Full Text of HB2791 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Reimagine Public Safety Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 35-10, 35-15, 35-20, 35-25, 35-30, 35-35, | 6 | | and 35-40 as follows: | 7 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-10)
| 8 | | Sec. 35-10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 9 | | "Approved technical assistance and training provider" | 10 | | means an organization that has experience in improving the | 11 | | outcomes of local community-based organizations by providing | 12 | | supportive services that address the gaps in their resources | 13 | | and knowledge about content-based work or provide support and | 14 | | knowledge about the administration and management of | 15 | | organizations, or both. Approved technical assistance and | 16 | | training providers as defined in this Act are intended to | 17 | | assist community organizations with evaluating the need for | 18 | | evidence-based evidenced-based violence prevention services, | 19 | | promising violence prevention programs, starting up | 20 | | programming, and strengthening the quality of existing | 21 | | programming. | 22 | | "Community" or "communities" "Communities" means, for | 23 | | municipalities with a 1,000,000 or more population in |
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| 1 | | Illinois, the 77 designated neighborhood areas defined by the | 2 | | University of Chicago Social Science Research Committee as | 3 | | amended in 1980. | 4 | | "Concentrated firearm violence" means the 10 17 most | 5 | | violent communities in Illinois municipalities with greater | 6 | | than 1,000,000 or more one million residents and the 10 most | 7 | | violent municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and | 8 | | greater than 35,000 25,000 residents with the most per capita | 9 | | fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, excluding | 10 | | self-inflicted incidents, incidents from January 1, 2016 | 11 | | through December 31, 2020. | 12 | | "Criminal and juvenile justice-involved" means an | 13 | | individual who has been arrested, indicted, convicted, | 14 | | adjudicated delinquent, or otherwise detained by criminal or | 15 | | juvenile justice authorities for violation of Illinois | 16 | | criminal laws. | 17 | | "Evidence-based high-risk youth intervention services" | 18 | | means programs that have been proven to reduce involvement in | 19 | | the criminal or juvenile justice system, increase school | 20 | | attendance, and includes referrals of refer high-risk teens | 21 | | into therapeutic programs that address trauma recovery and | 22 | | other mental health improvements based on best practices in | 23 | | the youth intervention services field.
| 24 | | " Evidence-based Evidenced-based violence prevention | 25 | | services" means coordinated programming and services that may | 26 | | include, but are not limited to, effective emotional or trauma |
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| 1 | | related therapies, housing, employment training, job | 2 | | placement, family engagement, or wrap-around support services | 3 | | that have been proven effective or are considered to be best | 4 | | practice for reducing violence within the field of violence | 5 | | intervention research and practice. | 6 | | "Evidence-based youth development programs" means | 7 | | after-school and summer programming that provides services to | 8 | | teens to increase their school attendance, school performance, | 9 | | reduce involvement in the criminal justice system, and develop | 10 | | nonacademic interests that build social emotional persistence | 11 | | and intelligence based on best practices in the field of youth | 12 | | development services for high-risk youth. | 13 | | "Options school" means a secondary school where 75% or | 14 | | more of attending students have either stopped attending or | 15 | | failed their secondary school courses since first attending | 16 | | ninth grade. | 17 | | " Violence Qualified violence prevention organization" | 18 | | means an organization that manages and employs qualified | 19 | | violence prevention professionals. | 20 | | " Violence Qualified violence prevention professional" | 21 | | means a community health worker who renders violence | 22 | | preventive services. | 23 | | "Social organization" means an organization of individuals | 24 | | who form the organization for the purposes of enjoyment, work, | 25 | | and other mutual interests.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; revised 7-16-21.) |
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| 1 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-15)
| 2 | | Sec. 35-15. Findings. The Illinois General Assembly finds | 3 | | that: | 4 | | (1) Discrete neighborhoods in municipalities across | 5 | | Illinois are experiencing concentrated and perpetual firearm | 6 | | violence that is a public health epidemic. | 7 | | (2) Within neighborhoods experiencing this firearm | 8 | | violence epidemic, violence is concentrated among teens and | 9 | | young adults that have chronic exposure to the risk of | 10 | | violence and criminal legal system involvement and related | 11 | | trauma in small geographic areas where these young people live | 12 | | or congregate. | 13 | | (3) Firearm violence victimization and perpetration is | 14 | | highly concentrated in particular neighborhoods, particular | 15 | | blocks within these neighborhoods, and among a small number of | 16 | | individuals living in these areas. | 17 | | (4) People who are chronically exposed to the risk of | 18 | | firearm violence victimization are substantially more likely | 19 | | to be violently injured or violently injure another person. | 20 | | People who have been violently injured are substantially more | 21 | | likely to be violently reinjured. Chronic exposure to violence | 22 | | additionally leads individuals to engage in behavior, as part | 23 | | of a cycle of community violence, trauma, and retaliation that | 24 | | substantially increases their own risk of violent injury or | 25 | | reinjury. |
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| 1 | | (5) Evidence-based programs that engage individuals at the | 2 | | highest risk of firearm violence and provide life | 3 | | stabilization, case management, and culturally competent group | 4 | | and individual therapy reduce firearm violence victimization | 5 | | and perpetration and can end Illinois' firearm violence | 6 | | epidemic. | 7 | | (6) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm | 8 | | violence epidemic requires targeted, integrated behavioral | 9 | | health services and economic opportunity that promotes | 10 | | self-sufficiency for victims of firearm violence and those | 11 | | with chronic exposure to the risk of firearm violence | 12 | | victimization. | 13 | | (7) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm | 14 | | violence epidemic further requires broader preventive | 15 | | investments in the census tracts and blocks that reduce risk | 16 | | factors for youth and families living in areas at the highest | 17 | | with extreme risk of firearm violence victimization. | 18 | | (8) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm | 19 | | violence epidemic requires empowering residents and | 20 | | community-based organizations within impacted neighborhoods to | 21 | | provide culturally competent care based on lived experience in | 22 | | these areas and long-term relationships of mutual interest | 23 | | that promote safety and stability. | 24 | | (9) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm | 25 | | violence epidemic further requires that preventive youth | 26 | | development services for youth in these neighborhoods be fully |
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| 1 | | integrated with a team-based model of mental health care to | 2 | | address trauma recovery for those young people at the highest | 3 | | extreme risk of firearm violence victimization. | 4 | | (10) Community revitalization can be an effective violence | 5 | | prevention strategy, provided that revitalization is targeted | 6 | | to the highest risk geographies within communities and | 7 | | revitalization efforts are designed and led by individuals | 8 | | living and working in the impacted communities.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.) | 10 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-20)
| 11 | | Sec. 35-20. Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. | 12 | | (a) On or before October September 1, 2021, an Office of | 13 | | Firearm Violence Prevention is established within the Illinois | 14 | | Department of Human Services. The Assistant Secretary of | 15 | | Violence Prevention shall report his or her actions to the | 16 | | Secretary of Human Services and the Office of the Governor. | 17 | | The Office shall have the authority to coordinate and | 18 | | integrate all programs and services listed in this Act and | 19 | | other programs and services the Governor establishes by | 20 | | executive order to maximize an integrated approach to reducing | 21 | | Illinois' firearm violence epidemic and ultimately ending this | 22 | | public health crisis. | 23 | | (b) The Department of Human Services and the Office of | 24 | | Firearm Violence Prevention shall have grant making, | 25 | | operational, and procurement authority to distribute funds to |
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| 1 | | qualified violence prevention organizations, youth development | 2 | | organizations, high-risk youth intervention organizations, | 3 | | approved technical assistance and training providers, and | 4 | | qualified evaluation and assessment organizations , and other | 5 | | entities necessary to execute the functions established in | 6 | | this Act and other programs and services the Governor | 7 | | establishes by executive order for the Department and the this | 8 | | Office. | 9 | | (c) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention | 10 | | shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent | 11 | | of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence | 12 | | Prevention shall report to the Secretary of Human Services and | 13 | | also report his or her actions to the Office of the Governor. | 14 | | (d) For Illinois municipalities with a 1,000,000 or more | 15 | | population, the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 16 | | determine the 10 17 most violent neighborhoods . When possible, | 17 | | this shall be determined by measuring as measured by the | 18 | | number of per capita fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, | 19 | | excluding self-inflicted incidents , from January 1, 2016 | 20 | | through December 31, 2020. These 10 17 communities shall | 21 | | qualify for grants under this Act and coordination of other | 22 | | State services from the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. | 23 | | The Office shall, after identifying the top 10 neighborhoods, | 24 | | identify an additional 7 eligible neighborhoods by considering | 25 | | the number of victims in rank order in addition to the per | 26 | | capita rate. If appropriate, and subject to appropriation, the |
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| 1 | | Office shall have the authority to consider adding up to 5 | 2 | | additional eligible neighborhoods or clusters of contiguous | 3 | | neighborhoods utilizing the same data sets so as to maximize | 4 | | the potential impact for firearm violence reduction. For | 5 | | Illinois municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and | 6 | | more than 35,000 25,000 residents, the Office of Firearm | 7 | | Violence Prevention shall identify the 10 municipalities or | 8 | | contiguous geographic areas that have the greatest | 9 | | concentrated firearm violence victims . When possible, this | 10 | | shall be determined by measuring as measured by the number of | 11 | | fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, excluding | 12 | | self-inflicted incidents , from January 1, 2016 through | 13 | | December 31, 2020 divided by the number of residents for each | 14 | | municipality or area. These 10 municipalities or contiguous | 15 | | geographic areas and up to 5 additional other municipalities | 16 | | or contiguous geographic areas identified by the Office of | 17 | | Firearm Violence Prevention shall qualify for grants under | 18 | | this Act and coordination of other State services from the | 19 | | Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. The Office of Firearm | 20 | | Violence Prevention shall consider factors listed in | 21 | | subsection (a) of Section 35-40 to determine up to 5 | 22 | | additional municipalities or contiguous geographic areas that | 23 | | qualify for grants under this Act. The Office of Firearm | 24 | | Violence Prevention may, subject to appropriation, identify up | 25 | | to 5 additional neighborhoods, municipalities, contiguous | 26 | | geographic areas, or other local government-identified |
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| 1 | | boundary areas to receive funding under this Act after | 2 | | considering additional risk factors that contribute to | 3 | | community firearm violence. The data analysis to identify new | 4 | | eligible neighborhoods and municipalities shall be updated to | 5 | | reflect eligibility based on the most recently available 5 | 6 | | full years of data no more frequently than once every 3 years. | 7 | | (e) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue | 8 | | a report to the General Assembly no later than January 1 of | 9 | | each year that identifies communities within Illinois | 10 | | municipalities of 1,000,000 or more residents and | 11 | | municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and more | 12 | | than 35,000 25,000 residents that are experiencing | 13 | | concentrated firearm violence, explaining the investments that | 14 | | are being made to reduce concentrated firearm violence, and | 15 | | making further recommendations on how to end Illinois' firearm | 16 | | violence epidemic.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.) | 18 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-25)
| 19 | | Sec. 35-25. Integrated violence prevention and other | 20 | | services. | 21 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with | 22 | | 1,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence | 23 | | Prevention shall make grants to qualified violence prevention | 24 | | organizations for evidence-based firearm violence prevention | 25 | | services. Approved technical assistance and training providers |
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| 1 | | shall create learning communities for the exchange of | 2 | | information between community-based organizations in the same | 3 | | or similar fields. Firearm Evidence-based firearm violence | 4 | | prevention organizations services shall prioritize recruit | 5 | | individuals at the highest risk of firearm violence | 6 | | victimization and provide these individuals with | 7 | | evidence-based comprehensive services that reduce their | 8 | | exposure to chronic firearm violence. | 9 | | (b) Violence Qualified violence prevention organizations | 10 | | shall develop the following expertise in the geographic areas | 11 | | that they cover: | 12 | | (1) Analyzing and leveraging data to identify the | 13 | | individuals people who will most benefit from | 14 | | evidence-based firearm violence prevention services in | 15 | | their geographic areas. | 16 | | (2) Identifying the conflicts that are responsible for | 17 | | recurring violence. | 18 | | (3) Having relationships with individuals who are most | 19 | | able to reduce conflicts. | 20 | | (4) Addressing the stabilization and trauma recovery | 21 | | needs of individuals impacted by violence by providing | 22 | | direct services for their unmet needs or referring them to | 23 | | other qualified service providers.
| 24 | | (5) Having and building relationships with community | 25 | | members and community organizations that provide | 26 | | evidence-based violence prevention services and get |
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| 1 | | referrals of people who will most benefit from | 2 | | evidence-based firearm violence prevention services in | 3 | | their geographic areas.
| 4 | | (6) Providing training and technical assistance to | 5 | | local law enforcement agencies to improve their | 6 | | effectiveness without having any role, requirement, or | 7 | | mandate to participate in the policing, enforcement, or | 8 | | prosecution of any crime. | 9 | | (c) Violence Qualified violence prevention organizations | 10 | | receiving grants under this Act shall coordinate services with | 11 | | other qualified violence prevention organizations in their | 12 | | area. | 13 | | (d) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 14 | | identify, for each separate eligible service area under this | 15 | | Act, an experienced violence prevention organization to serve | 16 | | as the name a Lead Qualified Violence Prevention Convener for | 17 | | that area each of the 17 neighborhoods and provide each with a | 18 | | grant of $50,000 up to $100,000 to these organizations this | 19 | | organization to coordinate monthly meetings between qualified | 20 | | violence prevention organizations and youth development | 21 | | organizations under this Act. The Lead Qualified Violence | 22 | | Prevention Convener may also receive , funding from the Office | 23 | | of Firearm Violence Prevention , for technical assistance or | 24 | | training through approved providers when needs are jointly | 25 | | identified. The Lead Qualified Violence Prevention Convener | 26 | | shall: |
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| 1 | | (1) provide the convened organizations with summary | 2 | | notes on the meetings and summarize recommendations made | 3 | | at the monthly meetings to improve the effectiveness of | 4 | | evidence-based violence prevention services based on | 5 | | review of timely data on shootings and homicides in his or | 6 | | her relevant neighborhood; | 7 | | (2) attend monthly meetings where the cause of | 8 | | violence and other neighborhood disputes is discussed and | 9 | | strategize on how to resolve ongoing conflicts and execute | 10 | | on agreed plans; | 11 | | (3) (blank); provide qualitative review of other | 12 | | qualified violence prevention organizations in the Lead | 13 | | Qualified Violence Prevention Convener's neighborhood as | 14 | | required by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention; | 15 | | (4) on behalf of the convened organizations, make | 16 | | consensus recommendations to the Office of Firearm | 17 | | Violence Prevention and local law enforcement on how to | 18 | | reduce violent conflict in his or her neighborhood; | 19 | | (5) meet on an emergency basis when conflicts that | 20 | | need immediate attention and resolution arise; | 21 | | (6) share knowledge and strategies of the community | 22 | | violence dynamic in monthly meetings with local youth | 23 | | development specialists receiving grants under this Act; | 24 | | (7) select when and where needed an approved Office of | 25 | | Violence Prevention-funded technical assistance and | 26 | | service training service provider to receive and contract |
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| 1 | | with the provider for agreed upon services; and | 2 | | (8) after meeting with community residents and other | 3 | | community organizations that have expertise in housing, | 4 | | mental health, economic development, education, and social | 5 | | services, make consensus recommendations to the Office of | 6 | | Firearm Violence Prevention on how to target community | 7 | | revitalization resources available from federal and State | 8 | | funding sources. | 9 | | The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall compile | 10 | | recommendations from all Lead Qualified Violence Prevention | 11 | | Conveners and report to the General Assembly bi-annually on | 12 | | these funding recommendations. The Lead Qualified Violence | 13 | | Prevention Convener may also serve as a youth development | 14 | | provider. | 15 | | (e) The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention | 16 | | shall select , when possible and appropriate, no fewer than 2 | 17 | | and no more than 3 approved technical assistance and training | 18 | | providers to deliver technical assistance and training to the | 19 | | qualified violence prevention organizations that request to | 20 | | receive agree to contract with an approved technical | 21 | | assistance and training provider . Violence Qualified violence | 22 | | prevention organizations shall have complete authority to | 23 | | select among the approved technical assistance services | 24 | | providers funded by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. | 25 | | (f) Approved technical assistance and training providers | 26 | | may: |
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| 1 | | (1) provide training and certification to qualified | 2 | | violence prevention professionals on how to perform | 3 | | violence prevention services and other professional | 4 | | development to qualified violence prevention | 5 | | professionals. | 6 | | (2) provide management training on how to manage | 7 | | qualified violence prevention professionals;
| 8 | | (3) provide training and assistance on how to develop | 9 | | memorandum of understanding for referral services or | 10 | | create approved provider lists for these referral | 11 | | services, or both; | 12 | | (4) share lessons learned among qualified violence | 13 | | prevention professionals and service providers in their | 14 | | network; and | 15 | | (5) provide technical assistance and training on human | 16 | | resources, grants management, capacity building, and | 17 | | fiscal management strategies. | 18 | | (g) Approved technical assistance and training providers | 19 | | shall: | 20 | | (1) provide additional services identified as | 21 | | necessary by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and | 22 | | qualified service providers in their network; and | 23 | | (2) receive a base vendor contract or grant of up to | 24 | | $250,000 plus negotiated service rates to provide group | 25 | | and individualized plus fees negotiated for services to | 26 | | from participating qualified violence prevention |
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| 1 | | organizations. | 2 | | (h) (Blank). Fees negotiated for approved technical | 3 | | assistance and training providers shall not exceed 12% of | 4 | | awarded grant funds to a qualified violence prevention | 5 | | organization. | 6 | | (i) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue | 7 | | grants , when possible and appropriate, to no fewer than 2 | 8 | | qualified violence prevention organizations in each of the | 9 | | eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods served and no more | 10 | | than 6 organizations in the 17 neighborhoods served . When | 11 | | possible, grants Grants shall be for no less than $300,000 | 12 | | $400,000 per qualified violence prevention organization. The | 13 | | Office of Firearm Violence Prevention may establish grant | 14 | | award ranges to ensure grants will have the potential to | 15 | | reduce violence in each neighborhood. | 16 | | (j) No qualified violence prevention organization can | 17 | | serve more than 3 eligible service areas neighborhoods unless | 18 | | the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to | 19 | | identify qualified violence prevention organizations to | 20 | | provide adequate coverage. | 21 | | (k) No approved technical assistance and training provider | 22 | | shall provide evidence-based qualified violence prevention | 23 | | services in an eligible service area a neighborhood under this | 24 | | Act unless the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention is unable | 25 | | to identify qualified violence prevention organizations to | 26 | | provide adequate coverage.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.) | 2 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-30)
| 3 | | Sec. 35-30. Integrated youth services. | 4 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with | 5 | | 1,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence | 6 | | Prevention shall make grants to qualified youth development | 7 | | organizations for evidence-based youth after-school and summer | 8 | | programming. Evidence-based youth development programs shall | 9 | | provide services to teens that increase their school | 10 | | attendance, school performance, reduce involvement in the | 11 | | criminal and juvenile justice systems system , and develop | 12 | | nonacademic interests that build social emotional persistence | 13 | | and intelligence. | 14 | | (b) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 15 | | identify municipal blocks where more than 35% of all fatal and | 16 | | nonfatal firearm-shot incidents take place and focus all youth | 17 | | development service grants to residents of these identified | 18 | | municipality blocks in the designated eligible service areas | 19 | | 17 targeted neighborhoods . The Department of Human Services | 20 | | shall prioritize funding to youth Youth development service | 21 | | programs that shall be required to serve the following teens | 22 | | before expanding services to the broader community: | 23 | | (1) criminal and juvenile justice-involved youth; | 24 | | (2) students who are attending or have attended option | 25 | | schools; |
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| 1 | | (3) family members of individuals working with | 2 | | qualified violence prevention organizations; and | 3 | | (4) youth living on the blocks where more than 35% of | 4 | | the violence takes place in a neighborhood. | 5 | | (c) Each program participant enrolled in a youth | 6 | | development program under this Act , when possible and | 7 | | appropriate, shall receive an individualized needs assessment | 8 | | to determine if the participant requires intensive youth | 9 | | services as provided for in Section 35-35 of this Act. The | 10 | | needs assessment should be the best available instrument that | 11 | | considers the physical and mental condition of each youth | 12 | | based on the youth's family ties, financial resources, past | 13 | | substance use, criminal justice involvement, and trauma | 14 | | related to chronic exposure to firearm violence behavioral | 15 | | health assessment to determine the participant's broader | 16 | | support and mental health needs. The Office of Firearm | 17 | | Violence Prevention shall determine best practices for | 18 | | referring program participants who are at the highest risk of | 19 | | violence and criminal justice involvement to be referred to a | 20 | | high-risk youth development intervention program established | 21 | | in Section 35-35. | 22 | | (d) Youth development prevention program participants | 23 | | shall receive services designed to empower participants with | 24 | | the social and emotional skills necessary to forge paths of | 25 | | healthy development and disengagement from high-risk | 26 | | behaviors. Within the context of engaging social, physical, |
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| 1 | | and personal development activities, participants should build | 2 | | resilience and the skills associated with healthy social, | 3 | | emotional, and identity development. | 4 | | (e) Youth development providers shall develop the | 5 | | following expertise in the geographic areas they cover: | 6 | | (1) Knowledge of the teens and their social | 7 | | organization in the blocks they are designated to serve. | 8 | | (2) Youth development organizations receiving grants | 9 | | under this Act shall be required to coordinate services | 10 | | with other qualified youth development organizations in | 11 | | their neighborhood by sharing lessons learned in monthly | 12 | | meetings. | 13 | | (3) (Blank). Providing qualitative review of other | 14 | | youth development organizations in their neighborhood as | 15 | | required by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. | 16 | | (4) Meeting on an emergency basis when conflicts | 17 | | related to program participants that need immediate | 18 | | attention and resolution arise. | 19 | | (5) Sharing knowledge and strategies of the | 20 | | neighborhood violence dynamic in monthly meetings with | 21 | | local qualified violence prevention organizations | 22 | | receiving grants under this Act. | 23 | | (6) Selecting an approved technical assistance and | 24 | | service training service provider to receive and contract | 25 | | with them for agreed upon services. | 26 | | (f) The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention |
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| 1 | | shall select , when possible and appropriate, no fewer than 2 | 2 | | and no more than 3 approved technical assistance and training | 3 | | providers to deliver technical assistance and training to the | 4 | | youth development organizations that request to receive agree | 5 | | to contract with an approved technical assistance and training | 6 | | provider . Youth development organizations must use an approved | 7 | | technical assistance and training provider but have complete | 8 | | authority to select among the approved technical assistance | 9 | | services providers funded by the Office of Firearm Violence | 10 | | Prevention. | 11 | | (g) Approved technical assistance and training providers | 12 | | may: | 13 | | (1) provide training to youth development workers on | 14 | | how to perform outreach services; | 15 | | (2) provide management training on how to manage youth | 16 | | development workers; | 17 | | (3) provide training and assistance on how to develop | 18 | | memorandum of understanding for referral services or | 19 | | create approved provider lists for these referral | 20 | | services, or both; | 21 | | (4) share lessons learned among youth development | 22 | | service providers in their network; and | 23 | | (5) provide technical assistance and training on human | 24 | | resources, grants management, capacity building, and | 25 | | fiscal management strategies. | 26 | | (h) Approved technical assistance and training providers |
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| 1 | | shall: | 2 | | (1) provide additional services identified as | 3 | | necessary by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and | 4 | | youth development service providers in their network; and | 5 | | (2) receive an annual base grant of up to $250,000 | 6 | | plus negotiated service rates to provide group and | 7 | | individualized plus fees negotiated for services to from | 8 | | participating youth development service organizations. | 9 | | (i) (Blank). Fees negotiated for approved technical | 10 | | assistance and training providers shall not exceed 10% of | 11 | | awarded grant funds to a youth development services | 12 | | organization. | 13 | | (j) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue | 14 | | youth development services grants , when possible and | 15 | | appropriate, to no fewer than 4 youth services organizations | 16 | | in each of the eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods served | 17 | | and no more than 8 organizations in each of the 17 | 18 | | neighborhoods . When possible, grants shall be for no less than | 19 | | $300,000 per youth development organization. The Office of | 20 | | Firearm Violence Prevention may establish award ranges to | 21 | | ensure grants will have the potential to reduce violence in | 22 | | each neighborhood. Youth services grants shall be for no less | 23 | | than $400,000 per youth development organization. | 24 | | (k) No youth development organization can serve more than | 25 | | 3 eligible service areas neighborhoods unless the Office of | 26 | | Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to identify youth |
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| 1 | | development organizations to provide adequate coverage. | 2 | | (l) No approved technical assistance and training provider | 3 | | shall provide youth development services in any neighborhood | 4 | | under this Act.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.) | 6 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-35)
| 7 | | Sec. 35-35. Intensive youth intervention services. | 8 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with | 9 | | 1,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence | 10 | | Prevention shall issue grants to qualified high-risk youth | 11 | | intervention organizations for evidence-based intervention | 12 | | services that reduce involvement in the criminal and juvenile | 13 | | justice system, increase school attendance, and refer | 14 | | high-risk teens into therapeutic programs that address trauma | 15 | | recovery and other mental health improvements. Each program | 16 | | participant enrolled in a high-risk youth intervention program | 17 | | under this Act shall receive a nationally recognized | 18 | | comprehensive mental health assessment delivered by a | 19 | | qualified mental health professional certified to provide | 20 | | services to Medicaid recipients. | 21 | | (b) High-risk youth Youth intervention program | 22 | | participants shall receive needed services as determined by | 23 | | the individualized assessment which may include, but is not | 24 | | limited to : | 25 | | (1) receive group-based emotional regulation therapy |
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| 1 | | that helps them control their emotions and understand how | 2 | | trauma and stress impacts their thinking and behavior; and | 3 | | (2) have youth advocates that accompany them to their | 4 | | group therapy sessions, assist them with issues that | 5 | | prevent them from attending school, and address life | 6 | | skills development activities through weekly coaching . ; | 7 | | and | 8 | | (b-5) High-risk youth intervention service organizations | 9 | | shall (3) be required to have trained clinical staff managing | 10 | | the youth advocate interface with program participants. | 11 | | (c) Youth development service organizations shall be | 12 | | assigned to the youth intervention service providers for | 13 | | referrals by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. | 14 | | (d) The youth receiving intervention services who are | 15 | | evaluated to need trauma recovery and other behavioral health | 16 | | interventions and who have the greatest risk of firearm | 17 | | violence victimization shall be referred to the family systems | 18 | | intervention services established in Section 35-55. | 19 | | (e) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue | 20 | | high-risk youth intervention grants , when possible and | 21 | | appropriate, to no less than 2 youth intervention | 22 | | organizations and no more than 4 organizations in | 23 | | municipalities with 1,000,000 or more residents. | 24 | | (f) No high-risk youth intervention organization can serve | 25 | | more than 13 eligible service areas 10 neighborhoods . | 26 | | (g) The approved technical assistance and training |
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| 1 | | providers for youth development programs provided in | 2 | | subsection (d) of Section 35-30 shall also provide technical | 3 | | assistance and training to the affiliated high-risk youth | 4 | | intervention service providers. | 5 | | (h) (Blank). The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention | 6 | | shall establish payment requirements from youth intervention | 7 | | service providers to the affiliated approved technical | 8 | | assistance and training providers.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.) | 10 | | (430 ILCS 69/35-40)
| 11 | | Sec. 35-40. Services for municipalities with less than | 12 | | 1,000,000 residents. | 13 | | (a) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 14 | | identify the 10 municipalities or geographically contiguous | 15 | | areas in Illinois with less than 1,000,000 residents and more | 16 | | than 35,000 25,000 residents that have the largest | 17 | | concentration of fatal and nonfatal concentrated firearm -shot | 18 | | victims over the 5-year period considered for eligibility | 19 | | violence in the last 5 years . These areas shall qualify for | 20 | | grants under this Act. The Office of Firearm Violence | 21 | | Prevention may shall identify up to 5 additional | 22 | | municipalities or geographically contiguous areas with more | 23 | | than 25,000 residents and less than 1,000,000 residents that | 24 | | would benefit from evidence-based violence prevention | 25 | | services. In identifying the additional municipalities that |
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| 1 | | qualify for funding under Section 35-40, the Office of Firearm | 2 | | Violence Prevention shall consider the following factors when | 3 | | possible : | 4 | | (1) the total number of fatal and nonfatal firearms | 5 | | victims , excluding self-inflicted incidents, in a | 6 | | potential municipality over the 5-year period considered | 7 | | for eligibility in the last 5 years ;
| 8 | | (2) the per capita rate of fatal and nonfatal firearms | 9 | | victims , excluding self-inflicted incidents, in a | 10 | | potential municipality over the 5-year period considered | 11 | | for eligibility in the last 5 years ;
and | 12 | | (3) the total potential firearms violence reduction | 13 | | benefit for the entire State of Illinois by serving the | 14 | | additional municipalities municipality compared to the | 15 | | total benefit of investing in all other municipalities | 16 | | identified for grants to municipalities with more than | 17 | | 35,000 25,000 residents and less than 1,000,000 residents.
| 18 | | (b) Resources for each of these areas shall be distributed | 19 | | based on a formula to be developed by the Office of Firearm | 20 | | Violence Prevention that will maximize the total potential | 21 | | reduction in firearms victimization for all municipalities | 22 | | receiving grants under this Act. Resources for each of these | 23 | | areas shall be distributed based on maximizing the total | 24 | | potential reduction in firearms victimization for all | 25 | | municipalities receiving grants under this Act. The Office of | 26 | | Firearm Violence Prevention may establish a minimum grant |
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| 1 | | amount for each municipality awarded grants under this Section | 2 | | to ensure grants will have the potential to reduce violence in | 3 | | each municipality. The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention | 4 | | shall maximize the potential for violence reduction throughout | 5 | | Illinois after determining the necessary minimum grant amounts | 6 | | to be effective in each municipality receiving grants under | 7 | | this Section. | 8 | | (c) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall create | 9 | | local advisory councils for each of the designated service | 10 | | areas 10 areas designated for the purpose of obtaining | 11 | | recommendations on how to distribute funds in these areas to | 12 | | reduce firearm violence incidents. Local advisory councils | 13 | | shall have a minimum consist of 5 members with the following | 14 | | expertise or experience: | 15 | | (1) a representative of a nonelected official in local | 16 | | government from the designated area; | 17 | | (2) a representative of an elected official at the | 18 | | local or state level for the area; | 19 | | (3) a representative with public health experience in | 20 | | firearm violence prevention or youth development; and | 21 | | (4) two residents of the subsection of each area with | 22 | | the most concentrated firearm violence incidents ; and . | 23 | | (5) additional members as determined by the individual | 24 | | local advisory council. | 25 | | (d) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 26 | | provide data to each local council on the characteristics of |
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| 1 | | firearm violence in the designated area and other relevant | 2 | | information on the physical and demographic characteristics of | 3 | | the designated area. The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention | 4 | | shall also provide best available evidence on how to address | 5 | | the social determinants of health in the designated area in | 6 | | order to reduce firearm violence. | 7 | | (e) Each local advisory council shall make recommendations | 8 | | on how to allocate distributed resources for its area based on | 9 | | information provided to them by the Office of Firearm Violence | 10 | | Prevention , local law enforcement data, and other locally | 11 | | available data . | 12 | | (f) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 13 | | consider the recommendations and determine how to distribute | 14 | | funds through grants to community-based organizations and | 15 | | local governments. To the extent the Office of Firearm | 16 | | Violence Prevention does not follow a local advisory council's | 17 | | recommendation on allocation of funds, the Office of Firearm | 18 | | Violence Prevention shall explain in writing why a different | 19 | | allocation of resources is more likely to reduce firearm | 20 | | violence in the designated area. | 21 | | (g) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human | 22 | | Services and the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall | 23 | | issue grants to local governmental agencies or and | 24 | | community-based organizations , or both, to maximize firearm | 25 | | violence reduction each year. When possible, initial grants | 26 | | Grants shall be named no later than April March 1, 2022 and |
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| 1 | | renewed or competitively bid as appropriate in subsequent | 2 | | fiscal years . Grants in proceeding years shall be issued on or | 3 | | before July 15 of the relevant fiscal year.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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