30 ILCS 750/9-6: Technical Assistance Grants.

Any grant made pursuant to this Article shall:

(a) Be made only if a recipient not-for-profit organization also provides a portion of the financing with respect to the technical assistance project. The participating not-for-profit organization's financing may be in the form of cash or in-kind services or any other form approved by the Department;

(b) Be made only if the Department determines, on the basis of all information available to it, that the technical assistance project would not be undertaken unless the grant is provided;

(c) Be made only after the Department has made a determination that the grant will cause a technical assistance project to be undertaken which has the potential to improve the capital marketplace structure or to reduce information barriers that are impediments to the flow of capital.