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| Public Act 097-0020 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||
by changing Section 4a as follows:
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(20 ILCS 505/4a) (from Ch. 23, par. 5004a)
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Sec. 4a.
(a) To administer child abuse prevention shelters | ||||
and service
programs for abused and neglected children, or | ||||
provide for their administration
by not-for-profit | ||||
corporations, community-based organizations or units of
local | ||||
government.
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The Department is hereby designated the single State agency | ||||
for
planning and coordination of child abuse and neglect | ||||
prevention programs
and services. On or before the first Friday | ||||
in October April of each year, the
Department shall submit to | ||||
the Governor and the General Assembly a State
comprehensive | ||||
child abuse and neglect prevention plan. The plan shall:
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identify priorities, goals and objectives; identify the | ||||
resources necessary
to implement the plan, including estimates | ||||
of resources needed to
investigate or otherwise process reports | ||||
of suspected child abuse or
neglect and to provide necessary | ||||
follow-up services for child protection,
family preservation | ||||
and family reunification in "indicated" cases as
determined | ||||
under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act; make
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proposals for the most effective use of existing resources to | ||
implement the
plan, including recommendations for the optimum | ||
use of private, local
public, State and federal resources; and | ||
propose strategies for the
development of additional resources | ||
to meet the goal of reducing the
incidence of child abuse and | ||
neglect and reducing the number of
reports of suspected child | ||
abuse and neglect made to the Department.
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(b) The administration of child abuse prevention, shelters | ||
and service
programs under subsection (a) shall be funded in | ||
part by
appropriations made from the Child Abuse Prevention | ||
Fund, which is hereby
created in the State Treasury, and in | ||
part by appropriations from the
General Revenue Fund. All | ||
interest earned on monies in the Child Abuse
Prevention Fund | ||
shall remain in such fund. The Department and the State
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Treasurer may accept funds as provided by Sections 507 and 508 | ||
of the
Illinois Income Tax Act and unsolicited private | ||
donations for deposit into
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund. | ||
Annual requests for appropriations for the
purpose of providing | ||
child abuse and neglect prevention programs and
services under | ||
this Section shall be made in separate and distinct
line-items. | ||
In setting priorities for the direction and
scope of such | ||
programs, the Director shall be advised by the State-wide
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Citizen's Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.
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(c) Where the Department contracts with outside agencies to | ||
operate the
shelters or programs, such outside agencies may | ||
receive funding from the
Department, except that the shelters | ||
must certify a 20% financial match
for operating expenses of | ||
their programs. In
selecting the outside agencies to administer | ||
child shelters and service
programs, and in allocating funds | ||
for such agencies, the Department shall
give priority to new | ||
and existing shelters or programs offering the
broadest range | ||
of services to the community served.
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(d) The Department shall have the power to make grants of | ||
monies to fund
comprehensive community-based services to | ||
reduce the incidence of family
dysfunction typified by child | ||
abuse and neglect; to diminish those
factors found to increase | ||
family dysfunction; and to measure the effectiveness
and costs | ||
of such services.
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(e) For implementing such intergovernmental cooperation | ||
and
involvement, units of local government and public and | ||
private agencies may
apply for and receive federal or State | ||
funds from the Department under this
Act or seek and receive | ||
gifts from local philanthropic or other private
local sources | ||
in order to augment any State funds appropriated for the
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purposes of this Act.
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(f) For the purposes of this Section:
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(1) The terms "abused child" and "neglected child" have | ||
meanings ascribed
to them in Section 3 of the Abused and | ||
Neglected Child Reporting Act.
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(2) "Shelter" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-3
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of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
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(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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