Illinois Compiled Statutes 330 ILCS 25 — Veterans' Employment Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Employment Act. (Source: P.A. 88-12.)

The General Assembly hereby declares that it is the purpose of this Act to increase the receptivity of employers in each community to hiring veterans, through contacts with veterans occupying key positions in business and industry; to persuade local institutions to make more resources available to the solution of veter…

Definition

Definition. For the purposes of this Act, "Director" means the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or its successor agency. (Source: P.A. 94-99, eff. 1-1-06.)

The services to be offered under this Act shall be provided to, but not necessarily be limited to, veterans of the United States armed forces who served during the American involvement in Vietnam

The services to be offered under this Act shall be provided to, but not necessarily be limited to, veterans of the United States armed forces who served during the American involvement in Vietnam. (Source: P.A. 83-283.)

Service centers

Service centers. (a) The Director shall designate multipurpose service centers for veterans operated by community nonprofit agencies or organizations. To the greatest extent possible, the Director shall rely on such agencies or organizations whose major emphasis has been to provide social services. (b) The Director sha…

(a) The multipurpose service centers shall, after consulting and in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, develop job counseling and placement services by cooperating with federal, State and local governmental agencies and private employers. The services shall include: (1) couns…

(a) The sponsoring nonprofit agency or organization shall consult and cooperate with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to ensure that there is no duplication of services, and shall cooperate with federal, State and local agencies to coordinate the multiservice programs established under this…