Public Act 096-0405
 		





HB3647 Enrolled
LRB096 09541 RLC 19700 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995 is 
amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 4027/15)



    Sec. 15. Responsibilities of the Authority. 

    (a) The responsibilities of
the Authority shall include, 
but not be limited to:


        (1) Coordination of Statewide  violence prevention 
    efforts and development
of a statewide plan that 
    incorporates public health and
public safety approaches to 
    violence prevention in families, communities, and
schools.


        (2) Seeking and receiving funds that may be available 
    from private and
public sources for violence prevention.


        (3) Distribution of grants, pursuant to rules adopted 
    by the Authority and subject to available appropriations 
    and other
funds received for purposes of this Act, to 
    community or statewide
organizations
that address violence 
    prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner,

    including, but not limited to:


            (i) Community-based youth violence prevention 
        programs, such as
mentoring
programs, after-school 
        programs, and job training or development;


            (ii) Implementation and evaluation of 
        comprehensive school-based
violence
prevention 
        programs from prekindergarten through 12th grade;


            (iii) Early childhood intervention programs 
        designed to prevent violence
and identify and serve 
        young children and families at risk;


            (iv) Family violence and sexual assault prevention 
        initiatives;


            (v) Programs that integrate violence prevention 
        initiatives with alcohol
and substance abuse 
        prevention efforts;


            (vi) Programs that integrate violence prevention 
        services with health
care
provision;


            (vii) Innovative community policing or law 
        enforcement approaches to
violence prevention; and


        (4) Provision of technical assistance and training to 
    help building the
capacity of communities, organizations, 
    and systems to develop, implement, and
evaluate violence 
    prevention programs.

    (b) The Authority may utilize a reasonable amount of 
appropriations from
the Violence Prevention Fund for costs 
associated with administering this Act,
and may, by the 
co-chairpersons designated in Section 10, appoint an Executive

Director or contract with a not-for-profit or other agency for 
any or all
administrative functions related to this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-353, eff. 8-17-95.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.