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90_SB0392
305 ILCS 5/4-5 from Ch. 23, par. 4-5
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the
Illinois Department of Human Services to provide instruction
in parenting skills to every AFDC applicant whose first child
is born within one year before or after the applicant first
applies for aid. Requires the Department to train caseworkers
to communicate the availability of this instruction to AFDC
applicants.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 4-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 changing Section 4-5 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/4-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-5)
8 Sec. 4-5. Entitlement to social welfare services.
9 (a) Children and adults qualified for aid shall be
10 entitled to receive, under Article IX, such rehabilitative,
11 training or other social welfare services as are appropriate.
12 (b) The Illinois Department shall provide instruction in
13 parenting skills to every applicant for aid under this
14 Article whose first child is born within one year before or
15 after the applicant first applies for aid. The Illinois
16 Department may provide the instruction itself or may contract
17 with another entity selected by the applicant and approved by
18 the Illinois Department to provide the instruction. The
19 Illinois Department shall provide appropriate training to its
20 caseworkers to enable the caseworkers to communicate to
21 applicants for aid under this Article the availability and
22 importance of parenting skills instruction.
23 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)