100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2550
 
Introduced 2/6/2018, by Sen. Heather A. Steans
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



20 ILCS 505/17  from Ch. 23, par. 5017

     Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the Youth and Community Services Program.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
5by changing Section 17 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 505/17)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5017)



7    Sec. 17. Youth and Community Services Program. The The 
8Department of Human
Services shall
develop a State program for 
9youth and community services which will
assure that youth who 
10come into contact or may come into contact with the child

11welfare and the juvenile justice systems will have access to 
12needed community,
prevention, diversion, emergency and 
13independent living services.  The term
"youth" means a person 
14under the age of 19 years.  The term "homeless youth"
means a 
15youth who cannot be reunited with his or her family and is not 
16in a
safe and stable living situation.  This Section shall not 
17be construed to
require the Department of Human Services to 
18provide services under this
Section to any homeless youth who 
19is at least 18 years of age but is younger
than 19 years of age; 
20however, the Department may, in its discretion, provide

21services under this Section to any such homeless youth.

22    (a) The goals of the program shall be to:


23        (1) maintain children and youths in their own 
 
 
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1    community;


2        (2) eliminate unnecessary categorical funding of 
3    programs by funding more
comprehensive and integrated 
4    programs;


5        (3) encourage local volunteers and voluntary 
6    associations in developing
programs aimed at preventing 
7    and controlling juvenile delinquency;


8        (4) address voids in services and close service gaps;


9        (5) develop program models aimed at strengthening the 
10    relationships
between youth and their families and aimed at 
11    developing healthy,
independent lives for homeless youth;


12        (6) contain costs by redirecting funding to more 
13    comprehensive and
integrated community-based services; and


14        (7) coordinate education, employment, training and 
15    other programs for
youths with other State agencies.

16    (b) The duties of the Department under the program shall be

17to:


18        (1) design models for service delivery by local 
19    communities;


20        (2) test alternative systems for delivering youth 
21    services;


22        (3) develop standards necessary to achieve and 
23    maintain, on a statewide
basis, more comprehensive and 
24    integrated community-based youth services;


25        (4) monitor and provide technical assistance to local 
26    boards and local
service systems;


 
 
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1        (5) assist local organizations in developing programs 
2    which address the
problems of youths and their families 
3    through direct services, advocacy
with institutions, and 
4    improvement of local conditions; and


5        (6) develop a statewide adoption awareness campaign 
6    aimed at pregnant
teenagers.

7(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)