103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5650

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Reimagine Public Safety Act. Provides for the Community Organization Capacity Building Program. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and the Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall allocate $10,000,000 for community organization capacity building. Provides for the issuance of $150,000 to $500,000 grants in specified reimbursable service categories to small, emerging community-based organizations in Reimagine Public Safety Act communities. Provides for the issuance of $300,000 to $500,000 grants in specified reimbursable service categories for existing Reimagine Public Safety Act grantees to build other smaller organizations' capacities. Provides for requirements to receive grants and permits the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, with the Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, to create other criteria to award grants. Provides for the Community Violence Initiative Workforce Development Training Centers Program. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and the Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall allocate $5,000,000 for Community Violence Initiative organizations. Provides for the issuance of $2,500,000 grants in specified reimbursable service categories for 2 Community Violence Initiative workforce training organizations. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, with the Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, shall create criteria to award grants. Provides for 4 prospective three-month grant payments based on specified criteria for any community-based organization funded by Restore, Reinvest, and Renew programs at the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Climate and Equitable Jobs Act programs at the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or Reimagine Public Safety Act programs at the Illinois Department of Human Services. Provides for peer assessment and evaluation for all grantees under the Reimagine Public Safety Act program. Defines terms. Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act and authorizes the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to act according to the powers and duties granted it in the Reimagine Public Safety Act. States findings and purpose.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. The General Assembly finds that:
5        (1) Communities most impacted by gun violence also
6    lack well-resourced, community-based organizations to
7    address the public health challenges associated with
8    chronic concentrated gun violence.
9        (2) Residents impacted by gun violence sustain
10    significant barriers that impede their ability to secure
11    and maintain permanent employment in the mainstream
12    workforce.
13        (3) A Community Violence Intervention Workforce
14    Development Program must be created to build financial
15    stability, better the quality of life, and counteract the
16    effects of gun violence on residents, their families, and
17    their communities.
18        (4) Community Violence Initiative Workforce
19    Development Training Centers are necessary to train and
20    educate Community Violence Initiative graduates and equip
21    alumni with the tools, resources, and skillsets needed to
22    sustain permanent employment.
 
23    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act

 

 

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1is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
2    (20 ILCS 3930/7)  (from Ch. 38, par. 210-7)
3    Sec. 7. Powers and duties. The Authority shall have the
4following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
5        (a) To develop and operate comprehensive information
6    systems for the improvement and coordination of all
7    aspects of law enforcement, prosecution, and corrections;
8        (b) To define, develop, evaluate, and correlate State
9    and local programs and projects associated with the
10    improvement of law enforcement and the administration of
11    criminal justice;
12        (c) To act as a central repository and clearing house
13    for federal, state, and local research studies, plans,
14    projects, proposals, and other information relating to all
15    aspects of criminal justice system improvement and to
16    encourage educational programs for citizen support of
17    State and local efforts to make such improvements;
18        (d) To undertake research studies to aid in
19    accomplishing its purposes;
20        (e) To monitor the operation of existing criminal
21    justice information systems in order to protect the
22    constitutional rights and privacy of individuals about
23    whom criminal history record information has been
24    collected;
25        (f) To provide an effective administrative forum for

 

 

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1    the protection of the rights of individuals concerning
2    criminal history record information;
3        (g) To issue regulations, guidelines, and procedures
4    which ensure the privacy and security of criminal history
5    record information consistent with State and federal laws;
6        (h) To act as the sole administrative appeal body in
7    the State of Illinois to conduct hearings and make final
8    determinations concerning individual challenges to the
9    completeness and accuracy of criminal history record
10    information;
11        (i) To act as the sole, official, criminal justice
12    body in the State of Illinois to conduct annual and
13    periodic audits of the procedures, policies, and practices
14    of the State central repositories for criminal history
15    record information to verify compliance with federal and
16    state laws and regulations governing such information;
17        (j) To advise the Authority's Statistical Analysis
18    Center;
19        (k) To apply for, receive, establish priorities for,
20    allocate, disburse, and spend grants of funds that are
21    made available by and received on or after January 1, 1983
22    from private sources or from the United States pursuant to
23    the federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended, and
24    similar federal legislation, and to enter into agreements
25    with the United States government to further the purposes
26    of this Act, or as may be required as a condition of

 

 

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1    obtaining federal funds;
2        (l) To receive, expend, and account for such funds of
3    the State of Illinois as may be made available to further
4    the purposes of this Act;
5        (m) To enter into contracts and to cooperate with
6    units of general local government or combinations of such
7    units, State agencies, and criminal justice system
8    agencies of other states for the purpose of carrying out
9    the duties of the Authority imposed by this Act or by the
10    federal Crime Control Act of 1973, as amended;
11        (n) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units
12    of general local government outside of Illinois, other
13    states' agencies, and private organizations outside of
14    Illinois to provide computer software or design that has
15    been developed for the Illinois criminal justice system,
16    or to participate in the cooperative development or design
17    of new software or systems to be used by the Illinois
18    criminal justice system;
19        (o) To establish general policies concerning criminal
20    justice information systems and to promulgate such rules,
21    regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the
22    operation of the Authority and to the uniform
23    consideration of appeals and audits;
24        (p) To advise and to make recommendations to the
25    Governor and the General Assembly on policies relating to
26    criminal justice information systems;

 

 

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1        (q) To direct all other agencies under the
2    jurisdiction of the Governor to provide whatever
3    assistance and information the Authority may lawfully
4    require to carry out its functions;
5        (r) To exercise any other powers that are reasonable
6    and necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the
7    Authority under this Act and to comply with the
8    requirements of applicable federal law or regulation;
9        (s) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which
10    have been vested in the Authority by the Illinois Uniform
11    Conviction Information Act;
12        (t) (Blank);
13        (u) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
14    in the Authority by the Illinois Public Safety Agency
15    Network Act;
16        (v) To provide technical assistance in the form of
17    training to local governmental entities within Illinois
18    requesting such assistance for the purposes of procuring
19    grants for gang intervention and gang prevention programs
20    or other criminal justice programs from the United States
21    Department of Justice;
22        (w) To conduct strategic planning and provide
23    technical assistance to implement comprehensive trauma
24    recovery services for violent crime victims in underserved
25    communities with high levels of violent crime, with the
26    goal of providing a safe, community-based, culturally

 

 

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1    competent environment in which to access services
2    necessary to facilitate recovery from the effects of
3    chronic and repeat exposure to trauma. Services may
4    include, but are not limited to, behavioral health
5    treatment, financial recovery, family support and
6    relocation assistance, and support in navigating the legal
7    system; and
8        (x) To coordinate statewide violence prevention
9    efforts and assist in the implementation of trauma
10    recovery centers and analyze trauma recovery services. The
11    Authority shall develop, publish, and facilitate the
12    implementation of a 4-year statewide violence prevention
13    plan, which shall incorporate public health, public
14    safety, victim services, and trauma recovery centers and
15    services.
16        (y) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
17    in the Authority by the Reimagine Public Safety Act.
18    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
19shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
20by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
21filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
22Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
23under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
24(Source: P.A. 99-938, eff. 1-1-18; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18;
25100-575, eff. 1-8-18; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1148, eff.
2612-10-18.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Reimagine Public Safety Act is amended by
2adding Sections 35-57.1, 35-57.2, 35-57.3, and 35-57.4 as
3follows:
 
4    (430 ILCS 69/35-57.1 new)
5    Sec. 35-57.1. Community Organization Capacity Building
6Program.
7    (a) As used in this Section:
8    "Capacity building" means efforts by either an
9organization itself or a supporting organization to increase
10the likelihood that a community-based organization can
11effectively receive public funding, manage public grants, and
12improve programs and service delivery with such funding.
13    "Community Violence Intervention Workforce Curriculum"
14means educating community violence intervention graduates as
15they transition into sustainable, promising careers. These
16curricula have both universal and adaptable aspects that any
17community impacted by violence can use. The areas integrated
18in the curriculum are employees' rights, entrepreneurship,
19social and emotional learning, behavioral development, skill
20development, and career readiness. Within employees' rights
21and entrepreneurship, graduates and alumni will understand
22their rights as employees and learn how to establish their own
23business in hopes of creating multiple streams of income.
24Social and emotional learning behavioral development is

 

 

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1critical to establish emotional regulations and create the
2"growth mindset" needed to navigate the workplace environment
3while integrating their own lived experience. Skill
4development teaches graduates industry specific knowledge and
5skills needed within their chosen professions. Career
6readiness helps graduates manage day-to-day tasks and gain the
7financial literacy necessary to sustain annual salaries and
8best use wraparound services from Illinois Department of Human
9Services.
10    "Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development"
11means a program composed of 3 pillars: Community Violence
12Initiative Workforce Development Curriculum, Community
13Violence Initiative Workforce Readiness, and a Community
14Violence Initiative Workforce Pipeline.
15    "Community Violence Intervention Workforce Pipeline" means
16a workforce pipeline that focuses on 2 specific areas: job
17placement after completion of a Community Violence
18Intervention Workforce Development Program and job retention
19with key indicators showing progress with program evaluation
20in the first 12 months. Within job placement, 250 participants
21in the Community Violence Initiative Workforce Development
22Training Centers within Chicago with 70% placement rate of
23participants after completion of the program, and 40%
24retention rate of participants within the first 3 months of
25employment. This process will incorporate feedback from
26funding providers, employers, and Illinois General Assembly

 

 

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1members. Job coaching and continued education for employers
2will be provided in collaboration with the Community Violence
3Initiative workforce development organizations.
4    "Community Violence Intervention Workforce Readiness"
5means addressing the professional hard and soft skills,
6competency-based training, and life coaching needed to be
7successful in onboarding and maintaining progressive
8employment throughout their careers. The following areas are
9integrated into any Community Violence Initiative Workforce
10Development Program: effective interpersonal communication,
11attendance and time management, and workplace professionalism.
12Within effective interpersonal communication, graduates and
13alumni exhibit skills such as self-advocacy and learning
14effective strategies to communicate with supervisors and
15coworkers at any organization. Attendance and time management
16are also important with teaching these skills, in partnership
17with the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois
18Criminal Justice Information Authority, and the Department of
19Commerce and Economic Opportunity, to help combat barriers
20that will prevent successful job retention. Lastly, workplace
21professionalism needs to be foundational when guiding
22graduates on how to present themselves in the mainstream
23workforce.
24    "Small emerging community-based organization" means a
25community-based organization with less than $1,500,000 in
26annual revenue that has received public grants for less than

 

 

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1three years prior to applying for a capacity building grant.
2    (b) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
3and the Department of Human Services Office of Firearm
4Violence Prevention shall allocate $10,000,000 for community
5organization capacity building as established in this Section.
6    (c) In consultation with the Department of Human Services
7Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, the Illinois Criminal
8Justice Information Authority shall issue grants to
9organizations in the Reimagine Public Safety Act communities
10and existing Reimagine Public Safety Act grantees that can
11provide technical assistance services to small, emerging
12organizations with strong credible messengers to build an
13infrastructure to support programmatic funding under the Act.
14    (d) Grants for small, emerging community-based
15organizations shall have the following provisions:
16        (1) Grant applications for small, emerging
17    community-based organizations shall be for $150,000 to
18    $500,000 and include the following reimbursable service
19    categories:
20            (A) administrative and finance personnel to apply
21        for and manage grants;
22            (B) program expenses related to violence
23        prevention services;
24            (C) reserve funds to finance cashflow while
25        waiting for public reimbursement; and
26            (D) consulting services that will increase the

 

 

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1        financial stability or programmatic integrity of the
2        emerging organization.
3        (2) Each grant for a small emerging community-based
4    organization shall request the small emerging
5    community-based organization to use 50% or more of the
6    grant for program-related services in violence prevention
7    unless the grantee identifies other pressing needs.
8        (3) Provided they meet all grant requirements, small
9    emerging community-based organizations shall receive up to
10    2 renewals for a total of 3 years of funding to build their
11    organizational capacity under this grant program.
12    (e) Grants for existing Reimagine Public Safety Act
13grantees shall have the following provisions:
14        (1) Grant applications for existing Reimagine Public
15    Safety Act grantees to build other smaller organizations'
16    capacities shall be for $300,000 to $500,000 and include
17    the following reimbursable service categories:
18            (A) training services for small emerging
19        community-based organizational capacity building;
20            (B) program-related expenses for violence
21        prevention services provided by the small, emerging
22        community-based organizations;
23            (C) expenses related to financial management of
24        small, emerging community-based organizations as a
25        fiscal agent or sponsor;
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1        waiting for public reimbursement; and
2            (E) consulting services that will increase the
3        financial stability or programmatic integrity of small
4        emerging community-based organizations.
5        (2) To receive a grant under the Community
6    Organization Capacity Building Program as an existing
7    Reimagine Public Safety Act grantee, applicants must be in
8    good standing as a Reimagine Public Safety Act grantee and
9    have at least 3 years of experience managing more than
10    $1,000,000 in public grants annually. Applicants must also
11    identify at least 2 organizations they will work with and
12    receive supporting letters from those organizations to
13    provide specific support services.
14    (f) In partnership with the Department of Human Services
15Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, the Illinois Criminal
16Justice Information Authority shall create other criteria to
17make awards under this Section consistent with the purposes of
18this Act.
 
19    (430 ILCS 69/35-57.2 new)
20    Sec. 35-57.2. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
21Development Training Centers Program.
22    (a) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
23and the Illinois Department of Human Services Office of
24Firearm Violence Prevention shall allocate $5,000,000 for
25Community Violence Intervention training organizations.

 

 

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1    (b) In consultation with the Illinois Department of Human
2Services Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, the Illinois
3Criminal Justice Information Authority shall issue grants to
4community violence intervention training organizations in the
5Reimagine Public Safety Act communities and existing Reimagine
6Public Safety Act grantees that can provide community violence
7intervention workforce development training. There shall be 2
8grants of $2,500,000 each awarded, for a total of $5,000,000
9in grants.
10    (c) Grant applications for community violence intervention
11workforce training organizations shall be for $2,500,000 each
12and include the following reimbursable service categories:
13        (1) paid stipends for trainees to subsidize their
14    income while enhancing their skills;
15        (2) cognitive behavioral curriculum that aligns with
16    social and emotional learning skills and life coaching;
17        (3) job coaching throughout the first year of
18    employment from trusted, credible messengers;
19        (4) individualized competency-based educational
20    experiences for community violence intervention graduates
21    and alumni; and
22        (5) pre-identified job opportunities upon completion
23    of the workforce development program.
24    (d) In partnership with the Department of Human Services
25Office of Firearm Violence Prevention, the Illinois Criminal
26Justice Information Authority shall create other criteria to

 

 

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1make awards under this Section consistent with the purposes of
2this Act.
 
3    (430 ILCS 69/35-57.3 new)
4    Sec. 35-57.3. Prospective grant payments.
5    (a) Any community-based organization funded by Restore,
6Reinvest, and Renew programs at the Illinois Criminal Justice
7Information Authority, by the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act
8programs at the Department of Commerce and Economic
9Opportunity, or by the Reimagine Public Safety Act programs at
10the Department of Human Services shall qualify for 4
11prospective 3-month payments if the community-based
12organization meets all of the following criteria:
13        (1) The community-based organization has less than
14    $1,000,000 in annual revenue outside of the grant program
15    funds they receive from Restore, Reinvest, and Renew
16    grants, Climate and Equitable Jobs Act grants, or
17    Reimagine Public Safety Act grants, or the community-based
18    organization does not have access to free cashflow that
19    can support 2 months of the program funds awarded under
20    the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew program, the Climate and
21    Equitable Jobs Act program, or the Reimagine Public Safety
22    Act program;
23        (2) The community-based organization is willing and
24    capable of filing quarterly reports that indicate how
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1    agreement.
2        (3) The community-based organization and its
3    leadership have not been found to be in violation of a
4    public or private grant agreement in the past.
5    (b) To receive additional quarterly prospective payments,
6the community agency must report its actual and projected
7spending for the last 3 months of the grant between 60 days and
875 days after the last prospective payment was made. The
9relevant State agency shall adjust the next prospective
10payment to reflect 3 months of additional funds needed based
11on actual spending that took place in the prior quarter.
 
12    (430 ILCS 69/35-57.4 new)
13    Sec. 35-57.4. Community Violence Initiative Program Peer
14Assessment and Evaluation.
15    (a) The Department of Human Services Office of Firearm
16Violence Prevention shall create a peer assessment process for
17all grantees under the Reimagine Public Safety Act program.
18The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention may contract with a
19qualified university partner or other research institution to
20design and implement the peer assessment process. The peer
21assessment process should be designed and implemented using
22the peer assessment program from the Association of State and
23Territorial Health Officials as a model formative assessment
24tool, or the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention may select
25a peer assessment model that more closely aligns with

 

 

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1community violence intervention program needs that have been
2endorsed by at least 10 of the Reimagine Public Safety Act
3grantees.
4    (b) The peer review process shall include review from 3 or
5more similar community violence intervention programs on the
6following programmatic and organizational elements:
7        (1) best evidence participant recruitment and
8    retention;
9        (2) application of data to all elements of program
10    design and implementation;
11        (3) staff training, support, and accountability;
12        (4) budget and financial integrity and controls;
13        (5) community engagement, communication, awareness,
14    and accountability; and
15        (6) continual improvement process management.
16    (c) The Department of Human Services Office of Firearm
17Violence Prevention shall develop standards and processes for
18implementing the peer review process by no later than March 1,
192025, and shall complete the first peer reviews before July 1,
202025.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 3930/7from Ch. 38, par. 210-7
4    430 ILCS 69/35-57.1 new
5    430 ILCS 69/35-57.2 new
6    430 ILCS 69/35-57.3 new
7    430 ILCS 69/35-57.4 new