Public Act 097-0516
 
SB1235 EnrolledLRB097 02740 KTG 42761 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
by changing Section 22.1 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 505/22.1)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5022.1)



    Sec. 22.1. 
Grants-in-aid for child care services; 
Department of Human
Services.

    (a) Blank. The Department of Human Services may
make 
grants-in-aid to units of local government,
voluntary agencies 
and not-for-profit associations which provide day care

services. Such grants-in-aid shall be made for the purpose of 
operating,
extending and improving existing day facilities 
which fall within the
priorities set forth in subparagraphs (A) 
through (F) of paragraph (4) of
subsection (e) of Section 5 of 
this Act, or for the purpose of providing
day care services by 
contracting with day facilities licensed under the
Child Care 
Act of 1969, regardless of whether such facilities are 
organized
on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis, and to 
encourage the development
and operation of new day care 
facilities in areas of the state where they
are deemed by the 
Department to be most needed. The Department shall, by
official 
regulation, establish and publish criteria for determining the

amounts of grants-in-aid so that all interested individuals, 
agencies and
associations may have ready access to such 
information.

    (b) Blank. The General Assembly in recognition of the 
severe shortage of
available child care facilities, 
particularly for families with special
needs, hereby 
authorizes the Department of Human
Services to
establish a 
program for the expansion of child care which shall be known as

the Child Care Expansion Program.

    The Department of Human Services shall award a
one-time

only grant to persons, organizations, or schools needing 
assistance to
start a child care center or mini center, as 
defined by the Department, or
to existing licensed child care 
providers, including family home providers,
for the purpose of 
making capital improvements in order to accommodate

handicapped children, sick children, or infant care or children 
needing
night time care. No grant shall exceed $10,000. 
Start-up costs shall not
include operational costs after the 
first 3 months of business.

    The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules setting 
forth
criteria,
application procedures, and methods to assure 
compliance with the purposes
described in Section 1.

    (c) The Department of Human Services shall
establish and

operate day care facilities for the children of migrant workers 
in areas of
the State where they are needed. The Department may 
provide these day care
services by contracting with private 
centers if practicable. "Migrant
worker"
means any person who 
moves seasonally from one place to another, within or
without 
the State, for the purpose of employment in agricultural

activities.

(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  8/23/2011