Illinois Compiled Statutes
305 ILCS 70/ - Intergenerational Poverty Act.
Article 95 - Intergenerational Poverty

(305 ILCS 70/Art. 95 heading)

(305 ILCS 70/95-101)
Sec. 95-101. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Intergenerational Poverty Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.

(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-102)
Sec. 95-102. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Antipoverty program" means a program with the primary goal of lifting individuals out of poverty and improving economic opportunities for individuals that operates, in whole or in part, utilizing federal or State money.
"Asset poverty" means the inability of an individual to access wealth resources sufficient to provide for basic needs for a period of 3 months.
"Child" means an individual who is under 18 years of age.
"Commission" means the Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security established under subsection (a) of Section 95-501.
"State poverty measure" means a uniform method for measuring poverty in this State that considers indicators and measures, other than traditional income-based measures of poverty, that provide a detailed picture of low-income and poverty populations and meaningfully account for other factors contributing to poverty and may include:
"Cycle of poverty" means the set of factors or events by which the long-term poverty of an individual is likely to continue and be experienced by each child of the individual when the child becomes an adult unless there is outside intervention.
"Deep poverty" means an economic condition where an individual or family has a total annual income that is less than 50% of the federal poverty level for the individual or family as provided in the annual report of the United States Census Bureau on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
"Deprivation" means a lack of adequate nutrition, health care, housing, or other resources to provide for basic needs.
"Digital divide" means the gap between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels related to access to information and communication technologies, including the imbalance in physical access to technology and the resources, education, and skills needed to effectively use computer technology and the Internet for a wide variety of activities.
"Disconnected youth" means individuals who are 16 years of age to 25 years of age who are unemployed and not enrolled in school.
"Disparate impact" means the historic and ongoing impacts of the pattern and practice of discrimination in employment, education, housing, banking, and other aspects of life in the economy, society, or culture that have an adverse impact on minorities, women, or other protected groups, regardless of whether those practices are motivated by discriminatory intent.
"Economic insecurity" means the inability to cope with routine adverse or costly life events and recover from the costly consequences of those events and the lack of economic means to maintain an adequate standard of living.
"Economic security" means having access to the economic means and support necessary to effectively cope with adverse or costly life events and recover from the consequences of such events while maintaining an adequate standard of living.
"Intergenerational poverty" means poverty in which 2 or more successive generations of a family continue in the cycle of poverty and government dependence. The term does not include situational poverty.
"Outcome" means a change in the economic status, economic instability, or economic security of an individual, household, or other population that is attributable to a planned intervention, benefit, service, or series of interventions, benefits, and services, regardless of whether the intervention, benefit, or service was intended to change the economic status, economic stability, or economic security.
"Poverty" means an economic condition in which an individual or family has a total annual income that is less than the federal poverty level for the individual or family, as provided in the report of the United States Census Bureau on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States.
"Regional cost of living" means a measure of the costs of maintaining an adequate standard of living in differing regional, geographic, urban, or rural regions of this State.
"Situational poverty" means temporary poverty that meets all of the following:
"Strategic plan" means the plan provided for under Section 95-502.
"System" means the Intergenerational Poverty Tracking System established under subsection (a) of Section 95-301.
"Two-generation approach" means an approach to breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty by improving family economic security through programs that create opportunities for and address the needs of parents and children together.
"Workgroup" means the Interagency Workgroup on Poverty and Economic Insecurity established under Section 95-302.

(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-301)
Sec. 95-301. Intergenerational poverty tracking system.
(a) Establishment. Subject to appropriations, the Department shall establish and maintain a data system to track intergenerational poverty.
(b) System requirements. The system shall have the ability to do all of the following:
(c) Duties of the Department. The Department shall do all of the following:
(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-302)
Sec. 95-302. Interagency Workgroup on Poverty and Economic Insecurity.
(a) Establishment. The Interagency Workgroup on Poverty and Economic Insecurity is established.
(b) Membership. The workgroup shall be comprised of the following members:
(c) Meetings. The workgroup shall meet no less than 4 times a year.

(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-303)
Sec. 95-303. Powers and duties. The workgroup shall have the following powers and duties:
(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-304)
Sec. 95-304. Report.
(a) Report. No later than September 1 of each year, the workgroup shall issue a report that includes the following:
(b) Distribution. The workgroup shall distribute the report created under subsection (a) as follows:
(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-501)
Sec. 95-501. The Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security.
(a) Establishment. The Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security is established.
(b) Purpose. The purpose of the Commission is to:
(c) Membership. The Commission shall consist of the following members:
(d) Appointment. The following shall apply:
(e) Qualifications. Each member of the Commission must have been a resident of this State for a period of at least one year immediately preceding appointment and must continue residence in this State during the member's tenure of service on the Commission.
(f) Organizational meeting. The organizational meeting of the Commission shall take place after all members are appointed but no later than 60 days after the effective date of this Act.
(g) Compensation. Members shall serve without compensation, but public members may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary travel expenses connected to Commission business.
(h) Commission chairperson. The representatives of the antipoverty organizations appointed under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) shall serve as cochairs of the Commission.
(i) Committees. The Commission may establish subcommittees to address specific issues or populations and may collaborate with individuals with relevant expertise who are not members of the Commission to assist the subcommittee in carrying out its duties.
(j) Meetings. The full Commission shall meet at least once annually.
(k) Quorum. A majority plus one of the voting members shall constitute a quorum.
(l) Voting. All actions of the Commission and any subcommittees established by the Commission shall be approved by a majority vote of the Commission or subcommittee as applicable.
(m) Open meetings. The meetings of the Commission shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Open Meetings Act.
(n) Administrative support. The Department of Human Services shall provide staff and administrative support to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties.

(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-90, eff. 7-9-21.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-502)
Sec. 95-502. Strategic plan to address poverty and economic insecurity.
(a) Plan required. No later than March 31, 2022, the Commission shall develop and adopt a strategic plan to address poverty and economic insecurity in this State.
(b) Goals. The goals of the strategic plan shall be to:
(c) Plan development. In developing the strategic plan, the Commission shall:
(d) Subject areas. The strategic plan shall address all of the following:
(e) Plan content. The strategic plan shall, at a minimum, contain policy and fiscal recommendations relating to all of the following:
(f) Other information. In addition to the plan content required under subsection (e), the strategic plan shall contain all of the following:
(g) Impact of recommendations. For each recommendation in the plan, the Commission shall identify in measurable terms the actual or potential impact the recommendation will have on poverty and economic insecurity in this State.

(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-503)
Sec. 95-503. Commission reports.
(a) Interim report. No later than June 30, 2021, the Commission shall issue an interim report on the Commission's activities to the Governor and the General Assembly.
(b) Report on strategic plan. Upon the Commission's adoption of the strategic plan, but no later than March 31, 2022, the Commission shall issue a report containing a summary of the Commission's activities and the contents of the strategic plan. The Commission shall submit the report to the Governor and each member of the General Assembly.
(c) Annual reports. Beginning March 31, 2022, and each year thereafter, the Commission shall issue a report on the status of the implementation of the Commission's strategic plan. The report may contain any other recommendations of the Commission to address poverty and economic insecurity in this State.

(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)

(305 ILCS 70/95-504)
Sec. 95-504. Duties of the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. The Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall include in the materials submitted to the General Assembly outlining the Governor's proposed annual budget a description of any budget proposals or other activities, ongoing projects, and plans of the executive branch designed to meet the goals and objectives of the strategic plan. The information shall include the following:
(Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.)