Rep. Maura Hirschauer

Filed: 3/21/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3284

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3284 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1variety of skilled professionals with lived experience and
2cultural competency to maximize the effectiveness of outreach,
3mental health, and employment and training services.
4    (d) The need for those with lived experience and cultural
5competency to be the primary workforce for community violence
6intervention restricts the available workforce for community
7violence intervention professionals.
8    (e) Individuals with lived experience in chronic exposure
9to gun violence frequently require specialized supports to
10professionalize their approach and maintain their traumatic
11recovery from exposure to gun violence while working in the
12gun violence prevention field.
13    (f) Illinois has a shortage of qualified community
14violence intervention professionals at all job functions while
15less than 20% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence
16are currently being served with community violence
17intervention services.
 
18    Section 10. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
19Development Workgroup; duties. The Office of Firearm Violence
20Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall
21establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce
22Development Workgroup. The Office of Firearm Violence
23Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of
24community violence intervention and conduct meetings and
25analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce

 

 

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1Development Workgroup. The Community Violence Intervention
2Workforce Development Task Force shall complete the following
3tasks before January 1, 2024:
4        (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals
5    currently being served with community violence
6    intervention services and the number of high risk
7    individuals that likely need these services;
8        (2) determine the current and future workforce needs
9    of the community violence intervention field in Illinois
10    based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic
11    exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years;
12        (3) identify the critical job function and categories
13    required by community violence intervention services;
14        (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by
15    job function and category to its best ability;
16        (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment
17    tools by job function and category;
18        (6) identify changes to grant and other state funding
19    that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and
20    evaluation of community violence intervention workers and
21    services; and
22        (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by
23    job function and category for changes to State law that
24    will allow for the development and implementation of
25    career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a
26    community violence intervention workforce.
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
2Development Workgroup; membership.
3    (a) The Community Violence Intervention Workforce
4Development Workgroup shall be comprised of the following
5members:
6        (1) one representative from Metropolitan Peace
7    Academy;
8        (2) one representative from READI Chicago;
9        (3) one representative from a Chicago-based violence
10    prevention organization that is not part of the
11    Communities partnering for Peace or READI Chicago
12    networks;
13        (4) one representative from Community Based Violence
14    Prevention Agency-Peoria;
15        (5) one representative from Community Based Violence
16    Prevention Agency-East St. Louis;
17        (6) one representative from Community Based Violence
18    Prevention Agency-Rockford;
19        (7) one representative from Community Based Violence
20    Prevention Agency-Aurora/Elgin;
21        (8) one representative from an organization that
22    operates community violence intervention services itself
23    and funds the development of other network services with
24    private funds;
25        (9) one representative from the Illinois Criminal

 

 

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1    Justice Information Authority;
2        (10) one representative from a university-based
3    research institution that evaluates violence prevention
4    programs;
5        (11) one representative from the Office of Firearm
6    Violence Prevention;
7        (12) a representative from the behavioral health
8    community;
9        (13) one representative from the foundation community
10    that both funds violence intervention services itself and
11    participates in a private funding collaborative that funds
12    violence prevention services;
13        (14) a representative of a community college;
14        (15) a representative of the City of Chicago; and
15        (16) 4 members of the General Assembly, one each
16    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
17    the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
18    President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the
19    Senate.
20    (b) The members of the Workgroup listed in paragraphs (1)
21through (16) of subsection (a) shall be appointed by the
22Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or the
23Assistant Secretary's designee.
24    (c) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence
25Prevention, or his or her designee, shall convene the
26Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development

 

 

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1Workgroup, and work in collaboration with members to submit a
2final report to the General Assembly.
 
3    Section 20. Dissolution. The Workgroup is dissolved on
4January 1, 2025.
 
5    Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
62025.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.".