59 Ill. Adm. Code 117.100
Purpose
Section 117
Section 117.100Â Purpose
a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The purpose of the Home-Based Support Services Law for
Mentally Disabled Adults [405 ILCS 80/2-1] is to authorize the Department
to
encourage, develop, sponsor and fund home-based and community-based services
for adults
who are mentally disabled
in order to provide alternatives to
institutionalization and to permit them to remain in their own homes
(Section 2-2 of the Home-Based Support Services Law).
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The purpose of the Family Assistance Law for Mentally Disabled
Children [405 ILCS 80/3-1] is to create a mandate for the Department
to
strengthen and promote families who provide care within the family home for
children whose level of mental illness or developmental disability constitutes
a risk of out-of-home placement. It is intended to strengthen, promote and
empower families to determine the most appropriate use of resources to address
the unique and changing needs of those families' mentally disabled children
(Section 3-2 of the Family Assistance Law).