(20 ILCS 505/17a-3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-3)
Sec. 17a-3.
Annual community youth service plan; Department of Human
Services. Each local board or local service system shall, in conformity
with regulations of the Department of Human Services, prepare an annual
community youth service
plan and annual budget to implement the community youth service plan. Such
plans shall be transmitted to the regional youth planning committees and
included in a regional youth service plan. Each plan shall
demonstrate, at a minimum, the following components of a youth service system:
(a) community needs assessment and resource development; (b) case management
(including case review, tracking, service evaluation and networking); (c)
accountability; (d) staff development; (e) consultation with and technical
assistance for providers; and (f) assurance of the availability of the
following:
(i) community services, including primary prevention, outreach and recreational
opportunities,
and the use of indigenous community volunteers to provide programs designed
to correct conditions contributing to delinquency; (ii) diversion
services, including client advocacy, family counseling, employment and educational
assistance and service brokerage; (iii) emergency services, including
24-hours crisis intervention and shelter care; (iv) comprehensive
independent living services, including outreach, referral for public
assistance or other benefits to which homeless youth may be entitled,
emergency shelter care homes, transitional support programs in a
residential setting, outward bound experiences and transitional independent
living skills support, in a non-residential facility, with special emphasis
on youth employment and training opportunities; and (v) mental health
services. Each component of the
annual community youth service plan shall expressly address the following
high-risk populations: homeless youth, pregnant youth and youth who are
parents.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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