas of the state where they are
6 deemed by the Department to be most needed. The Department
7 shall, by official regulation, establish and publish criteria
8 for determining the amounts of grants-in-aid so that all
9 interested individuals, agencies and associations may have
10 ready access to such information.
11 (b) The General Assembly in recognition of the severe
12 shortage of available child care facilities, particularly for
13 families with special needs, hereby authorizes the Department
14 of Human Services to establish a program for the expansion of
15 child care which shall be known as the Child Care Expansion
16 Program.
17 The Department of Human Services shall award a one-time
18 only grant to persons, organizations, or schools needing
19 assistance to start a child care center or mini center, as
20 defined by the Department, or to existing licensed child care
21 providers, including family home providers, for the purpose
22 of making capital improvements in order to accommodate
23 handicapped children, sick children, or infant care or
24 children needing night time care. No grant shall exceed
25 $10,000. Start-up costs shall not include operational costs
26 after the first 3 months of business.
27 The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules
28 setting forth criteria, application procedures, and methods
29 to assure compliance with the purposes described in Section
30 1.
31 (c) The Department of Human Services shall establish and
32 operate day care facilities for the children of migrant
33 workers in areas of the State where they are needed. The
34 Department may provide these day care services by contracting
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1 with private centers if practicable. "Migrant worker" means
2 any person who moves seasonally from one place to another,
3 within or without the State, for the purpose of employment in
4 agricultural activities.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
6 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
7 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
8 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
9 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
10 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
11 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
12 any other Public Act.