DHS-TANF-GRANT AMOUNTS

Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on July 1, 2010, the Department of Human Services shall increase the TANF grant amounts for assistance units that include an adult or adults and assistance units that include a child or children only by 15%. Further provides that annually, at the beginning of each fiscal year subsequent to fiscal year 2011, the Department shall increase the TANF grant amounts in effect on June 30 of the preceding fiscal year for assistance units that include an adult or adults and assistance units that include a child or children only by 15%, until such time as the grant amounts for assistance units that include an adult or adults equal or exceed 50% of the Federal Poverty Level, and that thereafter, annually, at the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department shall increase the TANF grant amounts in effect on June 30 of the preceding fiscal year as needed to maintain the TANF grant amounts for assistance units that include an adult or adults at an amount equal to or a level greater than 50% of the Federal Poverty Level and shall increase the TANF grant amounts for assistance units that include a child or children only by the same percentage. Effective immediately.