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| AN ACT concerning veterans.
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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 Veterans' Employment Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 203)
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| Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, | 8 |
| "Director" means the
Director of the Department of Commerce and | 9 |
| Economic Opportunity
Employment Security or
its successor | 10 |
| agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-12.)
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| (330 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 205)
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| Sec. 5. Service centers.
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| (a) The Director shall designate multipurpose service
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| centers for veterans operated by community nonprofit
agencies | 16 |
| or organizations. To the greatest extent possible, the
Director | 17 |
| shall rely on such agencies or organizations whose major
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| emphasis has been to provide social services.
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| (b) The Director shall search for such nonprofit agencies | 20 |
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organizations to carry out the programs created under this | 21 |
| Act.
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| (c) The Director shall designate the agencies or | 23 |
| organizations to carry
out such programs.
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| (d) Subject to appropriation, the Director shall begin to | 25 |
| provide the
necessary funds to the nonprofit agencies
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| organizations to set up and begin the operation of the | 27 |
| multipurpose
service centers. Thereafter the Director shall | 28 |
| provide the funds
appropriated for grants to the centers as the | 29 |
| costs of the centers are
incurred.
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| (e) The Director shall, with the advice of the staff of the | 31 |
| centers,
promulgate rules and regulations to implement this |
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| Act. Such rules and
regulations shall include eligibility of | 2 |
| persons for job training
programs, the level of stipends for | 3 |
| the job training programs, and a
sliding fee scale for the | 4 |
| service programs.
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| (f) In performing his duties pursuant to this Act, the | 6 |
| Director shall
consult and cooperate with such State agencies | 7 |
| as may be appropriate, including but not limited to the | 8 |
| Illinois Department of
Employment Security and the Department | 9 |
| of
Veterans' Affairs
to ensure that there is no
duplication of | 10 |
| services.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-12.)
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| (330 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 206)
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| Sec. 6. (a) The multipurpose service centers shall, after | 14 |
| consulting
and in cooperation with the Illinois Department of
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| Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Employment Security , develop | 16 |
| job counseling and placement services by
cooperating with | 17 |
| federal, State and local governmental agencies and private
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| employers. The services shall include:
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| (1) counseling veterans with respect to appropriate job | 20 |
| opportunities;
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| (2) identifying community needs and seeking funding for new
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| public and private sector jobs in relation to this Act;
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| (3) providing veterans with training, skills and
referral | 24 |
| services to help them to become gainfully employed and | 25 |
| independent;
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| (4) developing plans to include more veterans in
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| training and placement programs; and
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| (5) referring veterans to agencies which provide
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| information and assistance with respect to health care,
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| financial matters, education, nutrition and legal problems.
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| (b) To the extent possible, the centers shall serve
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| surrounding rural areas through a rural outreach effort.
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| (c) To the extent possible, supervisory, technical and
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| administrative positions relating to the multipurpose service
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| programs shall be filled by veterans.
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| (d) The director of each center shall submit an annual | 2 |
| report
to the Director. The report shall include evaluations
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| the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service
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| programs to veterans including the number of
persons trained, | 5 |
| the number of persons placed in employment,
follow-up data on | 6 |
| such persons, the number of persons served
by the various | 7 |
| service programs, and estimates of the cost effectiveness of | 8 |
| the
various components of the center.
The Director shall also | 9 |
| require quarterly reports and shall by rule specify
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| information to be included in the quarterly reports.
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| (e) The director of each center may accept, use and
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| of contributions of money, services and property
for the | 13 |
| purposes of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-792.)
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| (330 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 207)
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| Sec. 7. (a) The sponsoring nonprofit agency or organization | 17 |
| shall
consult and cooperate with the Illinois Department of | 18 |
| Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Employment Security
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| ensure that there is no duplication of services, and shall | 20 |
| cooperate
with federal, State and local agencies to coordinate | 21 |
| the multiservice
programs established under this Act.
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| (b) The agency or organization and the communities
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| by programs established under this Act shall
provide a total of | 24 |
| not less than 5% of the cost of the
operation of the centers to | 25 |
| supplement monies appropriated
to implement and continue this | 26 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1503.)
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