SB3834
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3834
Introduced 2/28/2024, 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, 2024, as follows:
General Funds $1,478,157,367
Other State Funds $ 866,456,100
Federal Funds $ 16,281,844
Total $2,360,895,311
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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 ........................... 373,730,500 11
For State Contributions to 12
Social Security ................................ .28,590,600 13
For Contractual Services ......................... 42,263,500 14
For Travel ................................ ..........779,800 15
For Commodities ................................ .....780,000 16
For Printing ................................ ........387,400 17
For Equipment ................................ .....6,323,900 18
For Electronic Data Processing ...................70,748,200 19
For Telecommunications ............................ 7,561,500 20
For Operation of Automotive Equipment ...............759,500 21
Total $531,924,900 22 SB3834 -2- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
PAYABLE FROM THE DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 1
For Travel ................................ ........7,038,800 2
Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 3
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 4
hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 5
Children and Family Services: 6
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 7
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 8
For Attorney General Representation 9
on Child Welfare Litigation Issues .................585,900 10
PAYABLE FROM DCFS SPECIAL PURPOSES TRUST FUND 11
For Expenditures of Private Funds 12
for Child Welfare Improvements ...................2,794,500 13
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 14
For Information Technology ....................... 88,501,800 15
Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 16
as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes 17
hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department of 18
Children and Family Services: 19
REGULATION AND QUALITY CONTROL 20
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FU ND 21
For Child Death Review Teams ........................ 104,000 22 SB3834 -3- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
Section 15. 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: 3
CHILD WELFARE 4
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 5
For Targeted Case Management ..................... 12,658,400 6
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 7
For Independent Living Initiative ................11,457,700 8
PAYABLE FROM DCFS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 9
For Federal Child Welfare Projects ..................816,600 10
Section 20. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 11
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 12
Department of Children and Family Services: 13
CHILD PROTECTION 14
PAYABLE FROM DCFS FEDERAL PROJECTS FUND 15
For Federal Grant Awards ......................... 15,000,000 16
Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 17
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 18
Department of Children and Family Services: 19
BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 20
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 21
For Refunds ................................ ..........11,200 22 SB3834 -4- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S S ERVICES FUND 1
For Title IV-E Enhancement ........................ 4,228,800 2
For SSI Reimbursement ............................. 1,513,300 3
Total $5,742,100 4
Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 5
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 6
Department of Children and Family Services for payments for 7
care of children served by the Department of Children and Family 8
Services: 9
GRANTS-IN-AID 10
REGIONAL OFFICES 11
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 12
For Foster Homes and Specialized 13
Foster Care and Prevention, 14
including prior years’ costs ...................421,389,400 15
For Counseling and Auxiliary Services ............16,018,900 16
For Institution and Group Home C are and 17
Prevention, including prior years’ costs .......222,052,100 18
For Services Associated with the Foster 19
Care Initiative ................................ ..6,169,800 20
For Purchase of Adoption and 21
Guardianship Services, including 22
prior years’ costs ............................. 153,274,000 23
For Cash Assistance a nd Housing 24 SB3834 -5- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
Locator Service to Families in the 1
Class Defined in the Norman Consent Order ........3,313,700 2
For Youth in Transition Program ...................2,708,600 3
For Assisting in the Development 4
of Children's Advocacy Centers ...................1,998,600 5
For Family Preservation Services .................38,229,100 6
For Court Appointed Special Advocates .............2,000,000 7
Total $867,154,200 8
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 9
For Foster Homes and Specialized 10
Foster Care and Prevention, 11
including prior years’ costs ...................291,445,900 12
For Cash Assistance and Housing Locator 13
Services to Families in the 14
Class Defined in the Norman 15
Consent Order ................................ ....6,071,300 16
For Counseling and Auxiliary Services ............19,269,100 17
For Institution and Group Home Care and 18
Prevention, including prior years ’ costs .......125,900,200 19
For Assisting in the development 20
of Children's Advocacy Centers ...................5,290,600 21
For Psychological Assessments 22
Including Operations and 23
Administrative Expenses .......................... 3,100,400 24
For Children's Personal and 25 SB3834 -6- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
Physical Maintenance ............................. 5,471,800 1
For Services Associated with the Foster 2
Care Initiative ................................ ..1,705,600 3
For Purchase of Adoption and 4
Guardianship Services, including prior 5
years’ costs ................................ ....50,160,100 6
For Family Preservation Services .................44,125,300 7
For Family Centered Services Initiative ..........17,234,600 8
For Court Appointed Special Advocates .............5,344,900 9
Total $575,119,800 10
Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 11
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 12
Department of Children and Family Services for: 13
GRANTS-IN-AID 14
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 15
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 16
For Department Scholarship Program ...............11,160,400 17
Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 18
as may be necessary, respectively, are approp riated to the 19
Department of Children and Family Services for: 20
GRANTS-IN-AID 21
CHILD PROTECTION 22
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 23 SB3834 -7- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
For Protective/Family Maintenance 1
Day Care ................................ ........51,425,700 2
For Residential Construction Services Grants, or 3
for deposit into the DCFS Special Purposes 4
Trust Fund ................................ .........900,000 5
Section 45. 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
BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 10
PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 11
For Tort Claims ................................ ......66,000 12
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 13
For expenses related to litigation ................4,220,000 14
For all expenditures related to the 15
collection and distribution of Title IV -E 16
Reimbursement ................................ ....3,000,000 17
Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 18
as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the 19
Department of Children and Family Services for: 20
GRANTS-IN-AID 21
CLINICAL SERVICES 22
PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN’S SERVICES FUND 23 SB3834 -8- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
For Foster Care and Adoptive Care Training .....18,581,400 1
Section 55. The sum of $100,000,000, or so much thereof 2
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Build Illinois 3
Bond Fund to the Department of Children and Family Ser vices for 4
grants and administrative expenses associated with Level of 5
Care Support Services. 6
Section 60. The sum of $50,000,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated from the DCFS Special 8
Purposes Trust Fund to the Department of Chi ldren and Family 9
Services for grants and administrative expenses associated with 10
the Level of Care Support Services, including prior years’ 11
costs. 12
Section 65. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much of that amount 13
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 14
Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services 15
for grants to assist the Court Appointed Special Advocates in 16
its efforts to advocate for timely placement of children in 17
permanent, safe, stable homes. 18
Section 70. The sum of $166 ,667, or so much thereof as may 19
be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 20
on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 21 SB3834 -9- OMB103 00172 VOT 45172 b
such purpose in Article 44, Section 70 of Public Act 103 -0006, 1
as amended, is reappropriated from the G eneral Revenue Fund to 2
the Department of Children and Family Services for a grant to 3
the Maryville Crisis Nursery for costs associated with the 4
operating costs, including, but not limited to, respite and 5
short-term childcare services. 6
ARTICLE 2 7
Section 5. The sum of $465,244, or so much thereof as may 8
be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business 9
on June 30, 2024, from an appropriation heretofore made for 10
such purpose in Article 123, Section 5 of Public Act 103 -0006, 11
as amended, is reappropriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent 12
Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Children and 13
Family Services for grants to Child Advocacy Centers, including 14
but not limited to, for purposes allowed by Section 9901 of the 15
American Rescue Plan Ac t of 2021 and any associated federal 16
guidance, including prior years’ costs. 17
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 18
2024. 19