(725 ILCS 240/8) (from Ch. 70, par. 508)
Sec. 8. Centers - Services provided. (a) Each center shall provide
one or more of the following services:
(1) Coordinate volunteers to work with criminal justice agencies to provide direct |
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(2) Provide assistance to victims of violent crime and their families in obtaining
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| assistance through other official or community resources;
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(3) Provide elderly victims of crime with services appropriate to their
special needs;
(4) Provide transportation and/or household assistance to those victims participating in
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| the criminal justice process;
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(5) Provide victims of domestic and sexual violence and sexual harassment with services
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| appropriate to their special needs;
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(6) Provide courthouse reception and guidance, including explanation of unfamiliar
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| procedures and bilingual information;
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(7) Provide in-person or telephone hot-line assistance to victims;
(8) Provide special counseling facilities and rehabilitation services to
victims;
(9) Provide other services as the Commission shall deem appropriate to further the
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(10) Provide public education on crime and crime victims;
(11) Provide training and sensitization for persons who work with
victims of crime;
(12) Provide special counseling facilities and rehabilitation services for child victims
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(13) When applicable, centers shall enter into written networking agreements to provide
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| for the special needs of child victims of violent crimes;
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(14) Provide assistance in exercising rights provided in the Roadside Memorial Act for
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| the families of victims of fatal injury crashes on roadways.
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(b) Such centers may provide one or more of the services enumerated in
subparagraph (a) of this section for witnesses of crime.
(Source: P.A. 97-108, eff. 7-14-11.)
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