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90_SB1492
20 ILCS 1305/Art. 15 heading new
20 ILCS 1305/15-5 new
Amends the Department of Human Services Act to require
the Department, in cooperation with local school boards, to
establish a Scared Straight Program to identify students at
risk of committing crimes. Provides that the program shall
include a tour of a prison to discourage criminal behavior.
Provides that the program shall also include mentor programs
and tours of college campuses and large companies in order to
show the students positive options. Requires the Department
to make grants to not-for-profit organizations and churches
for the Scared Straight Program and immediate intervention
programs established under the Juvenile Justice Reform
Provisions of 1998. Effective July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Human Services Act by
2 adding Article 15.
3 WHEREAS, The cost of incarcerating a child is $28,000 per
4 child; and
5 WHEREAS, A program to prevent crime by identifying
6 students at risk of committing crimes but who are not yet
7 disciplinary problems is less than $500 per child; therefore
8 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
9 represented in the General Assembly:
10 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is
11 amended by adding Article 15 as follows:
12 (20 ILCS 1305/Art. 15 heading new)
13 ARTICLE 15. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO CHILDREN
14 (20 ILCS 1305/15-5 new)
15 Sec. 15.5. Scared Straight Program; grants.
16 (a) The Department, in cooperation with local school
17 boards, shall establish a Scared Straight Program to prevent
18 crime by developing guidelines to identify students at risk
19 of committing crimes, but who are not yet disciplinary
20 problems. This program, in cooperation with the Department
21 of Corrections, shall include a guided tour of a prison for
22 each student so identified in order to discourage criminal
23 behavior. This program shall also include mentor programs
24 and guided tours of college campuses and large companies for
25 the students so identified in order to show them positive
26 options that are available to them. The Department shall
27 provide to the students box lunches and 12 hours of
28 counseling once a month in a peer group setting. The costs
29 for the Scared Straight Program shall be less than $500 per
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1 student.
2 (b) The Department shall make grants to not-for-profit
3 organizations and churches for the Scared Straight Program
4 and the immediate intervention programs established under the
5 Juvenile Justice Reform Provisions of 1998.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
7 1, 1998.