SB2524
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2524
Introduced 2/21/2023, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent
expenses of the Department of Children and Family Services for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, as follows:
General Funds $1,381,779,300
Other State Funds $ 614,101,300
Federal Funds $ 13,772,850
Total $2,009,653,450
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AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
in the General Assembly: 3
ARTICLE 1 4
Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 6
hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 7
Children and Family Services: 8
ENTIRE AGENCY 9
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FU ND 10
For Personal Services ........................... 292,401,800 11
For State Contributions to 12
Social Security ................................ .22,368,800 13
For Contractual Services ......................... 43,913,500 14
For Travel ................................ ........7,818,600 15
For Commodities ................................ .....630,000 16
For Printing ................................ ........387,400 17
For Equipment ................................ .....4,023,900 18
For Electronic Data Processi ng ...................66,919,000 19
For Telecommunications ............................ 7,561,500 20
For Operation of Automotive Equipment ...............318,500 21
Total 446,343,000 22 SB2524 -2- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 2
hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 3
Children and Family Services: 4
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 5
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 6
For Attorney General Representation 7
on Child Welfare Litigation Issues .................585,900 8
PAYABLE FROM DCFS SPECIAL PUR POSES TRUST FUND 9
For Expenditures of Private Funds 10
for Child Welfare Improvements ...................2,794,500 11
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 12
For CCWIS Information System ..................... 69,062,300 13
Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 14
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 15
hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 16
Children and Family Services: 17
REGULATION AND QUALITY CONTROL 18
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 19
For Child Death Review Teams ........................ 104,000 20
Section 15. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 21
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 22 SB2524 -3- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
Department of Children and Family Services: 1
CHILD WELFARE 2
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 3
For Targeted Case Management ..................... 12,658,400 4
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 5
For Independent Living Initiative ................10,949,700 6
PAYABLE FROM DCFS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 7
For Federal Child Welfare Projects ..................816,600 8
Section 20. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 9
as may be necessary, respec tively, are appropriated to the 10
Department of Children and Family Services: 11
CHILD PROTECTION 12
PAYABLE FROM DCFS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 13
For Federal Grant Awards ......................... 11,500,000 14
Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 15
as may be necessary, r espectively, are appropriated to the 16
Department of Children and Family Services: 17
BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 18
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 19
For Refunds ................................ ..........11,200 20
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 21
For Title IV-E Enhancement ........................ 4,228,800 22
For SSI Reimbursement ............................. 1,513,300 23 SB2524 -4- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
Total $5,742,100 1
Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 2
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 3
Department of Children and Family Services for payments for 4
care of children served by the Department of Children and Family 5
Services: 6
GRANTS-IN-AID 7
REGIONAL OFFICES 8
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 9
For Foster Homes and Specialized 10
Foster Care and Prevention, 11
including prior year costs ..................... 399,257,200 12
For Counseling and Auxiliary Services ............15,184,100 13
For Institution and Group Home Care and 14
Prevention, including prior year costs .........215,172,600 15
For Services Associated with the Foster 16
Care Initiative ................................ ..6,139,900 17
For Purchase of Adoption and 18
Guardianship Services .......................... 153,274,000 19
For Cash Assistance and Housing 20
Locator Service to Families in the 21
Class Defined in the Norman Consent Order ........3,313,700 22
For Youth in Transition Program ...................2,708,600 23
For Assisting in the Development 24 SB2524 -5- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
of Children's Advocacy Centers ...................1,998,600 1
For Family Preservation Services .................37,912,600 2
For Court Appointed Special Advocates .............2,000,000 3
Total $836,961,300 4
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 5
For Foster Homes and Specialized 6
Foster Care and Prevention, 7
including prior year costs ..................... 226,615,900 8
For Cash Assistance and Housing Locator 9
Services to Families in the 10
Class Defined in the Norman 11
Consent Order ................................ ....6,071,300 12
For Counseling and Auxiliary Services ............19,269,100 13
For Institution and Group Home Ca re and 14
Prevention, including prior year costs ..........71,475,100 15
For Assisting in the development 16
of Children's Advocacy Centers ...................5,290,600 17
For Psychological Assessments 18
Including Operations and 19
Administrative Expenses .......................... 3,100,400 20
For Children's Person al and 21
Physical Maintenance ............................. 3,971,800 22
For Services Associated with the Foster 23
Care Initiative ................................ ..1,705,600 24
For Purchase of Adoption and 25 SB2524 -6- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
Guardianship Services ........................... 48,104,700 1
For Family Preservation Services .................44,125,300 2
For Family Centered Services Ini tiative ..........17,198,400 3
For Court Appointed Special Advocates .............4,674,400 4
Total $451,602,600 5
Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 6
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 7
Department of Children and Family Services for: 8
GRANTS-IN-AID 9
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 10
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 11
For Department Scholarship Program ................5,662,600 12
Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 13
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 14
Department of Children and Family Services for: 15
GRANTS-IN-AID 16
CHILD PROTECTION 17
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 18
For Protective/Family Maintenance 19
Day Care ................................ ........47,986,900 20
For Residential Construction Services Grants , or 21
for deposit into the DCFS Special P urposes 22
Trust Fund ................................ .........900,000 23 SB2524 -7- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 1
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 2
Department of Children and Family Services for: 3
GRANTS-IN-AID 4
BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 5
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 6
For Tort Claims ................................ ......66,000 7
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 8
For expenses related to litigation ................2,520,000 9
For all expenditures related to the 10
collection and distribution of Title IV -E 11
Reimbursement ................................ ....3,000,000 12
Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 13
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 14
Department of Children and Family Services for: 15
GRANTS-IN-AID 16
CLINICAL SERVICES 17
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 18
For Foster Care and Adoptive Care Training .....18,430,100 19
Section 55. The sum of $30,000,000, or so much thereof as 20
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 21
to the Department of Children and Family Services for grants 22 SB2524 -8- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
and administrative expenses associated with Level of Care 1
Support Services or for deposit into the DCFS Special Purposes 2
Trust Fund. 3
Section 60. The sum of $50,000,000, or so much thereof as 4
may be neces sary, is appropriated from the DCFS Special 5
Purposes Trust Fund to the Department of Children and Family 6
Services for grants and administrative expenses associated with 7
the Level of Care Support Services, including prior year costs. 8
Section 65. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may 9
be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to 10
the Department of Children and Family Services for costs 11
associated with a rate study. 12
ARTICLE 2 13
Section 5. The sum of $1,344,050, or so much thereof as 14
may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 15
on June 30, 2023, from appropriations heretofore made for such 16
purpose in Article 138, Section 5 of Public Act 102 -0698 is 17
reappropriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediat ion 18
Emergency Fund to the Department of Children and Family 19
Services for grants to Child Advocacy Centers for purposes 20
allowed by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 21 SB2524 -9- OMB103 00012 VOT 45012 b
and any associated federal guidance. 1
Section 10. The sum of $112,200, or so much thereof as may 2
be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 3
on June 30, 2023, from appropriations heretofore made for such 4
purpose in Article 138, Section 10 of Public Act 102 -0698 is 5
reappropriated from the State Coronavirus Ur gent Remediation 6
Emergency Fund to the Department of Children and Family 7
Services for a grant to the Court Appointed Special Advocates 8
of Cook County to be used to advocate for the timely placement 9
of children in permanent, safe, and stable homes, for purp oses 10
permitted by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 11
2021 and related federal guidance. 12
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 13
2023. 14