104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2530 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $1,610,462,600 Other State Funds $846,568,900 Federal Funds $15,816,600 Total $2,472,848,100 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2530 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $1,610,462,600 Other State Funds $846,568,900 Federal Funds $15,816,600 Total $2,472,848,100 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2530 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $1,610,462,600 Other State Funds $846,568,900 Federal Funds $15,816,600 Total $2,472,848,100 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 AN ACT concerning appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 ARTICLE 1 5 Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 6 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 7 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department 8 of Children and Family Services: 9 ENTIRE AGENCY 10 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 11 For Personal Services...........................423,429,300 12 For State Contributions to 13 Social Security.................................32,392,400 14 For Contractual Services.........................43,021,500 15 For Travel..........................................994,800 16 For Commodities.....................................790,000 17 For Printing........................................387,400 18 For Equipment.....................................6,323,900 19 For Electronic Data Processing...................79,378,300 20 For Telecommunication Services....................7,660,400 21 For Operation of Automotive Equipment...............759,500 22 Total $595,137,500 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2530 Introduced 2/25/2025, 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, 2025, as follows: General Funds $1,610,462,600 Other State Funds $846,568,900 Federal Funds $15,816,600 Total $2,472,848,100 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 2 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 2 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 2 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 PAYABLE FROM THE DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 2 For Travel........................................7,038,800 3 Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof 4 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 5 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department 6 of Children and Family Services: 7 CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 8 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 9 For Attorney General Representation 10 on Child Welfare Litigation Issues.................745,000 11 PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 12 For Information Technology.......................88,501,800 13 PAYABLE FROM DCFS SPECIAL PURPOSES TRUST FUND 14 For Expenditures of Private Funds 15 for Child Welfare Improvements...................2,794,500 16 Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much 17 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 18 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to the Department 19 of Children and Family Services: 20 REGULATION AND QUALITY CONTROL 21 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 22 For Child Death Review Teams........................106,400 23 Section 15. The following named amounts, or so much SB2530 - 2 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 3 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 3 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 3 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 2 the Department of Children and Family Services: 3 CHILD WELFARE 4 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 5 For Targeted Case Management.....................12,659,800 6 PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 7 For Independent Living Initiative................11,706,400 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 11 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 12 the 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 17 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 18 the Department of Children and Family Services: 19 BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 20 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 21 For Refunds..........................................11,200 22 PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 23 For Title IV-E Enhancement........................4,228,800 24 For SSI Reimbursement.............................1,513,300 SB2530 - 3 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 4 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 4 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 4 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 Total $5,742,100 2 Section 30. The following named amounts, or so much 3 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 4 the Department of Children and Family Services for payments 5 for care of children served by the Department of Children and 6 Family Services: 7 GRANTS-IN-AID 8 REGIONAL OFFICES 9 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 10 For Youth in Transition Program...................2,708,600 11 For Counseling and Auxiliary Services............19,021,100 12 For Court Appointed Special Advocates.............4,221,500 13 For Cash Assistance and Housing 14 Locator Service to Families in the 15 Class Defined in the Norman Consent Order........3,319,400 16 For Assisting in the Development 17 of Children's Advocacy Centers...................2,171,400 18 For Family Preservation Services.................40,375,300 19 For Foster Homes and Specialized 20 Foster Care and Prevention, 21 including prior years' costs...................422,398,300 22 For Purchase of Adoption and 23 Guardianship Services, including 24 prior years' costs.............................160,791,900 25 For Institution and Group Home Care and SB2530 - 4 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 5 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 5 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 5 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 Prevention, including prior years' costs.......261,365,600 2 For Services Associated with the Foster 3 Care Initiative..................................6,212,700 4 Total $922,585,800 5 PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 6 For Counseling and Auxiliary Services............19,269,100 7 For Children's Personal and 8 Physical Maintenance.............................5,471,800 9 For Court Appointed Special Advocates.............5,344,900 10 For Cash Assistance and Housing Locator 11 Services to Families in the 12 Class Defined in the Norman 13 Consent Order....................................6,071,300 14 For Assisting in the development 15 of Children's Advocacy Centers...................5,290,600 16 For Psychological Assessments 17 Including Operations and 18 Administrative Expenses..........................3,463,500 19 For Family Preservation Services.................44,125,300 20 For Family Centered Services Initiative..........17,487,300 21 For Foster Homes and Specialized 22 Foster Care and Prevention, 23 including prior years' costs...................290,437,000 24 For Purchase of Adoption and 25 Guardianship Services, including prior 26 years' costs....................................50,160,100 SB2530 - 5 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 6 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 6 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 6 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 For Institution and Group Home Care and 2 Prevention, including prior years' costs.......125,900,200 3 For Services Associated with the Foster 4 Care Initiative..................................1,705,600 5 Total $574,726,700 6 Section 35. The following named amounts, or so much 7 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 8 the Department of Children and Family Services for: 9 GRANTS-IN-AID 10 CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 11 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 12 For Department Scholarship Program...............16,014,300 13 Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much 14 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 15 the Department of Children and Family Services for: 16 GRANTS-IN-AID 17 CHILD PROTECTION 18 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 19 For Protective/Family Maintenance 20 Day Care........................................62,236,600 21 For Residential Construction Services Grants, or 22 for deposit into the DCFS Special Purposes 23 Trust Fund.........................................900,000 SB2530 - 6 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 7 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 7 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 7 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much 2 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 3 the Department of Children and Family Services for: 4 GRANTS-IN-AID 5 BUDGET, LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE 6 PAYABLE FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND 7 For Tort Claims......................................66,000 8 PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 9 For all expenditures related to the 10 collection and distribution of Title IV-E 11 Reimbursement....................................3,000,000 12 For expenses related to litigation................4,220,000 13 Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much 14 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to 15 the Department of Children and Family Services for: 16 GRANTS-IN-AID 17 CLINICAL SERVICES 18 PAYABLE FROM DCFS CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUND 19 For Foster Care and Adoptive Care Training......18,838,600 20 Section 55. The sum of $100,000,000, or so much thereof as 21 may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of 22 business on June 30, 2025, from an appropriation heretofore 23 made for such purpose in Article 51, Section 55 of Public Act 24 103-0589, as amended, is reappropriated from the Build SB2530 - 7 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530- 8 -OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 8 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b SB2530 - 8 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b 1 Illinois Bond Fund to the Department of Children and Family 2 Services for grants and administrative expenses associated 3 with Level of Care Support Services, including prior years' 4 costs. 5 Section 60. No contract shall be entered into or 6 obligation incurred for any expenditures from the 7 reappropriation made in Section 55 until after the purposes 8 and amounts have been approved in writing by the Governor. 9 Section 65. The sum of $30,000,000, or so much thereof as 10 may be necessary, is appropriated from the DCFS Special 11 Purposes Trust Fund to the Department of Children and Family 12 Services for grants and administrative expenses associated 13 with the Level of Care Support Services, including prior 14 years' costs. 15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 16 2025. SB2530 - 8 - OMB104 00012 TTH 10012 b