Section 130.40  Eligibility For Services

a)         The Department, through the Report on Projected Expenditures for the Title XX Social Services Block Grant, shall define the criteria on which eligibility for services so provided will be based.

b)         The service provider shall further define the characteristics for the population to be served in accordance with the mission or inherent responsibility of the sponsoring agency as promulgated in official policy and/or State administrative rule, as appropriate, for the sponsoring agency.

c)         Standards for eligibility shall be based on:

1)         characteristics of the individuals to be served that are verifiable (i.e., age, residence, handicap, or area of residence); and/or

2)         common characteristics of individuals that would document a need for the service to be provided, as directed by the sponsoring agency; and/or

3)         eligibility for child care for children may be based on family income.  Fees may be assessed for this service in accordance with State law and administrative policies of the Department.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 9452, effective June 9, 2003)