Illinois § 4-103

§ 4-103.

An application for a grant under this Act shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary may require, but must include: (1) an identification of the incidence of a problem and/or adolescent pregnancy and related problems; (2) a description of the economic conditions and income levels in the geographic area to be served; (3) a description of existing problem pregnancy-related services, including where, how, by whom and to whom they are provided, and the extent to which they are coordinated in the geographic area to be served; (4) a description of the major unmet needs for services for these persons at risk of initial or repeat problem pregnancies, the number of persons currently served in the area, and the number of persons not being served in the area; (5) a description of certain core services to be included in the project or provided by the grantee, to whom they will be provided, how they will be linked, and their source of funding, to include some, but not necessarily all, of the following: (a) health and mental counseling; (b) vocational counseling; (c) educational services, which supplement regular school programs, to help prevent adolescent pregnancy and to assist pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents to remain in school or to continue their education; (d) primary and preventive health services including pre- and post-natal care; and (e) nutritional services, and nutritional information and counseling; (6) a description of how those persons needing services other than those provided directly by the grantee will be identified and how access and appropriate referral to those services (such as Medicaid; public assistance; employment services; infant, day and drop-in care services for adolescent parents; and other city, county and State programs related to problem pregnancy) will be provided; (7) a description of any fee schedule to be used for any services provided directly by the grantee and the method by which it was derived; (8) a description of all the services and activities to be linked, the results expected from the provision of such services and activities, and a description of the procedures to be used for evaluating those results. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)