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Public Act 099-0416
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| HB3284 Enrolled | LRB099 09624 JWD 29833 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Opportunities for At-Risk Women Act.
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Section 5. Task Force. There is created within the |
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity the Task Force |
on Opportunities for At-Risk Women, composed of the following |
members: |
(1) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
Representatives; |
(2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
House of Representatives; |
(3) one member appointed by the President of the Senate; |
(4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the |
Senate; |
(5) the Secretary of State, or his or her designee; |
(6) the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice |
Information Authority, or his or her designee; |
(7) the Director of the Department of Children and Family |
Services, or his or her designee; |
(8) the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity, or his or her designee; |
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(9) the Director of the Department of Employment Security, |
or his or her designee; |
(10) the Director of the Department of Healthcare and |
Family Services, or his or her designee; |
(11) the Executive Director of the Community College Board, |
or his or her designee; |
(12) the Superintendent of the State Board of Education, or |
his or her designee; and |
(13) such other members as the Governor may appoint, who |
shall be experts with the following backgrounds: educators, |
prison officials, 21st Century programmers or other after |
school tutoring programs that are implemented in other counties |
throughout Illinois, community organization service providers, |
local college personnel, healthcare personnel, housing |
authority personnel, and addiction and recovery personnel. |
Members shall serve for 4-year terms and may be |
reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled by the respective |
appointing authorities for the remainder of the current term. |
Members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed |
for reasonable expenses from funds appropriated for that |
purpose. |
Members shall elect from their number a chairperson, and |
such other officers as they may choose, for a 2-year term. The |
Task Force shall meet at the call of the chair, but not less |
than twice per year. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity shall provide administrative support, technical |
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assistance, meeting space, and funding to the Task Force.
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Section 10. Duties of the Task Force. |
(a) The Task Force shall strategize and design a plan for |
the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to partner |
and outsource with State and local governmental agencies, |
companies, and organizations that aid in helping at-risk women |
and their families become successful productive citizens. |
(b) This partnership will include material distribution of |
available resources offered in their communities as well as |
referrals to organizations and companies that provide |
necessary services to aide in their success. The following are |
targeted areas of assistance and outsourcing: housing |
assistance; educational information on enhancement and |
advancement; parenting and family bonding classes; financial |
education and literacy, including budgeting; quality |
afterschool programming, including tutoring; self-esteem and |
empowerment classes; healthy relationships classes for the |
entire family, including warning signs and appropriate |
handling of bullying; integrity classes; social etiquette |
classes; job preparedness workshops; temperament behavior |
classes, including anger management; addiction and recovery |
clinics, including referrals; health education classes; job |
training opportunities; and the expansion of Redeploy Illinois |
into Cook County. |
(c) For the purposes of this Act, "at-risk women" means |
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women who are at increased risk of incarceration because of |
poverty, abuse, addiction, financial challenges, illiteracy, |
or other causes. The term "at-risk women" may include, but |
shall not be limited to, women who have previously been |
incarcerated.
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Section 15. Annual report. The Task Force shall report |
annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on its |
activities and shall include any recommendations for |
legislation or rulemaking to facilitate its work in the |
targeted areas of assistance and outsourcing.
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