20 ILCS 660/20: Purpose.

The purpose of this Act is to assist eligible farmers, farm families and farm workers who are dislocated from their farms due to farm closings or layoffs caused by business slowdown or failure.

Additionally, this Act is to assist farmers to enhance their business related skills to avoid future farm failures. The Department shall coordinate services in order that eligible farmers, farm families and farm workers may receive retraining and reemployment services, such as outreach, counseling, vocational assessment, classroom training, on-the-job training, job search assistance, placement, supportive services and follow-up. These services are to assist eligible farmers so that they may remain in farming or find other employment if farming is no longer an option.