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| Public Act 094-0864 |
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AN ACT concerning aging.
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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 Community Senior Services and Resources Act | ||||
is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
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(320 ILCS 60/25)
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Sec. 25. Community senior services and resource center | ||||
grants.
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(a) On and after January 1, 2005, the Department may award | ||||
grants under this
Act. It is
the General Assembly's intent that | ||||
grants awarded under this Act shall be made
to the
extent of | ||||
the availability and level of appropriations made for this | ||||
purpose by
the General
Assembly.
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(b) A center must meet the following criteria to be | ||||
eligible to receive a
grant under this Section:
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(1) It must be a non-profit agency or a unit of local | ||||
government.
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(2) It must be housed in a building or portion of a | ||||
building that includes
space
for group activities offered | ||||
to the community at large.
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(3) It must be open 5 or more days each week, 7 or more | ||||
hours per day.
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(4) It must employ paid staff.
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(5) It must offer 5 or more home or community-based | ||||
services to the
community at large on a daily basis.
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(6) A majority of the participants in the center's | ||||
programs must be
seniors or
family members of seniors.
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(c) A center must apply for a grant in the manner | ||||
prescribed by the
Department. At a minimum, the application | ||||
must do the following:
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(1) Describe the services offered by the center.
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(2) Identify the special needs of the center and how | ||||
the grant will be
used to alleviate identified funding | ||
problems.
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(3) Demonstrate that the center addresses the service | ||
needs of seniors in
the community served by the center.
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(4) Describe other potential funding sources.
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(5) Describe additional funding opportunities, if any, | ||
to be leveraged
with grant
funds.
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(6) Provide proof of the center's involvement in the | ||
community's greater
service delivery system.
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(7) Provide documentation that funds were requested | ||
from other sources,
including, but not limited to, units of | ||
local government, local donors, local
Area
Agencies on | ||
Aging, or private or religious foundations.
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(8) Include letters of support for the awarding of the | ||
grant, from sources
such as local government officials, | ||
community leaders, other human service
providers,
the | ||
local Area Agency on Aging, private or religious | ||
foundations, or local
membership-based
organizations.
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(d) The Department may award grants for the purposes of | ||
modifying the physical structure of a center or experimenting | ||
with innovative programming, which includes but is not limited | ||
to after-hours programming, to permit a center to appeal to a | ||
broader array of seniors.
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(Source: P.A. 93-246, eff. 7-22-03.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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