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If an Illinois police officer or fire officer is killed or sustains an injury resulting in a permanent disability in the line of duty, the officer's spouse and children may receive grant assistance under this program, without regard to financial need.

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110 ILCS 947/55 and 20(f)

23 ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CH. XIX, SEC. 2732.20

The program is intended to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of police or fire 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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Individuals;

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 an Illinois police or fire 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 an Illinois police or fire 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 officer before the disability occurred in order to receive this grant; or C) the husband or wife of the Illinois police or fire 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 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 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 an Illinois police or fire officer is killed in the line of duty, or who divorces a permanently disabled Illinois police or fire 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, the Illinois police or fire 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 Police or Fire Officers pays the tuition and mandatory fees at any MAP-approved school for the spouse and children of police officers or fire officers who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

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If an Illinois police officer or fire officer is killed or sustains an injury resulting in a permanent disability in the line of duty, the 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 : $700,300
FY 2017 : $1,671,300
FY 2018 : $894,100
FY 2019 : $928,000
FY 2020 : $955,000
FY 2021 : $955,000
FY 2022 : $955,000