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Article IV - Temporary Assistance For Needy Families

      (305 ILCS 5/Art. IV heading)ARTICLE IV. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

(305 ILCS 5/4‑0.5)     Sec. 4‑0.5. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program inoperative after June 30, 1997. The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program shall be inoperative after June 30, 1997. Under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Children Program the Illinois Department shall develop an alternative program of mutual responsibility between the Illinois Department and the client to allow the family to become self‑sufficient or employed as quickly as possible through (i) the provision of transitional assistance to families in the form of emergency one‑time payments to prevent job loss, temporary assistance while searching for or being trained for work, or paternity establishment and child support enforcement or (ii) the provision for continued work. (Source: P.A. 89‑6, eff. 3‑6‑95; 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑0.6)     Sec. 4‑0.6. Reference to AFDC considered a reference to TANF. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, any reference to Aid to Families with Dependent Children or AFDC shall be considered to be a reference to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or TANF. (Source: P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

    (305 ILCS 5/4‑1)(from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96‑866)
    Sec. 4‑1. Eligibility requirements. Financial aid in meeting basic maintenance requirements for a livelihood compatible with health and well‑being shall be given under this Article to or in behalf of families with dependent children who meet the eligibility conditions of Sections 4‑1.1 through 4‑1.11. Persons who meet the eligibility criteria authorized under this Article shall be treated equally, provided that nothing in this Article shall be construed to create an entitlement to a particular grant or service level or to aid in amounts not authorized under this Code, nor construed to limit the authority of the General Assembly to change the eligibility requirements or provisions respecting assistance amounts.
    The Illinois Department shall advise every applicant for and recipient of aid under this Article of (i) the requirement that all recipients move toward self‑sufficiency and (ii) the value and benefits of employment. As a condition of eligibility for that aid, every person who applies for aid under this Article on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall prepare and submit, as part of the application or subsequent redetermination, a personal plan for achieving employment and self‑sufficiency. The plan shall incorporate the individualized assessment and employability plan set out in subsections (d), (f), and (g) of Section 9A‑8. The plan may be amended as the recipient's needs change. The assessment process to develop the plan shall include questions that screen for domestic violence issues and steps needed to address these issues may be part of the plan. If the individual indicates that he or she is a victim of domestic violence, he or she may also be referred to an available domestic violence program. Failure of the client to follow through on the personal plan for employment and self‑sufficiency may be a basis for sanction under Section 4‑21.
(Source: P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96‑866)
    Sec. 4‑1. Eligibility requirements. Financial aid in meeting basic maintenance requirements for a livelihood compatible with health and well‑being shall be given under this Article to or in behalf of families with dependent children who meet the eligibility conditions of Sections 4‑1.1 through 4‑1.11. It shall be the policy of the Illinois Department to provide aid under this Article to all qualified persons who seek assistance and to conduct outreach efforts to educate the public about the program. The Department shall provide timely, accurate, and fair service to all applicants for assistance. Persons who meet the eligibility criteria authorized under this Article shall be treated equally, provided that nothing in this Article shall be construed to create an entitlement to a particular grant or service level or to aid in amounts not authorized under this Code, nor construed to limit the authority of the General Assembly to change the eligibility requirements or provisions respecting assistance amounts. The General Assembly recognizes that the need for aid will fluctuate with the economic situation in Illinois and that at times the number of people receiving aid under this Article will increase.
    The Illinois Department shall advise every applicant for and recipient of aid under this Article of (i) the requirement that all recipients move toward self‑sufficiency and (ii) the value and benefits of employment. As a condition of eligibility for that aid, every person who applies for aid under this Article on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall prepare and submit, as part of the application or subsequent redetermination, a personal plan for achieving employment and self‑sufficiency. The plan shall incorporate the individualized assessment and employability plan set out in subsections (d), (f), and (g) of Section 9A‑8. The plan may be amended as the recipient's needs change. The assessment process to develop the plan shall include questions that screen for domestic violence issues and steps needed to address these issues may be part of the plan. If the individual indicates that he or she is a victim of domestic violence, he or she may also be referred to an available domestic violence program. Failure of the client to follow through on the personal plan for employment and self‑sufficiency may be a basis for sanction under Section 4‑21.
(Source: P.A. 96‑866, eff. 7‑1‑10.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.1)     Sec. 4‑1.1. Child age eligibility.     (a) Every assistance unit must include a child, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c). The child or children must have already been born and be under age 18, or, if age 18, must be a full‑time student in a secondary school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical training.     (b) Grants shall be provided for assistance units consisting exclusively of a pregnant woman with no dependent child, and may include her husband if living with her, if the pregnancy has been determined by medical diagnosis.     (c) Grants may be provided for assistance units consisting of only adults if all the children living with those adults are disabled and receive Supplemental Security Income. (Source: P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.2)     Sec. 4‑1.2. Living Arrangements ‑ Parents ‑ Relatives ‑ Foster Care.     (a) The child or children must (1) be living with his or their father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle or aunt, or other relative approved by the Illinois Department, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home, or (2) have been (a) removed from the home of the parents or other relatives by judicial order under the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as amended, (b) placed under the guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services, and (c) under such guardianship, placed in a foster family home, group home or child care institution licensed pursuant to the "Child Care Act of 1969", approved May 15, 1969, as amended, or approved by that Department as meeting standards established for licensing under that Act, or (3) have been relinquished in accordance with the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. A child so placed in foster care who was not receiving aid under this Article in or for the month in which the court proceedings leading to that placement were initiated may qualify only if he lived in the home of his parents or other relatives at the time the proceedings were initiated, or within 6 months prior to the month of initiation, and would have received aid in and for that month if application had been made therefor.     (b) The Illinois Department may, by rule, establish those persons who are living together who must be included in the same assistance unit in order to receive cash assistance under this Article and the income and assets of those persons in an assistance unit which must be considered in determining eligibility.     (c) The conditions of qualification herein specified shall not prejudice aid granted under this Code for foster care prior to the effective date of this 1969 Amendatory Act. (Source: P.A. 92‑408, eff. 8‑17‑01; 92‑432, eff. 8‑17‑01.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.2a) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.2a)     Sec. 4‑1.2a. Residents of public institutions. Residents of municipal, county, state or national institutions for persons with mental illness or persons with a developmental disability or for the tuberculous, or residents of a home or other institution maintained by such governmental bodies when not in need of institutional care because of sickness, convalescence, infirmity, or chronic illness, and inmates of penal or correctional institutions maintained by such governmental bodies, may qualify for aid under this Article only after they have ceased to be residents or inmates.     A person shall not be deemed a resident of a State institution for persons with mental illness or persons with a developmental disability within the meaning of this Section if he or she has been conditionally discharged by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities or the Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) and is no longer residing in the institution.     Recipients of benefits under this Article who become residents of such institutions shall be permitted a period of up to 30 days in such institutions without suspension or termination of eligibility. Benefits for which such person is eligible shall be restored, effective on the date of discharge or release, for persons who are residents of institutions. Within a reasonable time after the discharge of a person who was a resident of an institution, the Department shall redetermine the eligibility of such person.     The Department shall provide for procedures to expedite the determination of incapacity or ability to engage in employment of persons scheduled to be discharged from facilities operated by the Department. (Source: P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.2b) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.2b)     Sec. 4‑1.2b. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87‑1056. Repealed by P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.2c)     Sec. 4‑1.2c. Residence of child who is pregnant or a parent.     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, no aid shall be paid under this Article on behalf of a person under age 18 who has never married and who has a child or is pregnant, unless that person resides with a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative or in a foster home, maternity home, or other adult‑supervised living arrangement.     (b) The Illinois Department may make an exception to the requirement of subsection (a) in any of the following circumstances:         (1) The person has no living parent or legal

guardian, or the parent's or legal guardian's whereabouts are unknown.

(2) The Illinois Department determines that the

physical health or safety of the person or the person's child would be jeopardized.

(3) The person has lived apart from the parent or

legal guardian for a period of at least one year before the child's birth or before applying for aid under this Article.

(c) (Blank). (Source: P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.3)     Sec. 4‑1.3. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122. Repealed by P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.4)     Sec. 4‑1.4. (Repealed.) (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122. Repealed by P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.5a) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.5a)     Sec. 4‑1.5a. Multiple convictions for violations of this Code. To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found guilty of a second violation of Article VIIIA or under any law of the United States or of any State which is substantially similar to Sections 8A‑2 through 8A‑5 shall be ineligible for financial aid under this Article, as provided in Section 8A‑8. (Source: P.A. 85‑286.)

    (305 ILCS 5/4‑1.6)(from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.6)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96‑866)
    Sec. 4‑1.6. Need. Income available to the family as defined by the Illinois Department by rule, or to the child in the case of a child removed from his or her home, when added to contributions in money, substance or services from other sources, including income available from parents absent from the home or from a stepparent, contributions made for the benefit of the parent or other persons necessary to provide care and supervision to the child, and contributions from legally responsible relatives, must be insufficient to equal the grant amount established by Department regulation for such a person.
    In considering income to be taken into account, consideration shall be given to any expenses reasonably attributable to the earning of such income. The Illinois Department may also permit all or any portion of earned or other income to be set aside for the future identifiable needs of a child. The Illinois Department may provide by rule and regulation for the exemptions thus permitted or required. The eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of public aid under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any distributions or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
    The Illinois Department may, by rule, set forth criteria under which an assistance unit is ineligible for cash assistance under this Article for a specified number of months due to the receipt of a lump sum payment.
(Source: P.A. 91‑676, eff. 12‑23‑99; 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96‑866)
    Sec. 4‑1.6. Need. Income available to the family as defined by the Illinois Department by rule, or to the child in the case of a child removed from his or her home, when added to contributions in money, substance or services from other sources, including income available from parents absent from the home or from a stepparent, contributions made for the benefit of the parent or other persons necessary to provide care and supervision to the child, and contributions from legally responsible relatives, must be equal to or less than the grant amount established by Department regulation for such a person. For purposes of eligibility for aid under this Article, the Department shall disregard all earned income between the grant amount and 50% of the Federal Poverty Level.
    In considering income to be taken into account, consideration shall be given to any expenses reasonably attributable to the earning of such income. Three‑fourths of the earned income of a household eligible for aid under this Article shall be disregarded when determining the level of assistance for which a household is eligible. The Illinois Department may also permit all or any portion of earned or other income to be set aside for the future identifiable needs of a child. The Illinois Department may provide by rule and regulation for the exemptions thus permitted or required. The eligibility of any applicant for or recipient of public aid under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any distributions or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
    The Illinois Department may, by rule, set forth criteria under which an assistance unit is ineligible for cash assistance under this Article for a specified number of months due to the receipt of a lump sum payment.
(Source: P.A. 96‑866, eff. 7‑1‑10.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.6a)     Sec. 4‑1.6a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88‑205. Repealed by P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

    (305 ILCS 5/4‑1.6b)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 4‑1.6b. Date for providing aid; employability assessment.
    (a) The Department shall provide financial aid no more than 30 days after the date of application.
    (b) During the first 30 days after the date of application, the applicant shall undergo a thorough employability assessment, in accordance with subsection (d) of Section 9A‑8 of this Code, and shall prepare a personal plan for achieving employment and self‑sufficiency in accordance with Section 4‑1 of this Code. The requirement to engage in work‑related activity may commence 30 days after the date of application.
    (c) Financial aid under this Article shall be authorized effective on the date of application, provided that the applicant is eligible on that date.
(Source: P.A. 96‑866, eff. 7‑1‑10.)

    (305 ILCS 5/4‑1.7)(from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.7)
    Sec. 4‑1.7. Enforcement of Parental Child Support Obligation. If the parent or parents of the child are failing to meet or are delinquent in their legal obligation to support the child, the parent or other person having custody of the child or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may request the law enforcement officer authorized or directed by law to so act to file action for the enforcement of such remedies as the law provides for the fulfillment of the child support obligation.
    If a parent has a judicial remedy against the other parent to compel child support, or if, as the result of an action initiated by or in behalf of one parent against the other, a child support order has been entered in respect to which there is noncompliance or delinquency, or where the order so entered may be changed upon petition to the court to provide additional support, the parent or other person having custody of the child or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may request the appropriate law enforcement officer to seek enforcement of the remedy, or of the support order, or a change therein to provide additional support. If the law enforcement officer is not authorized by law to so act in these instances, the parent, or if so authorized by law the other person having custody of the child, or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may initiate an action to enforce these remedies.
    A parent or other person having custody of the child must comply with the requirements of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder, and any rules promulgated by the Illinois Department regarding enforcement of the child support obligation. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services may provide by rule for the grant or continuation of aid to the person for a temporary period if he or she accepts counseling or other services designed to increase his or her motivation to seek enforcement of the child support obligation.
    In addition to any other definition of failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act, or Illinois Department rule, in the case of failure to attend court hearings, the parent or other person can show cooperation by attending a court hearing or, if a court hearing cannot be scheduled within 14 days following the court hearing that was missed, by signing a statement that the parent or other person is now willing to cooperate in the child support enforcement process and will appear at any later scheduled court date. The parent or other person can show cooperation by signing such a statement only once. If failure to attend the court hearing or other failure to cooperate results in the case being dismissed, such a statement may be signed after 2 months.
    No denial or termination of medical assistance pursuant to this Section shall commence during pregnancy of the parent or other person having custody of the child or for 30 days after the termination of such pregnancy. The termination of medical assistance may commence thereafter if the Department of Healthcare and Family Services determines that the failure or refusal to comply with this Section persists. Postponement of denial or termination of medical assistance during pregnancy under this paragraph shall be effective only to the extent it does not conflict with federal law or regulation.
    Any evidence a parent or other person having custody of the child gives in order to comply with the requirements of this Section shall not render him or her liable to prosecution under Sections 11‑7 or 11‑8 of the "Criminal Code of 1961", approved July 28, 1961, as amended.
    When so requested, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall provide such services and assistance as the law enforcement officer may require in connection with the filing of any action hereunder.
    The Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services, as an expense of administration, may also provide applicants for and recipients of aid with such services and assistance, including assumption of the reasonable costs of prosecuting any action or proceeding, as may be necessary to enable them to enforce the child support liability required hereunder.
    Nothing in this Section shall be construed as a requirement that an applicant or recipient file an action for dissolution of marriage against his or her spouse.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.8) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.8)     Sec. 4‑1.8. Registration for and Acceptance of Employment. Individuals who are unemployed, or employed for less than the full working time for the occupation in which they are engaged, and dependent members of the family age 16 or over who are not in regular attendance in school as defined in Section 4‑1.1, must comply with and are subject to all the requirements of Article IXA. (Source: P.A. 86‑1184; 86‑1381.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.9)     Sec. 4‑1.9. Participation in Educational and Vocational Training Programs.     (a) A parent or parents and a child age 16 or over not in regular attendance in school, as defined in Section 4‑1.1 as that Section existed on August 26, 1969 (the effective date of Public Act 76‑1047), for whom education and training is suitable, must participate in the educational and vocational training programs provided pursuant to Article IXA.     (b) A parent who is less than 20 years of age and who has not received a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate is required to be enrolled in school or in an educational program that is expected to result in the receipt of a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate, except 18 and 19 year old parents may be assigned to work activities or training if it is determined based on an individualized assessment that secondary school is inappropriate. (Source: P.A. 89‑6, eff. 3‑6‑95; 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.10) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.10)     Sec. 4‑1.10. Acceptance of Assignment to Job Search, Training and Work Programs. An individual for whom the job search, training and work programs established under Article IXA are applicable must accept assignment to such programs. The Illinois Department and the local governmental unit shall determine, pursuant to rules and regulations, sanctions for persons failing to comply with the requirements under this Section. However, no participant shall be sanctioned for failure to satisfy job search requirements before a full assessment of the participant's job readiness and employability, except that for those persons subject to the job search program operated under this Section an assessment as defined by rule at the time of intake will meet the assessment requirement. No participant shall be sanctioned for failure to satisfy the minimum number of employer contacts if the participant made a good faith effort. (Source: P.A. 92‑111, eff. 1‑1‑02.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.11) (from Ch. 23, par. 4‑1.11)     Sec. 4‑1.11. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88‑554, eff. 7‑26‑94. Repealed by P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

(305 ILCS 5/4‑1.12)     Sec. 4‑1.12. Five year limitation.     No assistance unit shall be eligible for a cash grant under this Article if it includes an adult who has received cash assistance as an adult for 60 months, whether or not consecutive, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The Illinois Department may exempt individual assistance units from the 60‑month limitation or determine circumstances under which a month or months would not count towards the 60‑month limitation even though the assistance unit did receive cash assistance under this Article. (Source: P.A. 90‑17, eff. 7‑1‑97.)

    (305 ILCS 5/4‑2)(from Ch. 23, par. 4‑2)
    Sec. 4‑2. Amount of aid.
    (a) The amount and nature of financial aid shall be determined in accordance with the grant amounts, rules and regulations of the Illinois Department. Due regard shall be given to the self‑sufficiency requirements of the family and to the income, money contributions and other support and resources available, from whatever source. However, the amount and nature of any financial aid is not affected by the payment of any grant under the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any distributions or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. The aid shall be sufficient, when added to all other income, money contributions and support to provide the family with a grant in the amount established by Department regulation.
    Subject to appropriation, beginning on July 1, 2008, the Department of Human Services shall increase TANF grant amounts in effect on June 30, 2008 by 15%. The Department is authorized to administer this increase but may not otherwise adopt any rule to implement this increase.
    (b) The Illinois Department may conduct special projects, which may be known as Grant Diversion Projects, under which recipients of financial aid under this Article are placed in jobs and their grants are diverted to the employer who in turn makes payments to the recipients in the form of salary or other employment benefits. The Illinois Department shall by rule specify the terms and conditions of such Grant Diversion Projects. Such projects shall take into consideration and be coordinated with the programs administered under the Illinois Emergency Employment Development Act.
    (c) The amount and nature of the financial aid for a child requiring care outside his own home shall be determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department, with due regard to the needs and requirements of the child in the foster home or institution in which he has been placed.
    (d) If the Department establishes grants for family units consisting exclusively of a pregnant woman with no dependent child or including her husband if living with her, the grant amount for such a unit shall be equal to the grant amount for an assistance unit consisting of one adult, or 2 persons if the husband is included. Other than as herein described, an unborn child shall not be counted in determining the size of an assistance unit or for calculating grants.
    Payments for basic maintenance requirements of a child or children and the relative with whom the child or children are living shall be prescribed, by rule, by the Illinois Department.
    Grants under this Article shall not be supplemented by General Assistance provided under Article VI.
    (e) Grants shall be paid to the parent or other person with whom the child or children are living, except for such amount as is paid in behalf of the child or his parent or other relative to other persons or agencies pursuant to this Code or the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department.
    (f) Subject to subsection (f‑5), an assistance unit, receiving financial aid under this Article or temporarily ineligible to receive aid under this Article under a penalty imposed by the Illinois Department for failure to comply with the eligibility requirements or that voluntarily requests termination of financial assistance under this Article and becomes subsequently eligible for assistance within 9 months, shall not receive any increase in the amount of aid solely on account of the birth of a child; except that an increase is not prohibited when the birth is (i) of a child of a pregnant woman who became eligible for aid under this Article during the pregnancy, or (ii) of a child born within 10 months after the date of implementation of this subsection, or (iii) of a child conceived after a family became ineligible for assistance due to income or marriage and at least 3 months of ineligibility expired before any reapplication for assistance. This subsection does not, however, prevent a unit from receiving a general increase in the amount of aid that is provided to all recipients of aid under this Article.
    The Illinois Department is authorized to transfer funds, and shall use any budgetary savings attributable to not increasing the grants due to the births of additional children, to supplement existing funding for employment and training services for recipients of aid under this Article IV. The Illinois Department shall target, to the extent the supplemental funding allows, employment and training services to the families who do not receive a grant increase after the birth of a child. In addition, the Illinois Department shall provide, to the extent the supplemental funding allows, such families with up to 24 months of transitional child care pursuant to Illinois Department rules. All remaining supplemental funds shall be used for employment and training services or transitional child care support.
    In making the transfers authorized by this subsection, the Illinois Department shall first determine, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Illinois Department for this purpose, the amount of savings attributable to not increasing the grants due to the births of additional children. Transfers may be made from General Revenue Fund appropriations for distributive purposes authorized by Article IV of this Code only to General Revenue Fund appropriations for employability development services including operating and administrative costs and related distributive purposes under Article IXA of this Code. The Director, with the approval of the Governor, shall certify the amount and affected line item appropriations to the State Comptroller.
    Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the Illinois Department from using funds under this Article IV to provide assistance in the form of vouchers that may be used to pay for goods and services deemed by the Illinois Department, by rule, as suitable for the care of the child such as diapers, clothing, school supplies, and cribs.
    (f‑5) Subsection (f) shall not apply to affect the monthly assistance amount of any family as a result of the birth of a child on or after January 1, 2004. As resources permit after January 1, 2004, the Department may cease applying subsection (f) to limit assistance to families receiving assistance under this Article on January 1, 2004, with respect to children born prior to that date. In any event, subsection (f) shall be completely inoperative on and after July 1, 2007.
    (g) (Blank).<

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