Full Text of SB1123 101st General Assembly
SB1123 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1123 Introduced 2/5/2019, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Youthbuild Act. In language providing that the Secretary of Human Services shall make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out approved Youthbuild programs, deletes language providing that the grantmaking is subject to appropriation. Effective July 1, 2019.
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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 Youthbuild Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 15 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 1315/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Program requirements. The Secretary shall , | 8 | | subject to appropriation, make
grants
to applicants for the
| 9 | | purpose of carrying out Youthbuild programs as approved under | 10 | | this Section.
All programs funded pursuant to the provisions of | 11 | | this Section shall reflect
strong youth and community | 12 | | involvement. In addition, funding provided under
this Section | 13 | | shall be used by each Youthbuild program to provide, at a | 14 | | minimum,
the following services:
| 15 | | (a) Acquisition, rehabilitation, acquisition and | 16 | | rehabilitation, or
construction
of housing and related | 17 | | facilities to be used for the purpose of providing
home | 18 | | ownership for disadvantaged persons, residential housing | 19 | | for homeless
individuals, and low-income and very | 20 | | low-income families, or transitional
housing for persons | 21 | | who are homeless, have disabilities, are ill, are
| 22 | | deinstitutionalized, or have special needs, and | 23 | | rehabilitation or construction
of
community facilities |
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| 1 | | owned by not-for-profit or public agencies.
| 2 | | (b) Integrated education and job skills training | 3 | | services and activities
which
are evenly divided within the | 4 | | program, with 50% of students' time spent in
| 5 | | classroom-based instruction, counseling, and leadership | 6 | | development
instruction and 50% of their time spent in | 7 | | experiential training on the
construction
site. The | 8 | | programs shall include, at a minimum, the following | 9 | | elements:
| 10 | | (1) An education component which includes basic | 11 | | skills instruction,
secondary education services, and | 12 | | other activities designed to lead to the
attainment of | 13 | | a high school diploma or its equivalent. The curriculum | 14 | | for this
component shall include math, language arts, | 15 | | vocational education, life skills
training, social | 16 | | studies related to the cultural and community history | 17 | | of the
students, leadership skills, and other topics at | 18 | | the discretion of the
programs. Bilingual services | 19 | | shall be available for individuals with
| 20 | | limited-English proficiency. The desired minimum | 21 | | teacher to student ratio
shall be one teacher for every | 22 | | 18
students.
| 23 | | (2) A work experience and skills training | 24 | | component program
that includes the construction and | 25 | | rehabilitation activities described in
subsection (a). | 26 | | The process of construction must be coupled with skills
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| 1 | | training and with close on-site supervision by | 2 | | experienced trainers. The
curriculum for this | 3 | | component shall contain a set of locally agreed upon | 4 | | skills
and competencies that are systematically | 5 | | taught, with a student's mastery
assessed individually | 6 | | on a regular, ongoing basis. Safety skills shall be
| 7 | | taught at the outset. The desired trainer to student | 8 | | ratio shall be one
trainer for every 7 students. The | 9 | | work experience and skills training
component shall be | 10 | | coordinated to the maximum extent feasible with
| 11 | | preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
| 12 | | (3) Assistance in attaining post secondary | 13 | | education and required
financial aid shall be made | 14 | | available to participants prior to graduation.
| 15 | | (c) Counseling services designed to assist | 16 | | participants to positively
participate in society, which | 17 | | should include all of the following if necessary:
outreach, | 18 | | assessment, and orientation; individual and peer | 19 | | counseling; life
skills training, drug and alcohol abuse | 20 | | education and prevention; and referral
to appropriate drug | 21 | | rehabilitation, medical, mental health, legal, housing, | 22 | | and
other services and resources in the community. The | 23 | | desired counselor to
participant ratio shall be one | 24 | | counselor for every 28 students.
| 25 | | (d) Leadership development training that provides | 26 | | participants with
meaningful opportunities to develop |
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| 1 | | leadership skills such as decision making,
problem | 2 | | solving, and negotiating. The program must also encourage | 3 | | participants
to develop strong peer group ties that support | 4 | | their mutual pursuit of skills
and values.
| 5 | | All programs must establish a youth council in which
| 6 | | participants are afforded opportunities to develop public | 7 | | speaking and
negotiating skills, and management and policy | 8 | | making participation in specific
aspects of the program.
| 9 | | (e) Stipends and wages. A training subsidy, living | 10 | | allowance, or stipend
that will be no less than minimum | 11 | | wage must be provided to program participants
for the time | 12 | | spent at the worksite in construction training. For those
| 13 | | participants who receive public assistance, this training | 14 | | subsidy, living
allowance, or stipend will not affect their | 15 | | housing benefits, medical benefits,
child care benefits or | 16 | | food stamp benefits. Stipends and wages may be
distributed | 17 | | in a manner that offers incentives for good performance.
| 18 | | (f) Full time participation in a Youthbuild program | 19 | | shall be offered for a
period of not less than 6 months and | 20 | | not more than 24 months.
| 21 | | (g) A concentrated effort shall be made to find | 22 | | construction,
construction-related, and nonconstruction | 23 | | jobs for all graduates of the program
who have performed | 24 | | well. The skills training curriculum shall provide
| 25 | | participants with basic preparation for seeking and | 26 | | maintaining a job.
Follow-up counseling and assistance in |
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| 1 | | job-seeking shall also be provided to
participants for at | 2 | | least 12 months following graduation from the program.
| 3 | | (h) All programs serving 28 trainees or more are | 4 | | required to have a
full-time director responsible for the | 5 | | coordination of all aspects of the
Youthbuild program.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 95-524, eff. 8-28-07.)
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 8 | | 2019.
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