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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 Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995 is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 4027/15)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Responsibilities of the Authority.
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| 8 | (a) The responsibilities of
the Authority shall include, | ||||||
| 9 | but not be limited to:
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| 10 | (1) Coordination of Statewide violence prevention | ||||||
| 11 | efforts and development
of a statewide plan that | ||||||
| 12 | incorporates public health and
public safety approaches to | ||||||
| 13 | violence prevention in families, communities, and
schools.
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| 14 | (2) Seeking and receiving funds that may be available | ||||||
| 15 | from private and
public sources for violence prevention.
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| 16 | (3) Distribution of grants, pursuant to rules adopted | ||||||
| 17 | by the Authority and subject to available appropriations | ||||||
| 18 | and other
funds received for purposes of this Act, to | ||||||
| 19 | community or statewide
organizations
that address violence | ||||||
| 20 | prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner,
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| 21 | including, but not limited to:
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| 22 | (i) Community-based youth violence prevention | ||||||
| 23 | programs, such as
mentoring
programs, after-school | ||||||
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| 1 | programs, and job training or development;
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| 2 | (ii) Implementation and evaluation of | ||||||
| 3 | comprehensive school-based
violence
prevention | ||||||
| 4 | programs from prekindergarten through 12th grade;
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| 5 | (iii) Early childhood intervention programs | ||||||
| 6 | designed to prevent violence
and identify and serve | ||||||
| 7 | young children and families at risk;
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| 8 | (iv) Family violence and sexual assault prevention | ||||||
| 9 | initiatives;
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| 10 | (v) Programs that integrate violence prevention | ||||||
| 11 | initiatives with alcohol
and substance abuse | ||||||
| 12 | prevention efforts;
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| 13 | (vi) Programs that integrate violence prevention | ||||||
| 14 | services with health
care
provision;
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| 15 | (vii) Innovative community policing or law | ||||||
| 16 | enforcement approaches to
violence prevention; and
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| 17 | (4) Provision of technical assistance and training to | ||||||
| 18 | help building the
capacity of communities, organizations, | ||||||
| 19 | and systems to develop, implement, and
evaluate violence | ||||||
| 20 | prevention programs.
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| 21 | (b) The Authority may utilize a reasonable amount of | ||||||
| 22 | appropriations from
the Violence Prevention Fund for costs | ||||||
| 23 | associated with administering this Act,
and may, by the | ||||||
| 24 | co-chairpersons designated in Section 10, appoint an Executive
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| 25 | Director or contract with a not-for-profit or other agency for | ||||||
| 26 | any or all
administrative functions related to this Act.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 89-353, eff. 8-17-95.)
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| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 3 | becoming law.
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