103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3284
 
Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



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 Creates the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force.
Establishes members of the Task Force. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of community violence intervention and conduct meetings and analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force. Provides that the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force shall complete the following tasks before January 1, 2024: (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals currently being served with community violence intervention services and the number of high risk individuals that likely need these services; (2) determine the current and future workforce needs of the community violence intervention field in Illinois based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years; (3) identify the critical job function and categories required by community violence intervention services; (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by job function and category to its best ability; (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment tools by job function and category; (6) identify changes to grant and other state funding that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and evaluation of community violence intervention workers and services; and (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by job function and category for changes to State law that will allow for the development and implementation of career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a community violence intervention workforce.
Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or his or her designee, shall chair the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force, hire staff, if needed, and submit a final report to the General Assembly. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved on January 1, 2025. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2025. Effective immediately.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning violence intervention.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act.

6 Section 5. Intent.
7 (a) Community violence intervention services provide 
8comprehensive outreach, mental health, and employment training 
9and placement services to individuals at highest risk of being 
10shot or shooting someone in communities with high 
11concentrations of gunshot victims.
12 (b) Initial data and evaluation indicates comprehensive 
13community violence intervention services show promise in 
14contributing to the reduction in gun violence victims in 
15Illinois.

16 (c) Community violence intervention services require a 
17variety of skilled professionals with lived experience and 
18cultural competency to maximize the effectiveness of outreach, 
19mental health, and employment and training services.
20 (d) The need for those with lived experience and cultural 
21competency to be the primary workforce for community violence 
22intervention restricts the available workforce for community 
23violence intervention professionals.
 
 
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1 (e) Individuals with lived experience in chronic exposure 
2to gun violence frequently require specialized supports to 
3professionalize their approach and maintain their traumatic 
4recovery from exposure to gun violence while working in the 
5gun violence prevention field.
6 (f) Illinois has a shortage of qualified community 
7violence intervention professionals at all job functions while 
8less than 20% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence 
9are currently being served with community violence 
10intervention services.

11 Section 10. Community Violence Intervention Workforce 
12Development Task Force; duties. 
The Office of Firearm 
13Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services 
14shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce 
15Development Task Force.
The Office of Firearm Violence 
16Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of 
17community violence intervention and conduct meetings and 
18analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce 
19Development Task Force. The Community Violence Intervention 
20Workforce Development Task Force shall complete the following 
21tasks before January 1, 2024:
22  (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals 
23 currently being served with community violence 
24 intervention services and the number of high risk 
25 individuals that likely need these services;
 
 
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1  (2) determine the current and future workforce needs 
2 of the community violence intervention field in Illinois 
3 based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic 
4 exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years;
5  (3) identify the critical job function and categories 
6 required by community violence intervention services;
7  (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by 
8 job function and category to its best ability;
9  (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment 
10 tools by job function and category;
11  (6) identify changes to grant and other state funding 
12 that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and 
13 evaluation of community violence intervention workers and 
14 services; and
15  (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by 
16 job function and category for changes to State law that 
17 will allow for the development and implementation of 
18 career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a 
19 community violence intervention workforce.


20 Section 15. Community Violence Intervention Workforce 
21Development Task Force; membership. 
22 (a) The Community Violence Intervention Workforce 
23Development Task Force shall be comprised of the following 
24members:
25  (1) one representative from Metropolitan Peace 
 
 
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1 Academy;
2  (2) one representative from READI Chicago;
3  (3) one representative from a Chicago-based violence 
4 prevention organization that is not part of the 
5 Communities partnering for Peace or READI Chicago 
6 networks;
7  (4) one representative from Community Based Violence 
8 Prevention Agency-Peoria;
9  (5) one representative from Community Based Violence 
10 Prevention Agency-East St. Louis;
11  (6) one representative from Community Based Violence 
12 Prevention Agency-Rockford;
13  (7) one representative from Community Based Violence 
14 Prevention Agency-Aurora/Elgin;
15  (8) one representative from an organization that 
16 operates community violence intervention services itself 
17 and funds the development of other network services with 
18 private funds;
19  (9) one representative from the Illinois Criminal 
20 Justice Information Authority;
21  (10) one representative from a university-based 
22 research institution that evaluates violence prevention 
23 programs;
24  (11) one representative from the Office of Firearm 
25 Violence Prevention;
26  (12) a behavioral health representative that is not 
 
 
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1 providing violence prevention-community support team 
2 services;

3  (13) a behavioral health representative that is 
4 providing violence prevention-community support team 
5 services;
6  (14) one representative from the foundation community 
7 that both funds violence intervention services itself and 
8 participates in a private funding collaborative that funds 
9 violence prevention services;
10  (15) a representative of a community college; 
11  (16) a representative of the City of Chicago; and 
12  (17) 2 members of the General Assembly jointly 
13 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
14 and the President of the Senate who shall serve as 
15 co-chairs of the Task Force.
16 (b) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence 
17Prevention, or his or her designee, shall appoint the members 
18of the Task Force listed in paragraphs (1) through (8) and (10) 
19through (16) of subsection (a). The Executive Director of the 
20Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall appoint 
21the member of the Task Force listed in paragraph (9) of 
22subsection (a).
23 (c)
Not less than 35% of Task Force members shall reside 
24outside the City of Chicago. 
25 (d) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
26provide administrative support to the Task Force.
 
 
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1 (e) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence 
2Prevention, or his or her designee, shall chair the Community 
3Violence Intervention Workforce Development Task Force, hire 
4staff, if needed, and submit a final report to the General 
5Assembly.


6 Section 20. Dissolution. The Task Force is dissolved on 
7January 1, 2025.

8 Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
92025.

10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.


 
 
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