(20 ILCS 660/25) (from Ch. 5, par. 2725)
Sec. 25. Powers. The Department has the following powers:
(a) The Department may establish and coordinate a Farm Family
Assistance Program.
(b) The Department may establish guidelines to identify farmers, farm
families, and farm workers who are eligible for the program.
(c) The Department may identify and assess the needs of eligible
farmers, farm families, and farm workers and may coordinate or provide
reemployment services such as outreach, counseling, vocational assessment,
classroom training, on-the-job training, job search assistance, placement,
supportive services, and follow-up, so that the farmers may remain in
farming or find other employment if farming is no longer an option.
(d) The Department may adopt, amend, or repeal such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to administer this Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-576, eff. 7-15-16.)
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