Full Text of SB1808 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 42 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 505/42 new) | 7 | | Sec. 42. Intergovernmental agreement; transitioning youth | 8 | | in care. | 9 | | (a) In order to intercept and divert youth in care from | 10 | | experiencing homelessness, incarceration, unemployment, and | 11 | | other similar outcomes, within 180 days after the effective | 12 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the | 13 | | Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of | 14 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 15 | | Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Department | 16 | | of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Corrections, the | 17 | | Illinois Urban Development Authority, and the Department of | 18 | | Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement for the | 19 | | purpose of providing preventive services to youth in care and | 20 | | young adults who are aging out of or have recently aged out of | 21 | | the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and | 22 | | Family Services. | 23 | | (b) The intergovernmental agreement shall require the |
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| 1 | | agencies listed in subsection (a) to: (i) establish an | 2 | | interagency liaison to review cases of youth in care and young | 3 | | adults who are at risk of homelessness, incarceration, or other | 4 | | similar outcomes; and (ii) connect such youth in care and young | 5 | | adults to the appropriate supportive services and treatment | 6 | | programs to stabilize them during their transition out of State | 7 | | care. Under the interagency agreement, the agencies listed in | 8 | | subsection (a) shall determine how best to provide the | 9 | | following supportive services to youth in care and young adults | 10 | | who are at risk of homelessness, incarceration, or other | 11 | | similar outcomes: | 12 | | (1) Housing support. | 13 | | (2) Educational support. | 14 | | (3) Employment support. | 15 | | (c) On January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, the | 16 | | agencies listed in subsection (a) shall submit a report to the | 17 | | General Assembly on the following: | 18 | | (1) The number of youth in care and young adults who | 19 | | were intercepted during the reporting period and the | 20 | | supportive services and treatment programs they were | 21 | | connected with to prevent homelessness, incarnation, or | 22 | | other negative outcomes. | 23 | | (2) The duration of the services the youth in care and | 24 | | young adults received in order to stabilize them during | 25 | | their transition out of State care. | 26 | | (d) Outcomes and data reported annually to the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly. On January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, the | 2 | | Department of Children and Family Services shall submit a | 3 | | report to the General Assembly on the following: | 4 | | (1) The number of youth in care and young adults who | 5 | | are aging out or have aged out of State care during the | 6 | | reporting period. | 7 | | (2) The length and type of services that were offered | 8 | | to the youth in care and young adults reported under | 9 | | paragraph (1) and the status of those youth in care and | 10 | | young adults.
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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