Bill Text: IL HB3647 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995. Provides that the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority has the responsibility to distribute grants, pursuant to rules adopted by the Authority and subject to available appropriations and other funds received for purposes of the Act, to community or statewide organizations that address violence prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner (rather than to distribute such grants without rules adopted by the Authority). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0405 [HB3647 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3647-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 4027/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Responsibilities of the Authority.
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8 | (a) The responsibilities of
the Authority shall include, | ||||||
9 | but not be limited to:
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10 | (1) Coordination of Statewide violence prevention | ||||||
11 | efforts and development
of a statewide plan that | ||||||
12 | incorporates public health and
public safety approaches to | ||||||
13 | violence prevention in families, communities, and
schools.
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14 | (2) Seeking and receiving funds that may be available | ||||||
15 | from private and
public sources for violence prevention.
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16 | (3) Distribution of grants, pursuant to rules adopted | ||||||
17 | by the Authority and subject to available appropriations | ||||||
18 | and other
funds received for purposes of this Act, to | ||||||
19 | community or statewide
organizations
that address violence | ||||||
20 | prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner,
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21 | including, but not limited to:
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22 | (i) Community-based youth violence prevention | ||||||
23 | programs, such as
mentoring
programs, after-school |
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1 | programs, and job training or development;
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2 | (ii) Implementation and evaluation of | ||||||
3 | comprehensive school-based
violence
prevention | ||||||
4 | programs from prekindergarten through 12th grade;
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5 | (iii) Early childhood intervention programs | ||||||
6 | designed to prevent violence
and identify and serve | ||||||
7 | young children and families at risk;
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8 | (iv) Family violence and sexual assault prevention | ||||||
9 | initiatives;
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10 | (v) Programs that integrate violence prevention | ||||||
11 | initiatives with alcohol
and substance abuse | ||||||
12 | prevention efforts;
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13 | (vi) Programs that integrate violence prevention | ||||||
14 | services with health
care
provision;
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15 | (vii) Innovative community policing or law | ||||||
16 | enforcement approaches to
violence prevention; and
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17 | (4) Provision of technical assistance and training to | ||||||
18 | help building the
capacity of communities, organizations, | ||||||
19 | and systems to develop, implement, and
evaluate violence | ||||||
20 | prevention programs.
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21 | (b) The Authority may utilize a reasonable amount of | ||||||
22 | appropriations from
the Violence Prevention Fund for costs | ||||||
23 | associated with administering this Act,
and may, by the | ||||||
24 | co-chairpersons designated in Section 10, appoint an Executive
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25 | Director or contract with a not-for-profit or other agency for | ||||||
26 | any or all
administrative functions related to this Act.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 89-353, eff. 8-17-95.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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