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If a correctional officer employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections in a security position is killed or sustains an injury resulting in a permanent disability in the line of duty, the correctional officer's spouse and children may receive grant assistance under this Program, without regard to financial need.

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110 ILCS 947/60 and 20(f)

23 ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CH.XIX, SEC. 2731

The program is intended to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of correctional officers killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty, as well as to assist their dependents who might otherwise be challenged to afford college after the loss of this family income.

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a) A qualified applicant shall be: 1) one of the following: A) the natural child, legally adopted child, or child in the legal custody of a correctional officer at the time the officer was killed in the line of duty; or B) the natural child, legally adopted child, or child in the legal custody of a correctional officer at the time or after a permanently disabling injury occurred in the line of duty. Children need not be born, legally adopted, or in the legal custody of the employee before the disability occurred in order to receive this grant; or C) the husband or wife of a correctional officer at the time the officer was killed in the line of duty or at the time a permanently disabling injury occurred in the line of duty; and 2) a United States citizen or an eligible noncitizen; and 3) enrolled on at least a half-time basis at an institution that is approved for participation in the Monetary Award Program (MAP) (see 23 Ill. Adm. Code 2735); and 4) making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate. b) An applicant need not be a resident of Illinois at the time of enrollment. c) An applicant does not have to demonstrate financial need to receive this grant. d) A spouse who remarries after a correctional officer is killed in the line of duty, or divorces a permanently disabled officer, is not eligible. Common law partners are not eligible. e) A step-child who was not or is not in the legal custody of, or legally adopted by, a correctional officer who died or sustained a permanently disabling injury in the line of duty is not eligible.

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Direct Payments for Specific Use

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The Grant Program for Dependents of Correctional Officers pays the tuition and mandatory fees at any MAP-approved school for the spouse and children of correctional workers who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

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If a correctional officer employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections in a security position is killed or sustains an injury resulting in a permanent disability in the line of duty, the correctional officer's spouse and children may receive grant assistance under this Program, without regard to financial need.

The Dependents' Grant Program is exempt from the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) and the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (30 ILCS 708) because grants are paid on behalf of an individual beneficiary.

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12/27/2021

FY 2015 : $326,100
FY 2017 : $557,100
FY 2018 : $298,000
FY 2019 : $309,400
FY 2020 : $318,300
FY 2021 : $318,300
FY 2022 : $318,300