(20 ILCS 660/25) (from Ch. 5, par. 2725)
Sec. 25. Powers; duties. The Department has the following powers and duties:
(a) The Department shall establish and coordinate a Farm Family Assistance Program.
(b) The Department shall establish guidelines to identify farmers, farm families, and farm workers who are eligible for the program.
(c) The Department shall identify and assess the needs of eligible farmers, farm families, and farm workers and shall coordinate or provide reemployment services such as outreach, counseling, vocational assessment, classroom training, on-the-job training, job search assistance, placement, supportive services, and follow-up, so that the farmers may remain in farming or find other employment if farming is no longer an option.
(d) The Department may adopt, amend, or repeal such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer this Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-170.)
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