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In this workshop, we will learn how to :

1. Find information about Illinois government agencies that work in areas of social work.

2. Find Illinois regulations that are written and enforced by Illinois government agencies.

3. Find federal grant information.

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1. Illinois Agency Information


The agencies' home pages are a good source to find out about the activities of Illinois government agencies. Go to http://www.illinois.gov/government/agency.cfm, then click on an agency.


2. Illinois Regulations



The Illinois General Assembly and the Governor will often pass a law or "Public Act" to correct or prevent a problem. A collection of current Illinois laws are found in the Illinois Compiled Statutes. An Illinois law will then usually authorize an Illinois government agency to write rules or regulations to administer a particular law.

Illinois Agency's regulations are found in the Illinois Administrative Code. The Illinois Administrative Code is published on the Web at http://www.legis.state.il.us/commission/jcar/admincode/titles.html

However, most Illinois agencies also have the regulations they enforce as part of their Web pages.

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Department of Children and Family Services

Choose Policy and Rules, then Rules

Department of Human Services

Choose Rules and Policy, then Administrative Rules Then scroll down through the various offices to see the regulations they enforce.

Department of Healthcare and Family Services

Choose Laws and Rules

Department of Public Health

Choose Laws and Rules, then Administrative Rules Only

Illinois Division of Professional Regulation. This agency administers liscening laws for many professions.

Choose View a list of all Professions then S and look up, for example, Social Worker by going to Page 13 of the list of professions

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3. Federal Grants


The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance lists the federal government grants available to state and local governments, as well as to non-government organizations. It is available on the Web at: http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html.

Choose Search for Assistance Programs and you can browse the contents by functional area OR do keyword searching. Keywords such as "hospice" or "home delivered meals" can be searched to find appropriate federal grants that might be available.


IRIS another grant research tool.

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August, 2006