Illinois Compiled Statutes
305 ILCS 5/1-1 (2026)
Public purpose-Aims in providing financial aid and services
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(305 ILCS 5/1-1)
(from Ch. 23, par. 1-1)
Sec. 1-1.
Public
purpose-Aims in providing financial aid and services. The purpose of this Code
is to assist in the alleviation and prevention
of poverty and thereby to protect and promote the health and welfare of all
the people of this State.
To accomplish this purpose, this Code authorizes financial aid and
social welfare services for persons in need thereof by reason of
unemployment, illness, or other cause depriving them of the means of a
livelihood compatible with health and well-being, and provides for the
development, use and coordination of all resources in this State,
governmental and private.
The Illinois Department
shall establish such standards of
financial aid and services as will encourage and assist applicants and
recipients to maintain a livelihood compatible with health and well being
and to develop their self-reliance and realize their capacities for
self-care, self-support, and responsible citizenship.
The maintenance and strengthening of the family unit shall be a
principal consideration in the administration of this Code. All public aid
policies shall be formulated and administered to achieve this end.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Kaider v. Hamos, 2012 IL App (1st) 111109 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012).
Kaider v. Hamos, 2012 IL App (1st) 111109 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “35 of the Illinois Public Aid Code (305 ILCS 5/1-1, 12-4.35 (West 2008)). ¶4 At this stage, we take all well-pled facts in the taxpayer complaint as true (Daly v.”
Arangold Corp. v. Zehnder, 718 N.E.2d 191 (Ill. 1999). “(West 1996)), the Illinois Public Aid Code (305 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 1996)), the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (325 ILCS 5/1 et seq.”
Jacobson v. Dep't of Pub. Aid, 646 N.E.2d 949 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of that portion of section 10-2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code (the Code) (305 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 1992)) which determines the support responsibility of parents whose 18- to 21-year-old children live at home.”
Ralda-Sanden v. Sanden, 2013 IL App (1st) 121117 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “305 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2010). As addressed by the Attorney General and Department, the Department’s rules and regulations provide further guidance and requirements to accomplish the goals of the relevant statutes and rules.”
Majid v. Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 2015 IL App (1st) 132182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “In that case, the court determined that it was a denial of equal protection to require the parents of 18-20 year olds, who resided with them while receiving public aid, to reimburse the Department of Public Aid while no reimbursement was required when the children lived…”
Majid v. The Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago, 2015 IL App (1st) 132182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “In that case, the court determined that it was a denial of equal protection to require the parents of 18-20 year olds, who resided with them while receiving public aid, to reimburse the Department of Public Aid while no reimbursement was required when the children lived…”
Tucker v. Illinois Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs. (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “¶ 27 As an administrative agency, the Department has only the authorization given to it by the legislature through the Illinois Public Aid Code (Code) (305 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq. (West 2024)), so the Department’s jurisdiction is different from that of a court.”
Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs. ex rel. Nieto v. Arevalo, 2016 IL App (2d) 150504 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “(West 2014)). The purpose of the Public Aid Code is to “assist in the alleviation and prevention of poverty and thereby to protect and promote the health and welfare of all the people of this State.”
Moore v. State, 2017 IL App (4th) 160414 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “The same day, Buckley applied for Medicaid benefits under the Illinois Public Aid Code (Code) (305 ILCS 5/1-1 to 15-11 (West 2010)), which contains a provision prohibiting the transfer of certain assets for less than fair market value.”
Dep't of Healthcare & Fam. Servs. ex rel. Nieto v. Arevalo, 2016 IL App (2d) 150504 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “¶ 29 The Department contends that a duty of support exists under the Illinois Public Aid Code (305 ILCS 5/10-1 et seq. (West 2014)). The purpose of the Public Aid Code is to “assist in the alleviation and prevention of poverty and thereby to protect and promote the health and…”
In re Woodside, 538 B.R. 518 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2015). “This conclusion is bolstered by the legislature’s repeated use of the term “public assistance” throughout the Illinois Public Aid Code, 305 ILCS 5/1-1 et. seq., the primary purpose of which is to assist in the alleviation and prevention of poverty.”
Moore v. State, 2017 IL App (4th) 160414 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “The same day, Buckley applied for Medicaid benefits under the Illinois Public Aid Code (Code) (305 ILCS 5/1-1 to 15-11 (West 2010)), which contains a provision prohibiting the transfer of certain assets for less than fair market value.”
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