96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3647

 

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Julie Hamos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 4027/15

    Amends the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995. Provides that the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority has the responsibility to distribute grants, pursuant to rules adopted by the Authority and subject to available appropriations and other funds received for purposes of the Act, to community or statewide organizations that address violence prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner (rather than to distribute such grants without rules adopted by the Authority). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995 is
5 amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 4027/15)
7     Sec. 15. Responsibilities of the Authority.
8     (a) The responsibilities of the Authority shall include,
9 but not be limited to:
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.
14         (2) Seeking and receiving funds that may be available
15     from private and public sources for violence prevention.
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,
21     including, but not limited to:
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;
2             (ii) Implementation and evaluation of
3         comprehensive school-based violence prevention
4         programs from prekindergarten through 12th grade;
5             (iii) Early childhood intervention programs
6         designed to prevent violence and identify and serve
7         young children and families at risk;
8             (iv) Family violence and sexual assault prevention
9         initiatives;
10             (v) Programs that integrate violence prevention
11         initiatives with alcohol and substance abuse
12         prevention efforts;
13             (vi) Programs that integrate violence prevention
14         services with health care provision;
15             (vii) Innovative community policing or law
16         enforcement approaches to violence prevention; and
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.
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
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.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.