Section 135.120  Termination of funding and/or services

a)         ICG/MI funding will be terminated in any of the following circumstances:

1)         Failure of the parent/guardian to meet annual reporting and eligibility requirements;

2)         The child is no longer enrolled in an approved educational program at the elementary/high school level, or attainment of age 21, whichever occurs first;

3)         Completion of residential treatment and/or alternative in-home/community services;

4)         The parent/guardian is no longer an Illinois resident.  Funding and placement for the child may continue until completion of the school year;

5)         Guardianship of the child is ordered by the court to a State agency;

6)         The child's resources, private or public, are sufficient to pay the costs of care; or

7)         Any 12 month period without receiving residential and/or alternative in-home/community services.

b)         The parent/guardian's objection to termination may be addressed via the Secretary's level appeal process in accordance with Section 135.70 of this Part.  ICG funding will continue during the appeal process.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 1628, effective January 25, 1999)