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    AN ACT concerning community development.

 
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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 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
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by adding Section 17a-15 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 505/17a-15  new)
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    Sec. 17a-15. Community service programs; Department of 
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Human Services.
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    (a)  The Department of Human Services must establish a 
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program to award grants to area projects to plan, establish, 
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operate, coordinate, and evaluate community services programs.  
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For purposes of this Section, "area project" means an entity 
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whose purpose is to develop, manage, provide, and coordinate a 
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community services program and   "community services program" 
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means a program, based on the Chicago Area Project Model, aimed 
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at changing social, cultural, and environmental conditions 
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that prevent youth and families from maximizing their potential 
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and that place youth in a condition that increases their 
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tendency to become involved in the juvenile justice or child 
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welfare systems.
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    (b) The Department of Human Services must, by rule, 
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establish the eligibility criteria for an area project, 
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including the composition and responsibilities of the 
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governing authority of an area project, application 
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requirements, service components of community services 
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programs, and the review and monitoring of community services 
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program plans.  At a minimum, an area project must be a 
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not-for-profit organization (i)(A) whose preponderance of 
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resources is directed to community services programs that are 
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different than intervention-oriented youth services or  (B) 
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that creates through an amendment to its by-laws or other 
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binding agreement a specific body whose purpose is to develop, 
 


 






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manage, provide, and coordinate a community services program 
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and (ii) that includes representation from any community 
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committee, as defined by rule of the Department of Human 
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Services, of the area project and may also include business and 
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industry leaders, educators, and other concerned citizens.
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    (c) The Department of Human Services shall fund community 
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services programs by grants made through negotiated contracts, 
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which are written agreements mutually agreed upon by the 
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Department and the area project.   The payment of funds to area 
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projects under the community services program shall be in the 
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form of a grant paid in equal monthly installments. In the 
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event of reduced or insufficient funding, existing grants shall 
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receive proportionate reductions.
 

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