Full Text of HB0202 95th General Assembly
HB0202 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0202
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Luis Arroyo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 1315/15 |
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20 ILCS 1315/25 |
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20 ILCS 1315/30 |
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20 ILCS 1315/35 |
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20 ILCS 1315/40 |
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Amends the Illinois Youthbuild Act. Provides that the Secretary of Human Services shall, subject to appropriation, make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out Youthbuild programs (now, the Secretary is authorized to make grants). Provides that youths in foster care, youth offenders, youths with disabilities, children of incarcerated parents, and migrant youth are eligible to participate in Youthbuild programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 5. The Illinois Youthbuild Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 15, 25, 30, 35, and 40 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1315/15)
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| Sec. 15. Program requirements. The Secretary shall, | 8 |
| subject to appropriation,
is authorized to make
grants
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| applicants for the
purpose of carrying out Youthbuild programs | 10 |
| as approved under this Section.
All programs funded pursuant to | 11 |
| the provisions of this Section shall reflect
strong youth and | 12 |
| community involvement. In addition, funding provided under
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| this Section shall be used by each Youthbuild program to | 14 |
| provide, at a minimum,
the following services:
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| (a) Acquisition, rehabilitation, acquisition and | 16 |
| rehabilitation, or
construction
of housing and related | 17 |
| facilities to be used for the purpose of providing
home | 18 |
| ownership for disadvantaged persons, residential housing for | 19 |
| homeless
individuals, and low-income and very low-income | 20 |
| families, or transitional
housing for persons who are homeless, | 21 |
| have disabilities, are ill, are
deinstitutionalized, or have | 22 |
| special needs, and rehabilitation or construction
of
community | 23 |
| facilities owned by not-for-profit or public agencies.
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| (b) Integrated education and job skills training services | 2 |
| and activities
which
are evenly divided within the program, | 3 |
| with 50% of students' time spent in
classroom-based | 4 |
| instruction, counseling, and leadership development
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| instruction and 50% of their time spent in experiential | 6 |
| training on the
construction
site. The programs shall include, | 7 |
| at a minimum, the following elements:
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| (1) An education component which includes basic skills | 9 |
| instruction,
secondary education services, and other | 10 |
| activities designed to lead to the
attainment of a high | 11 |
| school diploma or its equivalent. The curriculum for this
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| component shall include math, language arts, vocational | 13 |
| education, life skills
training, social studies related to | 14 |
| the cultural and community history of the
students, | 15 |
| leadership skills, and other topics at the discretion of | 16 |
| the
programs. Bilingual services shall be available for | 17 |
| individuals with
limited-English proficiency. The desired | 18 |
| minimum teacher to student ratio
shall be one teacher for | 19 |
| every 18
students.
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| (2) A work experience and skills training component | 21 |
| apprenticeship program
that includes the construction and | 22 |
| rehabilitation activities described in
subsection (a). The | 23 |
| process of construction must be coupled with skills
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| training and with close on-site supervision by experienced | 25 |
| trainers. The
curriculum for this component shall contain a | 26 |
| set of locally agreed upon skills
and competencies that are |
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| systematically taught, with a student's mastery
assessed | 2 |
| individually on a regular, ongoing basis. Safety skills | 3 |
| shall be
taught at the outset. The desired trainer to | 4 |
| student ratio shall be one
trainer for every 7 students. | 5 |
| The work experience and skills training
component shall be | 6 |
| coordinated to the maximum extent feasible with
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| preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
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| (3) Assistance in attaining post secondary education | 9 |
| and required
financial aid shall be made available to | 10 |
| participants prior to graduation.
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| (c) Counseling services designed to assist participants to | 12 |
| positively
participate in society, which should include all of | 13 |
| the following if necessary:
outreach, assessment, and | 14 |
| orientation; individual and peer counseling; life
skills | 15 |
| training, drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention; and | 16 |
| referral
to appropriate drug rehabilitation, medical, mental | 17 |
| health, legal, housing, and
other services and resources in the | 18 |
| community. The desired counselor to
participant ratio shall be | 19 |
| one counselor for every 28 students.
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| (d) Leadership development training that provides | 21 |
| participants with
meaningful opportunities to develop | 22 |
| leadership skills such as decision making,
problem solving, and | 23 |
| negotiating. The program must also encourage participants
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| develop strong peer group ties that support their mutual | 25 |
| pursuit of skills
and values.
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| All programs must establish a youth council in which
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| participants are afforded opportunities to develop public | 2 |
| speaking and
negotiating skills, and management and policy | 3 |
| making participation in specific
aspects of the program.
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| (e) Stipends and wages. A training subsidy, living | 5 |
| allowance, or stipend
that will be no less than minimum wage | 6 |
| must be provided to program participants
for the time spent at | 7 |
| the worksite in construction training. For those
participants | 8 |
| who receive public assistance, this training subsidy, living
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| allowance, or stipend will not affect their housing benefits, | 10 |
| medical benefits,
child care benefits or food stamp benefits. | 11 |
| Stipends and wages may be
distributed in a manner that offers | 12 |
| incentives for good performance.
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| (f) Full time participation in a Youthbuild program shall | 14 |
| be offered for a
period of not less than 6 months and not more | 15 |
| than 24 months.
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| (g) A concentrated effort shall be made to find | 17 |
| construction,
construction-related, and nonconstruction jobs | 18 |
| for all graduates of the program
who have performed well. The | 19 |
| skills training curriculum shall provide
participants with | 20 |
| basic preparation for seeking and maintaining a job.
Follow-up | 21 |
| counseling and assistance in job-seeking shall also be provided | 22 |
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participants for at least
the 12 months following graduation | 23 |
| from the program.
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| (h) All programs serving 28 trainees or more are required | 25 |
| to have a
full-time director responsible for the coordination | 26 |
| of all aspects of the
Youthbuild program.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-247, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 1315/25)
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| Sec. 25. Eligible participants. Eligible participants are | 4 |
| youth
16 to 24 years old who are economically disadvantaged as | 5 |
| defined in United
States Code, Title 29, Section 1503, and who | 6 |
| are part of one of the following
groups:
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| (a) Persons who are not attending any school and have not | 8 |
| received a
secondary school diploma or its equivalent.
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| (b) Persons currently enrolled in a traditional or | 10 |
| alternative school
setting or a GED program and who are in | 11 |
| danger of dropping out of school.
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| (c) A member of a low-income family, a youth in foster care | 13 |
| (including a youth aging-out of foster care), a youth offender, | 14 |
| a youth with a disability, a child of incarcerated parents, or | 15 |
| a migrant youth
Very low-income persons .
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| Not more than
Up to 25% of the participants in the program | 17 |
| may be
individuals who do not meet the requirements of | 18 |
| subsections (a) or
, (b) , and (c) ,
but who are deficient in | 19 |
| basic skills despite having attained a secondary school | 20 |
| diploma, General Educational Development (GED) certificate, or | 21 |
| other State-recognized equivalent, or who have been referred by | 22 |
| a local secondary school for participation in a Youthbuild | 23 |
| program leading to the attainment of a secondary school diploma
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| have educational needs despite the attainment of a high school | 25 |
| diploma .
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| (Source: P.A. 90-247, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 1315/30)
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| Sec. 30. Selection criteria. Priority in the awarding of | 4 |
| funds
under this Act shall be given to applicants with | 5 |
| experience in operating
Youthbuild programs.
Organizations | 6 |
| claiming to have operated Youthbuild programs must be licensed
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| by Youthbuild USA or be organizations that have received | 8 |
| federal HUD
Youthbuild funding.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-247, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 1315/35)
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| Sec. 35. Eligible entities. Those eligible to be awarded | 12 |
| funds under
this Act are not-for-profit private agencies, or | 13 |
| public agencies with
experience operating a Youthbuild program | 14 |
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with a plan to incubate a Youthbuild program until it can be | 15 |
| established as a
program applicant
not-for-profit private | 16 |
| agency .
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| (Source: P.A. 90-247, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 1315/40)
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| Sec. 40. Application requirements. The Secretary shall | 20 |
| require that an
application for Youthbuild funds under this Act | 21 |
| contain at a minimum:
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| (1) a request for an implementation grant, specifying the | 23 |
| amount of the
grant requested and its proposed uses;
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| (2) a description of the applicant and a statement of its | 2 |
| qualifications,
including a description of the applicant's | 3 |
| past experience running a Youthbuild
program, and with housing | 4 |
| rehabilitation or construction and with youth and
youth | 5 |
| education, youth leadership development and employment | 6 |
| training programs,
and its relationship with local unions and | 7 |
| youth apprenticeship programs, and
other community groups;
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| (3) a description of the proposed construction site for the | 9 |
| program and
evidence of site control;
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| (4) a description of the educational and job training | 11 |
| activities, work
opportunities, and other services that will be | 12 |
| provided to participants;
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| (5) a description of the proposed construction or | 14 |
| rehabilitation activities
to be undertaken and the anticipated | 15 |
| schedule for carrying out such activities;
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| (6) a description of the manner in which eligible youths | 17 |
| will be recruited
and selected, including a description of the | 18 |
| arrangements which will be made
with community-based | 19 |
| organizations, local educational agencies, including
agencies | 20 |
| of Native American nations,
public assistance agencies, the | 21 |
| courts of jurisdiction for status and youth
offenders, shelters | 22 |
| for homeless individuals and other agencies that serve
homeless | 23 |
| youth, foster care agencies, and other appropriate public and | 24 |
| private
agencies;
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| (7) a description of the special efforts that will be | 26 |
| undertaken to recruit
eligible young women (including young |
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| women with dependent children) with
appropriate supports, | 2 |
| especially childcare;
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| (8) a description of how the proposed program will be | 4 |
| coordinated with other
federal, State, and local activities and | 5 |
| activities conducted by Native
American
nations, including | 6 |
| public schools, national service, crime prevention programs,
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| vocational, adult, and bilingual education programs, and job | 8 |
| training;
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| (9) assurances that there will be a sufficient number of | 10 |
| adequately
trained supervisory personnel in the program who | 11 |
| have attained the level of
journeyman or its equivalent;
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| (10) a description of the applicant's relationship with any | 13 |
| local building
trade unions which may exist, regarding their | 14 |
| involvement in training, and the
relationship of the Youthbuild | 15 |
| program with registered
established apprenticeship
programs;
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| (11) a description of activities that will be undertaken to | 17 |
| develop the
leadership skills of participants, including their | 18 |
| role in decision making;
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| (12) a detailed budget and a description of the system of | 20 |
| fiscal controls
and auditing and accountability procedures | 21 |
| that will be used to ensure fiscal
soundness;
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| (13) a description of any contracts and arrangements | 23 |
| entered into between
the applicant and other agencies and | 24 |
| entities including all in-kind donations
and grants from both | 25 |
| public and private entities that will serve to augment
Illinois | 26 |
| Youthbuild Act funds;
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| (14) identification and description of the financing | 2 |
| proposed for
any:
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| (A) acquisition of the property;
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| (B) rehabilitation; or
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| (C) construction;
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| (15) identification and description of the entity that will | 7 |
| operate and
manage the property;
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| (16) a certification that the applicant will comply with | 9 |
| the requirements of
the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil | 10 |
| Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of | 11 |
| 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and
will | 12 |
| affirmatively further fair housing; and
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| (17) the qualifications and past experience of the person | 14 |
| who will fill the
full-time program director position.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-247, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.
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