103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3284

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Maura Hirschauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Creates the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force. Establishes members of the Task Force. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of community violence intervention and conduct meetings and analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force. Provides that the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force shall complete the following tasks before January 1, 2024: (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals currently being served with community violence intervention services and the number of high risk individuals that likely need these services; (2) determine the current and future workforce needs of the community violence intervention field in Illinois based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years; (3) identify the critical job function and categories required by community violence intervention services; (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by job function and category to its best ability; (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment tools by job function and category; (6) identify changes to grant and other state funding that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and evaluation of community violence intervention workers and services; and (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by job function and category for changes to State law that will allow for the development and implementation of career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a community violence intervention workforce. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or his or her designee, shall chair the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force, hire staff, if needed, and submit a final report to the General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2025. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning violence intervention.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act.
 
6    Section 5. Intent.
7    (a) Community violence intervention services provide
8comprehensive outreach, mental health, and employment training
9and placement services to individuals at highest risk of being
10shot or shooting someone in communities with high
11concentrations of gunshot victims.
12    (b) Initial data and evaluation indicates comprehensive
13community violence intervention services show promise in
14contributing to the reduction in gun violence victims in
15Illinois.
16    (c) Community violence intervention services require a
17variety of skilled professionals with lived experience and
18cultural competency to maximize the effectiveness of outreach,
19mental health, and employment and training services.
20    (d) The need for those with lived experience and cultural
21competency to be the primary workforce for community violence
22intervention restricts the available workforce for community
23violence intervention professionals.

 

 

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1    (e) Individuals with lived experience in chronic exposure
2to gun violence frequently require specialized supports to
3professionalize their approach and maintain their traumatic
4recovery from exposure to gun violence while working in the
5gun violence prevention field.
6    (f) Illinois has a shortage of qualified community
7violence intervention professionals at all job functions while
8less than 20% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence
9are currently being served with community violence
10intervention services.
 
11    Section 10. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
12Development Task Force; duties. The Office of Firearm
13Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services
14shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce
15Development Task Force. The Office of Firearm Violence
16Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of
17community violence intervention and conduct meetings and
18analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce
19Development Task Force. The Community Violence Intervention
20Workforce Development Task Force shall complete the following
21tasks before January 1, 2024:
22        (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals
23    currently being served with community violence
24    intervention services and the number of high risk
25    individuals that likely need these services;

 

 

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1        (2) determine the current and future workforce needs
2    of the community violence intervention field in Illinois
3    based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic
4    exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years;
5        (3) identify the critical job function and categories
6    required by community violence intervention services;
7        (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by
8    job function and category to its best ability;
9        (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment
10    tools by job function and category;
11        (6) identify changes to grant and other state funding
12    that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and
13    evaluation of community violence intervention workers and
14    services; and
15        (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by
16    job function and category for changes to State law that
17    will allow for the development and implementation of
18    career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a
19    community violence intervention workforce.
 
20    Section 15. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
21Development Task Force; membership.
22    (a) The Community Violence Intervention Workforce
23Development Task Force shall be comprised of the following
24members:
25        (1) one representative from Metropolitan Peace

 

 

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1    Academy;
2        (2) one representative from READI Chicago;
3        (3) one representative from a Chicago-based violence
4    prevention organization that is not part of the
5    Communities partnering for Peace or READI Chicago
6    networks;
7        (4) one representative from Community Based Violence
8    Prevention Agency-Peoria;
9        (5) one representative from Community Based Violence
10    Prevention Agency-East St. Louis;
11        (6) one representative from Community Based Violence
12    Prevention Agency-Rockford;
13        (7) one representative from Community Based Violence
14    Prevention Agency-Aurora/Elgin;
15        (8) one representative from an organization that
16    operates community violence intervention services itself
17    and funds the development of other network services with
18    private funds;
19        (9) one representative from the Illinois Criminal
20    Justice Information Authority;
21        (10) one representative from a university-based
22    research institution that evaluates violence prevention
23    programs;
24        (11) one representative from the Office of Firearm
25    Violence Prevention;
26        (12) a behavioral health representative that is not

 

 

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1    providing violence prevention-community support team
2    services;
3        (13) a behavioral health representative that is
4    providing violence prevention-community support team
5    services;
6        (14) one representative from the foundation community
7    that both funds violence intervention services itself and
8    participates in a private funding collaborative that funds
9    violence prevention services;
10        (15) a representative of a community college;
11        (16) a representative of the City of Chicago; and
12        (17) 2 members of the General Assembly jointly
13    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
14    and the President of the Senate who shall serve as
15    co-chairs of the Task Force.
16    (b) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence
17Prevention, or his or her designee, shall appoint the members
18of the Task Force listed in paragraphs (1) through (8) and (10)
19through (16) of subsection (a). The Executive Director of the
20Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall appoint
21the member of the Task Force listed in paragraph (9) of
22subsection (a).
23    (c) Not less than 35% of Task Force members shall reside
24outside the City of Chicago.
25    (d) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall
26provide administrative support to the Task Force.

 

 

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1    (e) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence
2Prevention, or his or her designee, shall chair the Community
3Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force, hire
4staff, if needed, and submit a final report to the General
5Assembly.
 
6    Section 20. Dissolution. The Task Force is dissolved on
7January 1, 2025.
 
8    Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
92025.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    New Act