Illinois Administrative Code
Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part 2610 - TRAINING SERVICES FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
Appendix B - Memorandums of Understanding
ILLUSTRATION D - Memorandum of Understanding Between the JTPA Substate Grantee and the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services

I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The purpose of the memorandum of understanding is to facilitate and maintain an interagency system for the coordination of services to mutual clients. This memorandum of understanding is a non-financial commitment to provide for the coordination of such services through provision for the mutual exchange of information and the referral of eligible individuals to appropriate employment and training programs and supportive services.

II. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

The parties to this memorandum are committed to strict standards of confidentiality with regard to interagency communication concerning mutual clients and will respect and observe either agency's confidentiality policies as well as Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 116, par. 207), Sections 11-9 through 11-12 of the Public Aid Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 23, pars. 11-9 through 11-12), 89 Ill. Adm. Code 102.30, and 7 CFR 272.1(c)-(f), 42 CFR 431.300 -.307, and 45 CFR 205.50(1990) (no subsequent dates of editions).

The parties to this memorandum will appoint an individual to serve an interagency liaisons to facilitate coordination and the sharing of information. The designated interagency liaison shall be identified in an addendum to this memorandum of understanding.

The SSA and the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, in an effort to better understand each other's operation, will exchange program information on a regular basis. Information to be exchanged includes, but is not limited to: a schedule of meetings of advisory bodies/private industry councils, copies of job training plans, grant applications or other funding requests, program descriptions, funding sources and amounts, targeted participants (if any), and timeframes for program enrollments/operations. A discussion of information which will be exchanged, and the procedures to be used in exchanging such information on an ongoing basis, as well as in the event of a mass layoff or plant closing, will be developed and attached as an addendum to this memorandum.

III. REFERRALS

Referrals and information exchange forms may be developed if not already in place. All such documents will be attached as an addendum to this memorandum.

A referral system, formal or informal, has been developed by the parties of this agreement, and a description or outline of such system, will be attached as an addendum to this memorandum.

All such referral documents and an outline or description of the referral system will become the formal operating referral procedure between the two cooperating parties to this memorandum.

IV. ADMINISTRATIVE

Parties to this memorandum and their administrative entities are committed to compliance with provisions of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1966, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Fair Employment Practices Act, and the provisions of 56 Ill. Adm. Code 2610.120.

This memorandum of understanding is a statement of commitment by each party. Amendments to provisions may be made by mutual consent. Both parties will participate in an annual evaluation of the provisions of this memorandum. This memorandum may be withdrawn at any time by written communication, dated and signed by the Substate Grantee or the Director, or other person designated by the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services.