(310 ILCS 100/25)
Sec. 25. Eligibility.
Persons age 60 or over and adults and children
with disabilities shall be eligible for grants or loans or both under the
Program established by this Act if they have one or more verifiable impairments
that substantially limits one or more of life's major activities for which some
modification of their dwelling or assistive technology devices, or both, are
required which they are unable to afford because of limited resources.
Preference shall be given to applicants who: (1) are at imminent risk of
institutionalization or who are already in an institutional setting but are
ready to return to the community and who would be able to live in the community
if modifications are made or they have the needed assistive technology devices,
(2) have inadequate resources or no current access to resources as a result of
the geographic location of their dwelling, the lack of other available State or
federal funds such as the Community Development Block Grant or rural housing
assistance programs or income limitations such as the inability to qualify for
a low-interest loan, or (3) have access to other resources, but those resources
are insufficient to complete the necessary modifications or acquire the needed
assistive technology devices. Adults under 60 years of age with disabilities
and children with disabilities shall receive services under the component of
the Program administered by the Department of Human Services. An adult 60 years
of age or older may elect to receive services under the component administered
by the Department of Human Services if, at the time he or she reached age 60,
he or she was already receiving Home Services under subsection (f) of Section 3
of the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act or he or she was already receiving
services under the component of the Program administered by the Department of
Human Services. All other adults 60 years of age or older receiving services
under the Program shall receive services under the component administered by
the Department on Aging.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)