(20 ILCS 625/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2604)
Sec. 4. (a) A community action program is a community-based and operated program, the purpose of which is to provide a measurable and remedial impact on causes of poverty in a community or those areas of a community where poverty is acute.
(b) The methods by which the purposes of community action programs may be effected include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Programs designed to further community economic
development;
(2) Programs designed to secure and maintain
meaningful employment for individuals;
(3) Programs to assure an adequate education for all
individuals;
(4) Programs to instruct individuals on more
economical uses of available income;
(5) Programs to provide and maintain adequate
housing;
(6) Programs for the prevention of narcotics
addiction and alcoholism, and for the rehabilitation of narcotics addicts and alcoholics;
(7) Programs to aid individuals in obtaining
emergency assistance through loans or grants to meet immediate and urgent personal and family needs;
(8) Programs to aid in the resolution of personal and
family problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;
(9) Programs to achieve greater citizen participation
in the affairs of the community;
(10) Programs to provide adequate nutrition for
individuals and improved community health;
(11) Programs to aid families and individuals in
obtaining adequate health care;
(12) Programs to provide transportation to facilitate
individuals' access to community resources;
(13) Programs to provide for employment training and
retraining, with special emphasis on employment in the high technology industries; and
(14) Programs to provide aid and encouragement to
small businesses and small-business development.
(15) Programs to assist households to meet the cost
of home energy.
(16) Programs designed to ameliorate the adverse
effects of high energy costs on low-income households and the conserve energy.
(Source: P.A. 87-926.)
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