Sen. Robert Peters
Filed: 10/22/2021
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2791




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2791 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


4 "Section 5. The Reimagine Public Safety Act is amended by 
5changing Sections 35-10, 35-15, 35-20, 35-25, 35-30, 35-35, 
6and 35-40 as follows:

7 (430 ILCS 69/35-10)

8 Sec. 35-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9 "Approved technical assistance and training provider" 
10means an organization that has experience in improving the 
11outcomes of local community-based organizations by providing 
12supportive services that address the gaps in their resources 
13and knowledge about content-based work or provide support and 
14knowledge about the administration and management of 
15organizations, or both. Approved technical assistance and 
16training providers as defined in this Act are intended to 
 
 
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1assist community organizations with evaluating the need for 
2evidenced-based violence prevention services, promising 
3violence prevention programs, starting up programming, and 
4strengthening the quality of existing programming.
5 "Community" or "communities" "Communities" means, for 
6municipalities with a 1,000,000 or more population in 
7Illinois, the 77 designated areas defined by the University of 
8Chicago Social Science Research Committee as amended in 1980. 
9 "Concentrated firearm violence" means the 10 17 most 
10violent communities in Illinois municipalities with greater 
11than 1,000,000 or more one million residents and the 10 most 
12violent municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and 
13greater than 35,000 25,000 residents with the most per capita 
14fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, excluding 
15self-inflicted incidents, incidents from January 1, 2016 
16through December 31, 2020.
17 "Criminal and juvenile justice-involved" means an 
18individual who has been arrested, indicted, convicted, 
19adjudicated delinquent, or otherwise detained by criminal or 
20juvenile justice authorities for violation of Illinois 
21criminal laws.
22 "Evidence-based high-risk youth intervention services" 
23means programs that have been proven to reduce involvement in 
24the criminal or juvenile justice system, increase school 
25attendance, and includes referrals of refer high-risk teens 
26into therapeutic programs that address trauma recovery and 
 
 
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1other mental health improvements based on best practices in 
2the youth intervention services field.

3 "Evidenced-based violence prevention services" means 
4coordinated programming and services that may include, but are 
5not limited to, effective emotional or trauma related 
6therapies, housing, employment training, job placement, family 
7engagement, or wrap-around support services that have been 
8proven effective or are considered to be best practice for 
9reducing violence within the field of violence intervention 
10research and practice.
11 "Evidence-based youth development programs" means 
12after-school and summer programming that provides services to 
13teens to increase their school attendance, school performance, 
14reduce involvement in the criminal justice system, and develop 
15nonacademic interests that build social emotional persistence 
16and intelligence based on best practices in the field of youth 
17development services for high-risk youth.
18 "Options school" means a secondary school where 75% or 
19more of attending students have either stopped attending or 
20failed their secondary school courses since first attending 
21ninth grade. 
22 "Violence Qualified violence prevention organization" 
23means an organization that manages and employs qualified 
24violence prevention professionals. 
25 "Violence Qualified violence prevention professional" 
26means a community health worker who renders violence 
 
 
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1preventive services.
2 "Social organization" means an organization of individuals 
3who form the organization for the purposes of enjoyment, work, 
4and other mutual interests.

5(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; revised 7-16-21.)

6 (430 ILCS 69/35-15)

7 Sec. 35-15. Findings. The Illinois General Assembly finds 
8that:
9 (1) Discrete neighborhoods in municipalities across 
10Illinois are experiencing concentrated and perpetual firearm 
11violence that is a public health epidemic.
12 (2) Within neighborhoods experiencing this firearm 
13violence epidemic, violence is concentrated among teens and 
14young adults that have chronic exposure to the risk of 
15violence and criminal legal system involvement and related 
16trauma in small geographic areas where these young people live 
17or congregate. 
18 (3) Firearm violence victimization and perpetration is 
19highly concentrated in particular neighborhoods, particular 
20blocks within these neighborhoods, and among a small number of 
21individuals living in these areas.
22 (4) People who are chronically exposed to the risk of 
23firearm violence victimization are substantially more likely 
24to be violently injured or violently injure another person. 
25People who have been violently injured are substantially more 
 
 
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1likely to be violently reinjured. Chronic exposure to violence 
2additionally leads individuals to engage in behavior, as part 
3of a cycle of community violence, trauma, and retaliation that 
4substantially increases their own risk of violent injury or 
5reinjury.
6 (5) Evidence-based programs that engage individuals at the 
7highest risk of firearm violence and provide life 
8stabilization, case management, and culturally competent group 
9and individual therapy reduce firearm violence victimization 
10and perpetration and can end Illinois' firearm violence 
11epidemic.
12 (6) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm 
13violence epidemic requires targeted, integrated behavioral 
14health services and economic opportunity that promotes 
15self-sufficiency for victims of firearm violence and those 
16with chronic exposure to the risk of firearm violence 
17victimization.
18 (7) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm 
19violence epidemic further requires broader preventive 
20investments in the census tracts and blocks that reduce risk 
21factors for youth and families living in areas at the highest 
22with extreme risk of firearm violence victimization.
23 (8) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm 
24violence epidemic requires empowering residents and 
25community-based organizations within impacted neighborhoods to 
26provide culturally competent care based on lived experience in 
 
 
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1these areas and long-term relationships of mutual interest 
2that promote safety and stability. 
3 (9) A public health approach to ending Illinois' firearm 
4violence epidemic further requires that preventive youth 
5development services for youth in these neighborhoods be fully 
6integrated with a team-based model of mental health care to 
7address trauma recovery for those young people at the highest 
8extreme risk of firearm violence victimization. 
9 (10) Community revitalization can be an effective violence 
10prevention strategy, provided that revitalization is targeted 
11to the highest risk geographies within communities and 
12revitalization efforts are designed and led by individuals 
13living and working in the impacted communities. 

14(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)

15 (430 ILCS 69/35-20)

16 Sec. 35-20. Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. 
17 (a) On or before October September 1, 2021, an Office of 
18Firearm Violence Prevention is established within the Illinois 
19Department of Human Services. The Assistant Secretary of 
20Violence Prevention shall report his or her actions to the 
21Secretary of Human Services and the Office of the Governor. 
22The Office shall have the authority to coordinate and 
23integrate all programs and services listed in this Act and 
24other programs and services the Governor establishes by 
25executive order to maximize an integrated approach to reducing 
 
 
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1Illinois' firearm violence epidemic and ultimately ending this 
2public health crisis. 
3 (b) The Department of Human Services and the Office of 
4Firearm Violence Prevention shall have grant making, 
5operational, and procurement authority to distribute funds to 
6qualified violence prevention organizations, youth development 
7organizations, high-risk youth intervention organizations, 
8approved technical assistance and training providers, and 
9qualified evaluation and assessment organizations, and other 
10entities necessary to execute the functions established in 
11this Act and other programs and services the Governor 
12establishes by executive order for the Department and the this 
13Office. 
14 (c) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention 
15shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent 
16of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence 
17Prevention shall report to the Secretary of Human Services and 
18also report his or her actions to the Office of the Governor. 
19 (d) For Illinois municipalities with a 1,000,000 or more 
20population, the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
21determine the 10 17 most violent neighborhoods. When possible, 
22this shall be determined by measuring as measured by the 
23number of per capita fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, 
24excluding self-inflicted incidents, from January 1, 2016 
25through December 31, 2020. These 10 17 communities shall 
26qualify for grants under this Act and coordination of other 
 
 
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1State services from the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. 
2The Office shall, after identifying the top 10 neighborhoods, 
3identify an additional 7 eligible neighborhoods by considering 
4the number of victims in rank order in addition to the per 
5capita rate. If appropriate, and subject to appropriation, the 
6Office shall have the authority to consider adding up to 5 
7additional eligible neighborhoods or clusters of contiguous 
8neighborhoods utilizing the same data set so as to maximize 
9the potential impact for firearm violence reduction. For 
10Illinois municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and 
11more than 35,000 25,000 residents, the Office of Firearm 
12Violence Prevention shall identify the 10 municipalities or 
13contiguous geographic areas that have the greatest 
14concentrated firearm violence victims. When possible, this 
15shall be determined by measuring as measured by the number of 
16fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, excluding 
17self-inflicted incidents, from January 1, 2016 through 
18December 31, 2020 divided by the number of residents for each 
19municipality or area. These 10 municipalities or contiguous 
20geographic areas and up to 5 additional other municipalities 
21or contiguous geographic areas identified by the Office of 
22Firearm Violence Prevention shall qualify for grants under 
23this Act and coordination of other State services from the 
24Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. The Office of Firearm 
25Violence Prevention shall consider factors listed in 
26subsection (a) of Section 35-40 to determine up to 5 
 
 
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1additional municipalities or contiguous geographic areas that 
2qualify for grants under this Act. The Office of Firearm 
3Violence Prevention may, subject to appropriation, identify up 
4to 5 additional neighborhoods, municipalities, contiguous 
5geographic areas, or other local government-identified 
6boundary areas to receive funding under this Act after 
7considering additional risk factors that contribute to 
8community firearm violence. The data analysis to identify new 
9eligible neighborhoods and municipalities shall be updated to 
10reflect eligibility based on the most recently available 5 
11full years of data no more frequently than once every 3 years. 
12 (e) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
13a report to the General Assembly no later than January 1 of 
14each year that identifies communities within Illinois 
15municipalities of 1,000,000 or more residents and 
16municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and more 
17than 35,000 25,000 residents that are experiencing 
18concentrated firearm violence, explaining the investments that 
19are being made to reduce concentrated firearm violence, and 
20making further recommendations on how to end Illinois' firearm 
21violence epidemic.

22(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)

23 (430 ILCS 69/35-25)

24 Sec. 35-25. Integrated violence prevention and other 
25services. 
 
 
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1 (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with 
21,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence 
3Prevention shall make grants to qualified violence prevention 
4organizations for evidence-based firearm violence prevention 
5services. Approved technical assistance and training providers 
6shall create learning communities for the exchange of 
7information between community-based organizations in the same 
8or similar fields. Firearm Evidence-based firearm violence 
9prevention organizations services shall recruit individuals at 
10the highest risk of firearm violence victimization and provide 
11these individuals with evidence-based comprehensive services 
12that reduce their exposure to chronic firearm violence.
13 (b) Violence Qualified violence prevention organizations 
14shall develop the following expertise in the geographic areas 
15that they cover:
16  (1) Analyzing and leveraging data to identify the 
17 people who will most benefit from firearm violence 
18 prevention services in their geographic areas.
19  (2) Identifying the conflicts that are responsible for 
20 recurring violence.
21  (3) Having relationships with individuals who are most 
22 able to reduce conflicts.
23  (4) Addressing the stabilization and trauma recovery 
24 needs of individuals impacted by violence by providing 
25 direct services for their unmet needs or referring them to 
26 other qualified service providers.

 
 
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1  (5) Having and building relationships with community 
2 members and community organizations that provide violence 
3 prevention services and get referrals of people who will 
4 most benefit from firearm violence prevention services in 
5 their geographic areas.

6  (6) Providing training and technical assistance to 
7 local law enforcement agencies to improve their 
8 effectiveness without having any role, requirement, or 
9 mandate to participate in the policing, enforcement, or 
10 prosecution of any crime. 
11 (c) Violence Qualified violence prevention organizations 
12receiving grants under this Act shall coordinate services with 
13other qualified violence prevention organizations in their 
14area.
15 (d) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall name a 
16Lead Qualified Violence Prevention Convener for each of the 
17eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods and provide a grant of 
18$50,000 up to $100,000 to these organizations this 
19organization to coordinate monthly meetings between qualified 
20violence prevention organizations and youth development 
21organizations under this Act. The Lead Qualified Violence 
22Prevention Convener may also receive funding from the Office 
23of Firearm Violence Prevention for technical assistance or 
24training through approved providers when needs are jointly 
25identified. The Lead Qualified Violence Prevention Convener 
26shall:
 
 
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1  (1) provide notes on the meetings and summarize 
2 recommendations made at the monthly meetings to improve 
3 the effectiveness of violence prevention services based on 
4 review of timely data on shootings and homicides in his or 
5 her relevant neighborhood;
6  (2) attend monthly meetings where the cause of 
7 violence and other neighborhood disputes is discussed and 
8 strategize on how to resolve ongoing conflicts and execute 
9 on agreed plans;
10  (3) (blank); provide qualitative review of other 
11 qualified violence prevention organizations in the Lead 
12 Qualified Violence Prevention Convener's neighborhood as 
13 required by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention;
14  (4) make consensus recommendations to the Office of 
15 Firearm Violence Prevention and local law enforcement on 
16 how to reduce violent conflict in his or her neighborhood;
17  (5) meet on an emergency basis when conflicts that 
18 need immediate attention and resolution arise;
19  (6) share knowledge and strategies of the community 
20 violence dynamic in monthly meetings with local youth 
21 development specialists receiving grants under this Act; 
22  (7) select when and where needed an approved Office of 
23 Violence Prevention-funded technical assistance and 
24 service training service provider to receive and contract 
25 with the provider for agreed upon services; and 
26  (8) after meeting with community residents and other 
 
 
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1 community organizations that have expertise in housing, 
2 mental health, economic development, education, and social 
3 services, make consensus recommendations to the Office of 
4 Firearm Violence Prevention on how to target community 
5 revitalization resources available from federal and State 
6 funding sources. 
7 The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall compile 
8recommendations from all Lead Qualified Violence Prevention 
9Conveners and report to the General Assembly bi-annually on 
10these funding recommendations. The Lead Qualified Violence 
11Prevention Convener may also serve as a youth development 
12provider.
13 (e) The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
14shall select, when possible and appropriate, no fewer than 2 
15and no more than 3 approved technical assistance and training 
16providers to deliver technical assistance and training to the 
17qualified violence prevention organizations that request to 
18receive agree to contract with an approved technical 
19assistance and training provider. Violence Qualified violence 
20prevention organizations shall have complete authority to 
21select among the approved technical assistance services 
22providers funded by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. 
23 (f) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
24may:
25  (1) provide training and certification to qualified 
26 violence prevention professionals on how to perform 
 
 
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1 violence prevention services and other professional 
2 development to qualified violence prevention 
3 professionals.
4  (2) provide management training on how to manage 
5 qualified violence prevention professionals;

6  (3) provide training and assistance on how to develop 
7 memorandum of understanding for referral services or 
8 create approved provider lists for these referral 
9 services, or both;
10  (4) share lessons learned among qualified violence 
11 prevention professionals and service providers in their 
12 network; and
13  (5) provide technical assistance and training on human 
14 resources, grants management, capacity building, and 
15 fiscal management strategies. 
16 (g) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
17shall:
18  (1) provide additional services identified as 
19 necessary by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and 
20 qualified service providers in their network; and 
21  (2) receive a base vendor contract or grant of up to 
22 $250,000 plus negotiated service rates to provide group 
23 and individualized plus fees negotiated for services to 
24 from participating qualified violence prevention 
25 organizations.
26 (h) (Blank). Fees negotiated for approved technical 
 
 
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1assistance and training providers shall not exceed 12% of 
2awarded grant funds to a qualified violence prevention 
3organization. 
4 (i) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
5grants, when possible and appropriate, to no fewer than 2 
6qualified violence prevention organizations in each of the 
7eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods served and no more 
8than 6 organizations in the 17 neighborhoods served. When 
9possible, grants Grants shall be for no less than $400,000 per 
10qualified violence prevention organization. The Office of 
11Firearm Violence Prevention may establish grant award ranges 
12to ensure grants will have the potential to reduce violence in 
13each neighborhood. 
14 (j) No qualified violence prevention organization can 
15serve more than 3 eligible service areas neighborhoods unless 
16the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to 
17identify qualified violence prevention organizations to 
18provide adequate coverage.
19 (k) No approved technical assistance and training provider 
20shall provide qualified violence prevention services in an 
21eligible service area a neighborhood under this Act unless the 
22Office of Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to identify 
23qualified violence prevention organizations to provide 
24adequate coverage.

25(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)

 
 
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1 (430 ILCS 69/35-30)

2 Sec. 35-30. Integrated youth services. 
3 (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with 
41,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence 
5Prevention shall make grants to qualified youth development 
6organizations for evidence-based youth after-school and summer 
7programming. Evidence-based youth development programs shall 
8provide services to teens that increase their school 
9attendance, school performance, reduce involvement in the 
10criminal and juvenile justice systems system, and develop 
11nonacademic interests that build social emotional persistence 
12and intelligence. 
13 (b) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
14identify municipal blocks where more than 35% of all fatal and 
15nonfatal firearm-shot incidents take place and focus all youth 
16development service grants to residents of these identified 
17municipality blocks in the designated eligible service areas 
1817 targeted neighborhoods. The Department of Human Services 
19shall prioritize funding to youth Youth development service 
20programs that shall be required to serve the following teens 
21before expanding services to the broader community:
22  (1) criminal and juvenile justice-involved youth;
23  (2) students who are attending or have attended option 
24 schools;
25  (3) family members of individuals working with 
26 qualified violence prevention organizations; and
 
 
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1  (4) youth living on the blocks where more than 35% of 
2 the violence takes place in a neighborhood.
3 (c) Each program participant enrolled in a youth 
4development program under this Act, when possible and 
5appropriate, shall receive an individualized needs assessment 
6to determine if the participant requires intensive youth 
7services as provided for in Section 35-35 of this Act. The 
8needs assessment should be the best available instrument that 
9considers the physical and mental condition of each youth 
10based on the youth's family ties, financial resources, past 
11substance use, criminal justice involvement, and trauma 
12related to chronic exposure to firearm violence behavioral 
13health assessment to determine the participant's broader 
14support and mental health needs. The Office of Firearm 
15Violence Prevention shall determine best practices for 
16referring program participants who are at the highest risk of 
17violence and criminal justice involvement to be referred to a 
18high-risk youth development intervention program established 
19in Section 35-35.
20 (d) Youth development prevention program participants 
21shall receive services designed to empower participants with 
22the social and emotional skills necessary to forge paths of 
23healthy development and disengagement from high-risk 
24behaviors. Within the context of engaging social, physical, 
25and personal development activities, participants should build 
26resilience and the skills associated with healthy social, 
 
 
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1emotional, and identity development.
2 (e) Youth development providers shall develop the 
3following expertise in the geographic areas they cover:
4  (1) Knowledge of the teens and their social 
5 organization in the blocks they are designated to serve. 
6  (2) Youth development organizations receiving grants 
7 under this Act shall be required to coordinate services 
8 with other qualified youth development organizations in 
9 their neighborhood by sharing lessons learned in monthly 
10 meetings.
11  (3) (Blank). Providing qualitative review of other 
12 youth development organizations in their neighborhood as 
13 required by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention.
14  (4) Meeting on an emergency basis when conflicts 
15 related to program participants that need immediate 
16 attention and resolution arise.
17  (5) Sharing knowledge and strategies of the 
18 neighborhood violence dynamic in monthly meetings with 
19 local qualified violence prevention organizations 
20 receiving grants under this Act. 
21  (6) Selecting an approved technical assistance and 
22 service training service provider to receive and contract 
23 with them for agreed upon services. 
24 (f) The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
25shall select, when possible and appropriate, no fewer than 2 
26and no more than 3 approved technical assistance and training 
 
 
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1providers to deliver technical assistance and training to the 
2youth development organizations that request to receive agree 
3to contract with an approved technical assistance and training 
4provider. Youth development organizations must use an approved 
5technical assistance and training provider but have complete 
6authority to select among the approved technical assistance 
7services providers funded by the Office of Firearm Violence 
8Prevention. 
9 (g) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
10may:
11  (1) provide training to youth development workers on 
12 how to perform outreach services;
13  (2) provide management training on how to manage youth 
14 development workers;
15  (3) provide training and assistance on how to develop 
16 memorandum of understanding for referral services or 
17 create approved provider lists for these referral 
18 services, or both;
19  (4) share lessons learned among youth development 
20 service providers in their network; and
21  (5) provide technical assistance and training on human 
22 resources, grants management, capacity building, and 
23 fiscal management strategies. 
24 (h) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
25shall:
26  (1) provide additional services identified as 
 
 
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1 necessary by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and 
2 youth development service providers in their network; and 
3  (2) receive an annual base grant of up to $250,000 
4 plus negotiated service rates to provide group and 
5 individualized plus fees negotiated for services to from 
6 participating youth development service organizations.
7 (i) (Blank). Fees negotiated for approved technical 
8assistance and training providers shall not exceed 10% of 
9awarded grant funds to a youth development services 
10organization. 
11 (j) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
12youth development services grants, when possible and 
13appropriate, to no fewer than 4 youth services organizations 
14in each of the eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods served 
15and no more than 8 organizations in each of the 17 
16neighborhoods. When possible, grants shall be for no less than 
17$300,000 per youth development organization. The Office of 
18Firearm Violence Prevention may establish award ranges to 
19ensure grants will have the potential to reduce violence in 
20each neighborhood. Youth services grants shall be for no less 
21than $400,000 per youth development organization.
22 (k) No youth development organization can serve more than 
233 eligible service areas neighborhoods unless the Office of 
24Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to identify youth 
25development organizations to provide adequate coverage.
26 (l) No approved technical assistance and training provider 
 
 
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1shall provide youth development services in any neighborhood 
2under this Act. 

3(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)

4 (430 ILCS 69/35-35)

5 Sec. 35-35. Intensive youth intervention services. 
6 (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with 
71,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence 
8Prevention shall issue grants to qualified high-risk youth 
9intervention organizations for evidence-based intervention 
10services that reduce involvement in the criminal and juvenile 
11justice system, increase school attendance, and refer 
12high-risk teens into therapeutic programs that address trauma 
13recovery and other mental health improvements. Each program 
14participant enrolled in a high-risk youth intervention program 
15under this Act shall receive a nationally recognized 
16comprehensive mental health assessment delivered by a 
17qualified mental health professional certified to provide 
18services to Medicaid recipients.
19 (b) High-risk youth Youth intervention program 
20participants shall receive needed services as determined by 
21the individualized assessment which may include, but is not 
22limited to:
23  (1) receive group-based emotional regulation therapy 
24 that helps them control their emotions and understand how 
25 trauma and stress impacts their thinking and behavior; and 
 
 
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1  (2) have youth advocates that accompany them to their 
2 group therapy sessions, assist them with issues that 
3 prevent them from attending school, and address life 
4 skills development activities through weekly coaching. ; 
5 and
6 (b-5) High-risk youth intervention service organizations 
7shall (3) be required to have trained clinical staff managing 
8the youth advocate interface with program participants.
9 (c) Youth development service organizations shall be 
10assigned to the youth intervention service providers for 
11referrals by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. 
12 (d) The youth receiving intervention services who are 
13evaluated to need trauma recovery and other behavioral health 
14interventions and who have the greatest risk of firearm 
15violence victimization shall be referred to the family systems 
16intervention services established in Section 35-55.
17 (e) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
18high-risk youth intervention grants, when possible and 
19appropriate, to no less than 2 youth intervention 
20organizations and no more than 4 organizations in 
21municipalities with 1,000,000 or more residents.
22 (f) No high-risk youth intervention organization can serve 
23more than 10 eligible service areas neighborhoods. 
24 (g) The approved technical assistance and training 
25providers for youth development programs provided in 
26subsection (d) of Section 35-30 shall also provide technical 
 
 
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1assistance and training to the affiliated high-risk youth 
2intervention service providers. 
3 (h) (Blank). The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
4shall establish payment requirements from youth intervention 
5service providers to the affiliated approved technical 
6assistance and training providers. 

7(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)

8 (430 ILCS 69/35-40)

9 Sec. 35-40. Services for municipalities with less than 
101,000,000 residents. 
11 (a) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
12identify the 10 municipalities or geographically contiguous 
13areas in Illinois with less than 1,000,000 residents and more 
14than 35,000 25,000 residents that have the largest 
15concentration of fatal and nonfatal concentrated firearm shot 
16victims over the 5-year period considered for eligibility 
17violence in the last 5 years. These areas shall qualify for 
18grants under this Act. The Office of Firearm Violence 
19Prevention may shall identify up to 5 additional 
20municipalities or geographically contiguous areas with more 
21than 25,000 residents and less than 1,000,000 residents that 
22would benefit from violence prevention services. In 
23identifying the additional municipalities that qualify for 
24funding under Section 35-40, the Office of Firearm Violence 
25Prevention shall consider the following factors when possible:
 
 
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1  (1) the total number of fatal and nonfatal firearms 
2 victims, excluding self-inflicted incidents, in a 
3 potential municipality over the 5-year period considered 
4 for eligibility in the last 5 years;

5  (2) the per capita rate of fatal and nonfatal firearms 
6 victims, excluding self-inflicted incidents, in a 
7 potential municipality over the 5-year period considered 
8 for eligibility in the last 5 years;
and 
9  (3) the total potential firearms violence reduction 
10 benefit for the entire State of Illinois by serving the 
11 additional municipalities municipality compared to the 
12 total benefit of investing in all other municipalities 
13 identified for grants to municipalities with more than 
14 35,000 25,000 residents and less than 1,000,000 residents.

15 (b) Resources for each of these areas shall be distributed 
16based on a formula to be developed by the Office of Firearm 
17Violence Prevention that will maximize the total potential 
18reduction in firearms victimization for all municipalities 
19receiving grants under this Act. Resources for each of these 
20areas shall be distributed based on maximizing the total 
21potential reduction in firearms victimization for all 
22municipalities receiving grants under this Act. The Office of 
23Firearm Violence Prevention may establish a minimum grant 
24amount for each municipality awarded grants under this Section 
25to ensure grants will have the potential to reduce violence in 
26each municipality. The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
 
 
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1shall maximize the potential for violence reduction throughout 
2Illinois after determining the necessary minimum grant amounts 
3to be effective in each municipality receiving grants under 
4this Section.
5 (c) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall create 
6local advisory councils for each of the designated service 
7areas 10 areas designated for the purpose of obtaining 
8recommendations on how to distribute funds in these areas to 
9reduce firearm violence incidents. Local advisory councils 
10shall have a minimum consist of 5 members with the following 
11expertise or experience:
12  (1) a representative of a nonelected official in local 
13 government from the designated area;
14  (2) a representative of an elected official at the 
15 local or state level for the area;
16  (3) a representative with public health experience in 
17 firearm violence prevention or youth development; and
18  (4) two residents of the subsection of each area with 
19 the most concentrated firearm violence incidents; and . 
20  (5) additional members as determined by the individual 
21 local advisory council. 
22 (d) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
23provide data to each local council on the characteristics of 
24firearm violence in the designated area and other relevant 
25information on the physical and demographic characteristics of 
26the designated area. The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
 
 
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1shall also provide best available evidence on how to address 
2the social determinants of health in the designated area in 
3order to reduce firearm violence.
4 (e) Each local advisory council shall make recommendations 
5on how to allocate distributed resources for its area based on 
6information provided to them by the Office of Firearm Violence 
7Prevention, local law enforcement data, and other locally 
8available data.
9 (f) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
10consider the recommendations and determine how to distribute 
11funds through grants to community-based organizations and 
12local governments. To the extent the Office of Firearm 
13Violence Prevention does not follow a local advisory council's 
14recommendation on allocation of funds, the Office of Firearm 
15Violence Prevention shall explain in writing why a different 
16allocation of resources is more likely to reduce firearm 
17violence in the designated area.
18 (g) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human 
19Services and the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
20issue grants to local governmental agencies and 
21community-based organizations to maximize firearm violence 
22reduction each year. When possible, initial grants Grants 
23shall be named no later than April March 1, 2022 and renewed or 
24competitively bid as appropriate in subsequent fiscal years. 
25Grants in proceeding years shall be issued on or before July 15 
26of the relevant fiscal year. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)


2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
3becoming law.".