Section 305 ILCS 5/3-1a - Interim Assistance(b) The Illinois Department may establish, by rule, an advocacy program to help clients pursue Supplemental Security Income applications and, if the client is found ineligible for Supplemental Security Income initially, to help the client pursue the Supplemental Security Income reconsideration and appeal process. This program may be limited to specific geographic areas.P.A. 88-670, eff. 12/2/1994; 89-21, eff. 7/1/1995; 92-111, eff. 1/1/2002.