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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by adding Section 42 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 505/42 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 42. Intergovernmental agreement; transitioning youth | ||||||
| 8 | in care. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In order to intercept and divert youth in care from | ||||||
| 10 | experiencing homelessness, incarceration, unemployment, and | ||||||
| 11 | other similar outcomes, within 180 days after the effective | ||||||
| 12 | date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the | ||||||
| 13 | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of | ||||||
| 14 | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
| 15 | Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Department | ||||||
| 16 | of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Corrections, the | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois Urban Development Authority, and the Department of | ||||||
| 18 | Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement for the | ||||||
| 19 | purpose of providing preventive services to youth in care and | ||||||
| 20 | young adults who are aging out of or have recently aged out of | ||||||
| 21 | the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and | ||||||
| 22 | Family Services. | ||||||
| 23 | (b) The intergovernmental agreement shall require the | ||||||
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| 1 | agencies listed in subsection (a) to: (i) establish an | ||||||
| 2 | interagency liaison to review cases of youth in care and young | ||||||
| 3 | adults who are at risk of homelessness, incarceration, or other | ||||||
| 4 | similar outcomes; and (ii) connect such youth in care and young | ||||||
| 5 | adults to the appropriate supportive services and treatment | ||||||
| 6 | programs to stabilize them during their transition out of State | ||||||
| 7 | care. Under the interagency agreement, the agencies listed in | ||||||
| 8 | subsection (a) shall determine how best to provide the | ||||||
| 9 | following supportive services to youth in care and young adults | ||||||
| 10 | who are at risk of homelessness, incarceration, or other | ||||||
| 11 | similar outcomes: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) Housing support. | ||||||
| 13 | (2) Educational support. | ||||||
| 14 | (3) Employment support. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) On January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, the | ||||||
| 16 | agencies listed in subsection (a) shall submit a report to the | ||||||
| 17 | General Assembly on the following: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) The number of youth in care and young adults who | ||||||
| 19 | were intercepted during the reporting period and the | ||||||
| 20 | supportive services and treatment programs they were | ||||||
| 21 | connected with to prevent homelessness, incarnation, or | ||||||
| 22 | other negative outcomes. | ||||||
| 23 | (2) The duration of the services the youth in care and | ||||||
| 24 | young adults received in order to stabilize them during | ||||||
| 25 | their transition out of State care. | ||||||
| 26 | (d) Outcomes and data reported annually to the General | ||||||
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| 1 | Assembly. On January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, the | ||||||
| 2 | Department of Children and Family Services shall submit a | ||||||
| 3 | report to the General Assembly on the following: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) The number of youth in care and young adults who | ||||||
| 5 | are aging out or have aged out of State care during the | ||||||
| 6 | reporting period. | ||||||
| 7 | (2) The length and type of services that were offered | ||||||
| 8 | to the youth in care and young adults reported under | ||||||
| 9 | paragraph (1) and the status of those youth in care and | ||||||
| 10 | young adults.
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| 11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 12 | becoming law.
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