Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 334.4 - Establishment of Service Areas
a) The
Department shall establish the geographic areas of the state for which
competitive applications may be submitted to identify the entity which will
provide youth services in that area.
b) In establishing service areas, the
Department shall consider the following:
1)
Natural geographic or political boundaries that currently exist in the state
such as counties or townships.
2)
Community areas within municipalities which have already been established with
their own sense of identity and history of working on community
problems.
3) Clusters of the above
which have developed a common sense of identity and shared working arrangements
aimed at serving a shared population.
4) Population.
5) Existing service areas such as Department
field offices, mental health planning areas and police districts and areas,
social service networks and local government funded programs.
c) Service areas shall contain a
population of at least 40,000 but no more than 650,000.
d) Applicants may request to combine adjacent
service areas to form the service area of a single local board or local service
system. No more than three service areas may be so combined. Service areas may
be combined when doing so promotes economies of scale which will result in
improved service delivery.
e) The
Department reserves the right to change or eliminate service areas, in whole or
in part, in accordance with the factors delineated in Section
334.5(b),
(c), and (d). In the event that a service
area applied for is modified by the Department, the local board or local
service system will have 6 months from the date of designation as a local board
or local service system to comply with Section
334.6.
f) The Department may also negotiate changes
in service areas with potential local boards or local service
systems.
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