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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.250 - Laundry

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A laundry
				allowance shall be provided when:
1) neither
				the client nor any member of the household is physically able to do the
				laundry, no relative is available and housekeeping services are not provided;
				or
2) there are no facilities for
				washing or drying in the home; or
3) a recipient in the home is incontinent or
				bedfast.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.251 - Telephone

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The monthly cost
				of a telephone is allowed at the minimum community rate when the client has no
				access to a telephone and the service is essential because of:
1) illness,
2) employment, or
3) residence in an isolated area.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.252 - Transportation, Lunches, Special Fees

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Only children in regular attendance in
				school, college or unpaid vocational training qualify for this
				payment.
b) An amount shall be
				allowed for the cost of items required by the school, such as fees or material
				for special classes or projects. Cost of transportation as required, not to
				exceed 19 cents a mile, shall be allowed when the child lives one and one-half
				miles or more from school and there is no free school transportation. Cost of
				transportation for a lesser distance must be on the basis of a physician's
				recommendation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.253 - Allowances for Increase in SSI Benefits

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A monthly allowance for $735.90 is authorized for all
				AABD cases as a "grant adjustment". A grant adjustment is an allowance that
				ensures that the amount of the SSI increase from July 1977 and later will be
				available to clients.
b)
				EXCEPTIONS: For clients whose assistance payments include an allowance for
				Sheltered Care or Care Not Subject to Licensing a "grant adjustment" of $10 is
				authorized. Individuals residing in long term group care facilities do not
				receive any "grant adjustment".
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.254 - Nursing Care or Personal Care in Home Not Subject to Licensing

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Homes not
				subject to licensing are homes providing intermediate or sheltered care (i.e.,
				maintenance and personal care such as dressing, bathing, etc.) Factors
				considered when approving the home include: experience of the person providing
				the care, evaluator's perception of the quality of the care, evaluator's
				perception of the quality of the care, a physical description of the building
				(including exits and fire extinguishers) and the services provided to patients
				i.e., persons available to assist in emergency, and hours and adequacy of
				meals.
b) An allowance, not to
				exceed the rate for comparable care in a licensed group care facility, is to be
				allowed for a client receiving nursing care or personal care in an approved
				home not subject to licensing.
c)
				Payment for care provided for a parent, or spouse of client in a home not
				subject to licensure can not be approved.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.255 - Sheltered Care/Personal or Nursing Care in a Licensed Group Care Facility

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) An allowance,
				based on the rate determined in accordance with the Department Rate Schedule
				for the specific county grouping, shall be provided for a client receiving
				sheltered care/personal or nursing care in a licensed group care facility. The
				rate schedules are indicated in Section
				113.260.
b) A deduction from the client's income is
				allowed to meet the needs of a dependent spouse and/or children under age 21
				who do not have enough income to meet their needs and whose assets do not
				exceed the asset limit. To determine needs and asset limits:
1) for spouse only, use the AABD MAG income
				standard and MAG asset disregard
2)
				for spouse and/or dependent child(ren), use AFDC MAG payment level and MAG
				asset disregard.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.256 - Shopping Allowance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Department shall provide an allowance for shopping
				  service in an amount not to exceed $5.00 when the client is unable to shop and
				  there is no one available to do it without charge.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.257 - Special Allowances for Blind and Partially Sighted (Blind Only)

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Payment shall be made for reading or guide service for
				  recreation ($1.05 per month); repair of braille writers, radios or typewriter
				  (most economical rate); and allowance for attendence at the Illinois Visually
				  Handicapped Institute. ($21.00 per month for additional clothing and personal
				  essentials for months the client is in attendance).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.258 - Home Delivered Meals

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
TOTAL MONTHLY FOOD ALLOWANCE
AMOUNT
ALLOWED
FOR DELIVERED MEALS
ALLOWANCE FROM OTHER MEALS
N
1
$
61.52
1
Meal (Dinner)
1
$
24.86
U
2
$
59.46
5
Days Per Week
$
36.66
2
$
22.81
M
1
$
70.67
1
Meal (Dinner)
1
$
19.33
B
2
$
69.06
7
Days Per Week
$
51.33
2
$
17.72
E
1
$
52.38
1
Meal (Lunch)
1
$
30.39
R
2
$
49.86
5
Days Per Week
$
22.00
2
$
27.87
E
1
$
57.89
1
Meal (Lunch)
1
$
27.08
A
2
$
55.64
7
Days Per Week
$
30.81
2
$
24.83
T
1
$
53.30
2
Meals (Lunch-Dinner)
1
$
29.83
I
2
$
50.84
2
Days Per Week
$
23.47
2
$
27.37
N
1
$
75.22
2
Meals (Lunch-Dinner)
1
$
16.57
G
2
$
73.86
5
Days Per Week
$
58.65
2
$
15.20
T
1
$
89.84
2
Meals (Lunch-Dinner)
1
$
7.73
O
2
$
89.21
7
Days Per Week
$
82.11
2
$
7.10
G
1
$
84.36
3
Meals
1
$
11.06
E
2
$
83.43
5
Days Per Week
$
73.30
2
$
10.12
T
1
$
102.63
3
Meals (Dinner)
1
$
------
H
2
$
102.63
7
Days Per Week
$
102.63
2
$
------
E
R
TOTAL
The amount in the left hand column, represents the total
				  monthly food allowance for one person eating alone or more than one person for
				  all the different combinations of home-delivered/other meals. The middle column
				  represents the portion of the total amount for home-delivered meals. The right
				  hand column represents the portion of the total amount for other than
				  home-delivered meals.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.260 - Sheltered Care, Personal Care, or Nursing Care Rates

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Group A Counties
Needs Assessment
Group B Counties
$1548
0-7
$1565
$1555
8
$1572
$1562
9
$1580
$1568
10
$1589
$1576
11
$1597
$1581
12
$1604
$1589
13
$1630
$1594
14
$1620
$1602
15
$1628
$1608
16
$1637
$1615
17
$1644
$1621
18
$1653
$1628
19
$1660
$1635
20
$1668
$1642
21
$1677
$1648
22
$1685
$1655
23
$1692
$1661
24
$1700
a) Group A
				Counties are counties other than Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will.
b) Group B Counties are Cook, DuPage, Kane,
				Lake, and Will.
c) Rate includes
				shelter factor and approved activity and social rehabilitation
				programs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.261 - Cases in Licensed Intermediate Care Facilities, Licensed Skilled Nursing Facilities, DMHDD Facilities and All Other Licensed Medical Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following policy applies to cases in Licensed
				  Intermediate Care Facilities, Licensed Skilled Nursing Facilities, DMHDD
				  Facilities and all other Licensed Medical Facilities (see 89 Ill. Adm. Code
				  140.642
				  ).
a) A grant shall be permitted for
				up to six months to maintain a residence in the community when:
1) the individual does not have a spouse
				and/or dependent children in the home; and
2) a physician has certified that the stay in
				the facility is temporary and the individual is expected to return home within
				six months.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.262 - Meeting the Needs of an Ineligible Dependent with Client's Income

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The client's
				non-SSI income may be diverted to meet the needs of an ineligible dependent who
				has insufficient income to meet his or her own needs.
b) The non-SSI income is diverted in an
				amount equal to the total amount of needs of the ineligible dependent or
				dependents less the income of the dependent or dependents. The amount of
				diverted income shall not exceed the total of the client's non-SSI budgetable
				income.
1) If the ineligible dependent is a
				spouse only, the AABD financial assistance standard shall be used to determine
				the dependent's needs. A grant adjustment allowance shall not be
				included.
2) If the ineligible
				dependent or dependents is a child or children or a spouse and a child or
				children, the AFDC Payment Level shall be used to determine the dependent's
				needs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.263 - Service Animals

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
An allowance for food for a trained service animal ($13.07 )
				  shall be provided when the animal is needed to assist with activities of daily
				  living and to maintain independent functioning in the
				  community.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart D - PAYMENT AMOUNTS › Section 113.264 - Refugees Ineligible for SSI

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				An allowance of 90% of the current maximum SSI payment amount per month is
				authorized to be provided to persons who are ineligible for SSI due to the
				expiration of the period of eligibility for certain noncitizens pursuant to
				8
				USC 1612(a)(2)(A).
b) This group includes noncitizens who
				entered the U.S. under one of the following immigrant classifications:
1) Refugee admitted under section 207 of the
				Immigration and Nationality Act (
				8
				USC 1157 );
2) Asylee admitted under section 208 of the
				Immigration and Nationality Act (
				8 USC
				1158 );
3) Cuban/Haitian immigrant admitted under
				section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 ( PL 96-422
				);
4) Amerasian immigrant admitted
				under section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
				Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 (Act) (as contained in section 101(e) of PL
				100-202, as amended by PL 100-461 );
5) Deportation withheld under section 243(h)
				or section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (
				8 USC
				1253 ); and
6) Victims of trafficking, or the minor
				child, spouse, parent or sibling of the trafficking victim, who have been
				certified by or whose status has been verified by the federal Office of Refugee
				Resettlement (ORR).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.301 - Grandfathered Cases

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
If a client was a recipient of chore and housekeeping
				  services under the AABD program in December, 1973 and has had a continuous need
				  for such services since that time, the individual is eligible for chore and
				  housekeeping services whether or not the client is financially eligible for or
				  receives SSI or SSP. These persons must continue to meet non-financial
				  requirements of the AABD program, and satisfy the specific criteria of need for
				  chore and housekeeping services in accordance with an approved service
				  plan.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.303 - Special Needs Authorizations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
If the AABD unit is determined eligible (or presumptively
				  eligible) for an assistance payment, additional payment(s) will be authorized
				  upon request of the client and verification of provision of the service in the
				  following circumstances:
a) Correction
				of an underpayment.
b) Repair of a
				braille writer, radio or typewriter at the most reasonable rate.
c) Relative Providing Care in the Home
This is limited to assistance units authorized for this need
				  prior to July 1, 1983. New approvals of this item cannot be authorized on or
				  after July 1, 1983.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.304 - Budgeting

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All AABD
				recipients shall have income budgeted on a prospective basis.
b) The payment month is the calendar month
				that the assistance grant covers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.305 - Budgeting Schedule

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The payment month is determined on a calendar basis for all
				  AABD cases. The payment month is the calendar month in which the assistance
				  unit receives the assistance grant.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.307 - Property Repairs and Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Payment for the cost of repair or maintenance of homestead
				  property shall be allowed up to $500 in a 12 month period when:
a) It is needed to keep the property
				habitable or safeguard the health and safety of the recipient. (This
				determination is made by the city or county's housing or health department, as
				appropriate);
b) the recipient has
				sufficient equity in the property to warrant the expenditure (i.e., the
				recipient must have at least $501 in equity in the property);
c) family members are unable to do the work
				(i.e., based on representations by family members and information contained in
				the recipient's case record).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.308 - Excess Shelter Allowance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Excess
				Shelter Allowance Payment for shelter expenses in excess of the Department's
				maximum allowance (see Section
				113.248 ) shall be paid
				directly to the recipient, only upon receipt of prior approval from the
				Department which will be granted in the following situations:
1) the recipient suffers from a specific
				infirmity which inhibits independent mobility such as blindness, is confined to
				a wheelchair or is otherwise unable to negotiate stairs (as documented by the
				recipient's medical information in the case record); and
2) suitable housing necessitated by
				subsection
				113.308(a)(1)
				is only available at an expense in excess of the maximum allowance.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart E - OTHER PROVISIONS › Section 113.320 - Redetermination of Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) AABD
				(Non-Group Care)
It is the Department's responsibility to determine the
				  continued eligibility of all recipients of assistance and it is the recipient's
				  responsibility to cooperate in the redetermination of eligibility. A
				  redetermination of eligibility shall be conducted every 12 months.
b) AABD (Group Care)
1) If receipt of a lump-sum payment is
				reported, a redetermination is to be completed within 30 days.
2) For recipients in group care and shelter
				care facilities, a redetermination of continued eligibility is to include a
				review of each recipient's personal allowance funds and room and board
				accounts.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 113 - AID TO THE AGED, BLIND OR DISABLED › Subpart F - INTERIM ASSISTANCE › Section 113.400 - Description of the Interim Assistance Program

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Interim Assistance program provides -
				financial and medical assistance to individuals while an application for
				Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is pending if the Department determines that
				the individual will more likely than not be eligible for SSI.
b) The Interim Assistance program is repealed
				effective September 1, 1995. Applications for financial assistance filed on or
				after July 1, 1995, shall not be considered under the Interim Assistance
				program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.1 - Incorporation By Reference

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any rules or regulations of an agency of the United States or
				of a nationally recognized organization or association that are incorporated by
				reference in this Part are incorporated as of the date specified, and do not
				include any later amendments or editions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.10 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
			 Department administers the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP) and the
			 Repatriate Program in Illinois. These programs are fully funded by grants
			 provided by the federal government. The administration and authorization of
			 assistance under any of these programs is limited to a period of time
			 established by the federal government based on available federally appropriated
			 funds for the year. The administration and authorization of assistance under
			 any of these programs ceases if the Department is not authorized to request and
			 receive federal funds for the purpose of providing assistance under these
			 programs.
b) For the Refugee
			 Resettlement Program assistance shall be authorized on the basis of the
			 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Payment Level (see 89 Ill. Adm.
			 Code 112). The following case compositions define the level of issuance:
1) Adult. A single adult is a person who is
			 ineligible as a child, or married and living with his/her spouse, or a minor
			 parent (or caretaker) of a child. Full-time college students, age 18 or over,
			 do not qualify for cash benefits.
2) Family cases, which must include at least
			 one eligible child. The child must be under age 18 or age 18 and a full-time
			 student in high school. Only the following adults may be included:
A) A specified relative of the child and the
			 spouse of the specified relative; or
B) The legal guardian of child and the spouse
			 of the legal guardian; or
C) The
			 unrelated caretaker of a child and the spouse of the unrelated
			 caretaker.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.30 - The Refugee Resettlement Program

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)
			 provides for the authorization of assistance (financial and medical or medical
			 only) for eligible needy refugees and asylees from any nation, for
			 Cuban/Haitian Entrants, and for certain Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam (and
			 their close family members) as determined by the Department of Homeland
			 Security (DHS).
b) In order to be
			 eligible to be included in a Refugee Resettlement assistance unit, an
			 individual must be a refugee, admitted into the United States U.S. as a refugee
			 or granted asylum, or be an Amerasian born in Vietnam between January 1, 1962,
			 and January 1, 1976, (or a close family member of such an Amerasian) and
			 admitted to the U.S. as an immigrant under the Orderly Departure Program ( P.L.
			 96-212 ) on March 20, 1988, or be a Cuban/Haitian Entrant admitted on or after
			 April 21, 1980, or be an Afghani or Iraqi immigrant with special immigrant
			 status under Section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
			 (INA).
c) Assistance is limited to
			 a period of time established by the federal government based on available
			 federally appropriated funds for the year. The period of time begins with the
			 first month the person entered the U.S., except for asylees, whose period
			 begins with the date asylum was granted. Individuals whose established period
			 of time has expired may be eligible for State Family and Children Assistance or
			 Transitional Assistance.
d) A child
			 born to refugee parents may be included in the assistance unit even though the
			 child was born in the U.S., as long as both parents are refugees.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.32 - Refugee Resettlement Program: Application for Assistance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) As part of the
			 regular process of determining a refugee's eligibility for assistance, the
			 Department shall contact the Voluntary Sponsoring Agency (e.g., Catholic
			 Charities, World Relief, etc.) or its local affiliate in the area which
			 sponsored the refugee and inform such Sponsor that the refugee has applied for
			 assistance or is receiving assistance. The Department shall also request from
			 the Voluntary Sponsoring Agency or its local affiliate the following
			 information:
1) what assistance the Sponsor
			 is providing to the refugee; and
2)
			 whether the refugee or anyone in his family has without good cause refused to
			 apply for a job, refused an offer of employment, voluntarily quit a job, or
			 refused job skill training or English language training within the last 30 days
			 (see Section
			 115.39
			 for definition of good cause and Section
			 115.34
			 for appropriate work and training criteria).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.33 - Refugee Resettlement Program: Furnishing of Social Security Numbers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
To be eligible for RRP financial assistance, each individual
				must furnish the Department his/her Social Security Number (SSN). If any
				individual has more than one SSN, the individual must furnish all
				numbers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.34 - Refugee Resettlement Program: Work Registration/ Participation Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) As a
			 condition of eligibility for refugee cash assistance, all nonexempt adult
			 refugees under age 60 must register for employment with the Refugee Job
			 Placement Agency if there is one in the area designated by the Refugee Job
			 Placement Agency, or with Job Service if there is no Refugee Job Placement
			 Agency.
b) After registration is
			 completed, a nonexempt individual is required to participate by:
1) continuing employment;
2) responding to an appropriate job referral
			 (see subsection (c) of this Section);
3) accepting an appropriate offer of
			 employment (see subsection (c) of this Section);
4) participating in English language training
			 if working less than 100 hours per month if available and appropriate as
			 determined by VOLAG; and
5)
			 participating in job skill training if working less than 100 hours per month if
			 available and appropriate as determined by VOLAG.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.36 - Refugee Resettlement Program: Individuals Exempt From Mandatory Work Registration/Participation Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
An individual is exempt from work registration/participation
				requirements when that individual is:
a) a child in the case;
b) a person who is ill, incapacitated, or age
			 60 or over;
c) a person whose
			 presence in the home is required because of illness or incapacity of another
			 member of the household;
d) the
			 parent or other caretaker (as defined at 89 Ill. Adm. Code 101) of a child
			 under the age of one who is caring for the child; or
e) employed full time (i.e., 30 hours or more
			 per week).
AGENCY NOTE: Full time college students age 18 or over are not
				eligible for cash assistance. (Individuals attending job skill training or
				English language classes expected to last less than one year are not considered
				full time college students).
AGENCY NOTE: Inability to speak English does not make the
				  refugee exempt from work registration/participation
				  requirements.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.38 - Refugee Resettlement Program: Sanctions For Failure to Cooperate With Work Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A
			 nonexempt recipient who, without good cause, quits an appropriate job, refuses
			 to apply for an appropriate job or refuses to accept an appropriate offer of
			 employment will have his/her case cancelled or will be deleted from the
			 assistance unit, as appropriate. The person is ineligible for Refugee cash
			 assistance until he/she registers for work and requests restored benefits for
			 the first failure to cooperate. For the second failure to cooperate, the person
			 is ineligible for 3 payment months or until he or she cooperates, whichever is
			 longer. For the third failure to cooperate, the person is ineligible for the
			 remainder of the RRP period. An employable recipient working less than 100
			 hours per month must participate in English language training or skill training
			 if it is available and appropriate as determined by VOLAG, or be sanctioned.
			 The sanction will begin on the first day of the next fiscal month.
b) Following the sanction period, assistance
			 cannot be restored until the client applies for assistance and registers with
			 the Refugee Job Placement Agency or Job Service. The client can register with
			 the Refugee Job Placement Agency or with Job Service up to 30 days before the
			 last day of the sanction period.
c)
			 The Refugee Job Placement Agency and the Voluntary Sponsoring Agency have
			 primary responsibility for determining when a refugee has quit an appropriate
			 job, refused to apply for an appropriate job or refused job skill training or
			 English language training. However, if the local office becomes aware that a
			 client has quit a job, refused to apply for a job, refused to accept a job or
			 refused training, the local office must make the decision regarding
			 appropriateness of job or training and make the decision to sanction if
			 reconciliation is not successful.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.39 - Refugee Resettlement Program: Good Cause For Failure to Cooperate

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Good cause for failure to cooperate includes, but is not
				limited to:
a) illness or
			 incapacity;
b) court required
			 appearance or temporary incarceration;
c) family crisis;
d) lack of suitable child care;
e) inclement weather; or
f) the job referral does not meet appropriate
			 work or training criteria.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.50 - The Repatriate Program

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a)
			 The Repatriate Program provides for the authorization of assistance (financial
			 and medical) for eligible needy U.S. citizens and their dependents who have
			 been returned to the U.S. from a foreign country by the U.S. Department of
			 State because of destitution, illness, war, threat of war, invasion or other
			 crisis.
b) To be eligible for
			 assistance under the Repatriate Program, an individual or family must have been
			 referred to the Department by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The
			 local office is responsible for determination of financial
			 eligibility.
c) Assistance shall be
			 authorized on the basis of the TANF Payment level. The following case
			 compositions define the level of issuance:
1)
			 single adult (age 18 or older);
2)
			 families of adults;
3) adult or
			 adults with child or children; or
4) child or children only.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 115 - REFUGEE/REPATRIATE PROGRAM › Section 115.60 - Special Provisions Relating to Parolees

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a) Where appropriate, federal governmental
			 officials provide that parolees (aliens not otherwise admissable who have been
			 paroled into the U.S. by the discretion of the U.S. government) may be found
			 eligible for all benefits available to refugees in the RRP. Aliens paroled into
			 the U.S. are considered living in the U.S. under color of law.
b) The following federally funded programs
			 have been so specifically designated by appropriate federal officials:
1) TANF Cash and Medical
2) Food Stamps
3) AABD MAG and MANG
4) General Assistance
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 116 - CRISIS ASSISTANCE › Section 116.10 - Incorporation By Reference

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Any rules or regulations of an agency of the United States or
				of a nationally recognized organization or association that are incorporated by
				reference in this Part are incorporated as of the date specified, and do not
				include any later amendments or editions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 116 - CRISIS ASSISTANCE › Section 116.500 - Crisis Assistance

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a) A crisis
			 assistance payment may be provided to TANF recipients, as per Section 4-12 of
			 the Illinois Public Aid Code [305 ILCS
			 5/4-12 ], in the following situations:
1) The family is rendered homeless or is
			 threatened with homelessness as a result of a fire, flood or other natural
			 disaster.
2) The family has an
			 eviction or a court order to vacate the premises for any reason.
3) A caretaker and child have left their
			 residence due to domestic or sexual violence.
4) A caretaker and child have been deprived
			 of the household's income as a result of domestic or sexual violence.
5) The family is deprived of essential items
			 of furniture and/or clothing by fire, flood or other natural
			 disaster.
6) The family is deprived
			 of food as a result of fire, flood, or other disaster which does not render the
			 family homeless and the need cannot be met through SNAP. Food cannot be
			 authorized for replacement of lost or stolen SNAP benefits.
7) As result of documented theft or
			 documented loss of cash, the family is deprived of food or essential clothing.
			 The amount issued for lost/stolen cash cannot exceed the amount that was lost
			 and can never exceed the amount of the monthly payment level for a family of
			 that size.
8) The family has
			 non-medical needs related to essential medical care. Non-medical needs for
			 essential medical care are needs associated with the provision of specialized
			 or essential medical care and include the following:
A) Food - when overnight lodging is required
			 or when extensive travel is required during the day in order to obtain
			 essential or specialized medical care.
B) Lodging - when overnight lodging is
			 required to obtain essential or specialized medical care.
C) Transportation to the source of essential
			 or specialized medical care when it cannot be provided by the Medical
			 Assistance Program or some other source. Transportation expenses for routine
			 office visits associated with normal medical care shall not be
			 allowed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.1 - Incorporation By Reference

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Any rules or regulations of an agency of the United States or
				of a nationally recognized organization or association that are incorporated by
				reference in this Part are incorporated as of the date specified, and do not
				include any later amendments or editions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.11 - Issuance of Cash Assistance Benefits

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a) Cash assistance benefits shall be issued
			 to the payee via an electronic benefits payment file established by the
			 Department through Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) (see section
			 408(a)(12)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act (
			 42 USC
			 608(a)(12)(B)(iii) ). The
			 payee may access the cash benefits at any participating Point-of-Sale (POS)
			 terminal or Automated Teller Machine (ATM) except:
1) liquor stores (see section
			 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act);
2) gambling casinos (see section
			 408(a)(12)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act); or
3) retail establishments that provide adult
			 entertainment involving disrobing or nudity.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.12 - Client Training Brochure for the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) System

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a) A Client
			 Training Brochure will be provided to all cash and food stamp
			 applicants.
b) Clients will be
			 provided instructions including, but not limited to:
1) the appropriate use and security of the
			 EBT card and Personal Identification Number (PIN);
2) client liabilities for benefit
			 loss;
3) information on transaction
			 limitations and charges;
4) client
			 responsibility for reporting loss or theft of the EBT card and to whom and how
			 such reports should be made;
5)
			 information on the services available from the Client Help Desk;
6) proper care and protection of the EBT
			 card;
7) replacement card policy;
			 and
8) how to report problems with
			 the EBT card or EBT system equipment.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.13 - Replacement of the EBT Card

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a)
			 Replacement of the EBT Card
1) The EBT card
			 (benefit access device) will be replaced if lost, stolen or damaged.
2) The loss, theft or damage of the EBT card
			 must be immediately reported to the EBT contractor.
3) The client shall contact the Client Help
			 Desk toll-free at (800)678-5465, by TTY at (877)765-3459 or via the internet at
http://www.Link
. Illinois.gov for
			 replacement of the EBT card and selection of a new Personal Identification
			 Number (PIN). A replacement card may be issued by the local office with
			 administrative approval.
4)
			 Administrative remedies, as described in subsection (b) of this Section, may be
			 imposed following the loss, theft or damage of the EBT card or the loss of
			 assistance benefits.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.15 - Reinstatement Upon Cooperation

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a) When
			 financial aid is reduced or terminated due to the failure of the client to
			 cooperate with the Department and the client, within ten working days after the
			 first day the financial aid would have been available, cooperates with the
			 Department, financial aid shall be reinstated in full. The reinstatement is
			 retroactive to the date the change or termination of the grant occurred,
			 provided the client is not otherwise ineligible for financial assistance for
			 the period in question.
b) Failure
			 to cooperate includes but is not limited to:
1) failure to keep an appointment;
2) failure to attend a meeting;
3) failure to produce proof or verification
			 of eligibility or need in response to a Department request to contact it;
			 or
4) failure to be available for a
			 home visit.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.20 - Replacement of Missing Warrants

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a) When
			 a client reports the non-receipt of a warrant, the Department shall replace the
			 warrant, unless the warrant was endorsed by the payee, after the client has
			 signed a request to stop payment and an agreement that recovery may be made.
			 The replacement shall be made only if the request is received within 60 days
			 after the date of mailing of the warrant in question.
b) In the event the missing warrant is
			 actually received and cashed by the client and a replacement warrant has been
			 received and cashed by the client, pursuant to the terms of the recovery
			 agreement, the Department shall recoup or recover the amount of the replacement
			 warrant as follows:
1) For Temporary
			 Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); 1/36 of the amount of the replacement
			 warrant shall be recouped each month until the entire amount is recouped. TANF
			 recoupment under this Section shall not take place while recoupment under 89
			 Ill. Adm. Code
			 165.70
			 is in process.
2) For Aid to the
			 Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) cases as provided in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
			 165.70.
3) For supportive service
			 payments issued to participants, the replacement warrant will be recovered
			 under Subpart D of 89 Ill. Adm. Code 165, after financial assistance is
			 cancelled.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.50 - Funerals and Burials

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a) Funeral
			 and burial services shall be provided to eligible deceased individuals in
			 accordance with Section
			 117.53.
b) Payment for Funeral Expenses
1) The maximum allowable amount which the
			 Department may pay for funeral expenses of an eligible decedent is:
A) $700 effective 11/17/99, $850 effective
			 7/1/00, and $1000 effective 7/1/01 for an adult or child 5 years of age or
			 older;
B) $436 effective 11/17/99,
			 $529 effective 7/1/00, $622 effective 7/1/01, and $1000 effective 1/1/02 for a
			 child between the ages of 3 months and 5 years; and
C) $350 effective 11/17/99, $425 effective
			 7/1/00, $500 effective 7/1/01, and $1000 effective 01/1/02 for a child under 3
			 months of age or stillborn.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.51 - Funeral Home Services

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a) Complete
			 preparation and preservation of the body,
b) Casket,
c) Outside box,
d) Customary local transportation of the
			 body,
e) Use of funeral home and of
			 all customary facilities and appointments thereof,
f) Arrangements for religious services, if
			 requested,
g) Appropriate dress,
			 suit, or shroud, if necessary,
h)
			 Grave services, if customarily provided.
i) Additional services shall be approved in
			 the following situations:
1) Based on
			 documentation (e.g., copy of the decedent's death certificate, coroner's
			 report, physician's report or fire report) provided by the funeral home that
			 circumstances of the decendent's death demand special burial
			 requirements.
2) An oversize casket
			 is required. Prior approval is required for additional payment for an oversize
			 casket. A request for payment for an oversize casket will be granted only if
			 the funeral home establishes and documents (e.g., copy of the decendent's death
			 certificate, coroner's report, physician's report or fire report) the need for
			 oversize casket.
3) Transportation
			 outside a twenty mile radius is allowed at a rate of fifty cents per additional
			 mile:
A) for out of state burials to a
			 maximum of $50;
B) for intrastate
			 burials the cost of excess transportation combined with actual cemetery charges
			 cannot exceed the maximum burial allowance;
C) for Anatomical Gift cases fifty cents per
			 additional mile will be allowed; and
D) no additional transportation charges are
			 allowed for cremation cases.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.52 - Burial Expenses

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The cemetary association is to provide the following:
a) The least expensive single grave space, if
			 burial space must be purchased (exclusive of Potter's field),
b) Opening and closing the grave,
c) Grave service, if customarily
			 provided.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.53 - Payment to Vendor(s)

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a) If no
			 person has agreed to pay the total cost of funeral and burial charges, the
			 Department will pay the vendor the actual costs of the funeral or burial, or
			 the maximum allowable amount for each service, whichever is less, provided the
			 amounts available from the below identified sources are deducted from the
			 Department's standard:
1) The decedent's
			 assets and available resources and the anticipated amounts of any death
			 benefits available to the decedent's estate.
2) Amounts paid and/or arranged to be paid by
			 a decedent's legally responsible relative(s). A legally responsible relative is
			 expected to pay funeral and burial expenses unless financially unable to do
			 so.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.54 - Claims for Reimbursement

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a) The
			 Department will not reimburse funeral or burial expenses paid by a legally
			 responsible relative(s).
b) Any
			 person, other than a legally responsible relative, who has voluntarily assumed
			 responsibility for a recipient's funeral/burial expenses and has paid all or a
			 portion of such expenses in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of
			 the claim for reimbursement may be reimbursed for the actual costs, or the
			 Department's maximum allowable amounts, whichever is less, after deduction of:
1) The decedent's assets and available
			 resources including any available death benefits.
2) Amounts paid and/or arranged to be paid by
			 a decedent's legally responsible relative.
3) Proceeds of life insurance on the decedent
			 payable to, or received by the claimant as the beneficiary of the
			 insurance.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.55 - Submittal of Claims

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a) Vendor or
			 reimbursement claims must be submitted on Department designated claim forms.
			 The claim forms contain a certification statement that must not be altered.
			 Claim forms must be legibly signed and dated in ink by the claimant. The
			 Department will return without payment any claim form that is not properly
			 signed, or that includes an altered certification statement.
b) Claims not submitted within 30 calendar
			 days after the date of death of the decedent must be accompanied by a written
			 statement explaining the reason for the delay.
c) If funds are available, valid late claims
			 will be accepted in the order in which they are received.
d) Subject to appropriations, the Department
			 may deny any claim that is not:
1) Submitted
			 for the first time within 180 calendar days after the date of death of the
			 decedent; or
2) Re-submitted within
			 90 calendar days after being returned for correction or completion.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.60 - Substitute Parental Care/Supplemental Child Care - TANF and AABD

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a) Substitute
			 Parental Care/Supplemental Child Care
1)
			 Subject to prior approval, payment shall be authorized by the Department for
			 Substitute Parental/Supplemental Child Care when there is a need for child care
			 because of the absence from the home or incapacity of the child's caretaker.
			 Prior approval consists of verification of the need based on a statement from
			 the client's physician or law enforcement officials. When prior approval cannot
			 be obtained due to emergency hospitalization or the incarceration of the
			 caretaker, payment shall be authorized if the request is received within 10
			 calendar days after the caretaker's release from the hospital or
			 incarceration.
2) Payment shall not
			 be made to:
A) Individuals living in the home
			 with the caretaker and child, or
B)
			 A responsible relative (as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code
			 103.10(b)(2)
			 ) of the caretaker or child.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.80 - Direct Deposit of Recipients' Warrants

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a) Warrants of AABD and TANF recipients shall
			 be deposited directly into their banks, savings and loan associations or credit
			 unions when requested by the recipients.
b) Warrants issued to Protective Payees of
			 AABD and TANF clients are required to be deposited directly into a bank,
			 savings and loan association or credit union account.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 117.91 - New Hire Match

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The Department conducts a periodic New Hire Match of Department
				records and new hire information reported by employers. The purpose of the New
				Hire Match is to discover unreported earned income of persons receiving
				assistance.
a) When the new hire
			 information reported by the employer matches Department records on clients and
			 earned income has not been reported to the Department, a notice is sent to the
			 household. The notice informs the household to provide verification, to the
			 Department, of the new employment within 10 calendar days.
b) If the household fails to respond to the
			 notice within 10 calendar days, benefits will be discontinued.
c) If the household responds to the notice
			 and provides verification of the earnings, appropriate case actions regarding
			 termination or reduction of benefits and determination of any overpayment will
			 be made based on the information provided by the household regarding income and
			 employment.
d) If the household
			 responds to the notice and verifies that the information the Department
			 received from the New Hire Match was incorrect, no negative action will be
			 taken.