Sen. Robert Peters
Filed: 10/25/2021
 
 


 




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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 
2evidence-based evidenced-based violence prevention services, 
3promising violence prevention programs, starting up 
4programming, and strengthening the quality of existing 
5programming.
6 "Community" or "communities" "Communities" means, for 
7municipalities with a 1,000,000 or more population in 
8Illinois, the 77 designated neighborhood areas defined by the 
9University of Chicago Social Science Research Committee as 
10amended in 1980. 
11 "Concentrated firearm violence" means the 10 17 most 
12violent communities in Illinois municipalities with greater 
13than 1,000,000 or more one million residents and the 10 most 
14violent municipalities with less than 1,000,000 residents and 
15greater than 35,000 25,000 residents with the most per capita 
16fatal and nonfatal firearm-shot victims, excluding 
17self-inflicted incidents, incidents from January 1, 2016 
18through December 31, 2020.
19 "Criminal and juvenile justice-involved" means an 
20individual who has been arrested, indicted, convicted, 
21adjudicated delinquent, or otherwise detained by criminal or 
22juvenile justice authorities for violation of Illinois 
23criminal laws.
24 "Evidence-based high-risk youth intervention services" 
25means programs that have been proven to reduce involvement in 
26the criminal or juvenile justice system, increase school 
 
 
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1attendance, and includes referrals of refer high-risk teens 
2into therapeutic programs that address trauma recovery and 
3other mental health improvements based on best practices in 
4the youth intervention services field.

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

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

8 (430 ILCS 69/35-15)

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

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

17 (430 ILCS 69/35-20)

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

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

25 (430 ILCS 69/35-25)

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

5  (5) Having and building relationships with community 
6 members and community organizations that provide 
7 evidence-based violence prevention services and get 
8 referrals of people who will most benefit from 
9 evidence-based firearm violence prevention services in 
10 their geographic areas.

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

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 qualified violence 
20 prevention professionals and service providers in their 
21 network; and
22  (5) provide technical assistance and training on human 
23 resources, grants management, capacity building, and 
24 fiscal management strategies. 
25 (g) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
26shall:
 
 
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1  (1) provide additional services identified as 
2 necessary by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and 
3 qualified service providers in their network; and 
4  (2) receive a base vendor contract or grant of up to 
5 $250,000 plus negotiated service rates to provide group 
6 and individualized plus fees negotiated for services to 
7 from participating qualified violence prevention 
8 organizations.
9 (h) (Blank). Fees negotiated for approved technical 
10assistance and training providers shall not exceed 12% of 
11awarded grant funds to a qualified violence prevention 
12organization. 
13 (i) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
14grants, when possible and appropriate, to no fewer than 2 
15qualified violence prevention organizations in each of the 
16eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods served and no more 
17than 6 organizations in the 17 neighborhoods served. When 
18possible, grants Grants shall be for no less than $300,000 
19$400,000 per qualified violence prevention organization. The 
20Office of Firearm Violence Prevention may establish grant 
21award ranges to ensure grants will have the potential to 
22reduce violence in each neighborhood. 
23 (j) No qualified violence prevention organization can 
24serve more than 3 eligible service areas neighborhoods unless 
25the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to 
26identify qualified violence prevention organizations to 
 
 
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1provide adequate coverage.
2 (k) No approved technical assistance and training provider 
3shall provide evidence-based qualified violence prevention 
4services in an eligible service area a neighborhood under this 
5Act unless the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention is unable 
6to identify qualified violence prevention organizations to 
7provide adequate coverage.

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

9 (430 ILCS 69/35-30)

10 Sec. 35-30. Integrated youth services. 
11 (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with 
121,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence 
13Prevention shall make grants to qualified youth development 
14organizations for evidence-based youth after-school and summer 
15programming. Evidence-based youth development programs shall 
16provide services to teens that increase their school 
17attendance, school performance, reduce involvement in the 
18criminal and juvenile justice systems system, and develop 
19nonacademic interests that build social emotional persistence 
20and intelligence. 
21 (b) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
22identify municipal blocks where more than 35% of all fatal and 
23nonfatal firearm-shot incidents take place and focus all youth 
24development service grants to residents of these identified 
25municipality blocks in the designated eligible service areas 
 
 
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117 targeted neighborhoods. The Department of Human Services 
2shall prioritize funding to youth Youth development service 
3programs that shall be required to serve the following teens 
4before expanding services to the broader community:
5  (1) criminal and juvenile justice-involved youth;
6  (2) students who are attending or have attended option 
7 schools;
8  (3) family members of individuals working with 
9 qualified violence prevention organizations; and
10  (4) youth living on the blocks where more than 35% of 
11 the violence takes place in a neighborhood.
12 (c) Each program participant enrolled in a youth 
13development program under this Act, when possible and 
14appropriate, shall receive an individualized needs assessment 
15to determine if the participant requires intensive youth 
16services as provided for in Section 35-35 of this Act. The 
17needs assessment should be the best available instrument that 
18considers the physical and mental condition of each youth 
19based on the youth's family ties, financial resources, past 
20substance use, criminal justice involvement, and trauma 
21related to chronic exposure to firearm violence behavioral 
22health assessment to determine the participant's broader 
23support and mental health needs. The Office of Firearm 
24Violence Prevention shall determine best practices for 
25referring program participants who are at the highest risk of 
26violence and criminal justice involvement to be referred to a 
 
 
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1high-risk youth development intervention program established 
2in Section 35-35.
3 (d) Youth development prevention program participants 
4shall receive services designed to empower participants with 
5the social and emotional skills necessary to forge paths of 
6healthy development and disengagement from high-risk 
7behaviors. Within the context of engaging social, physical, 
8and personal development activities, participants should build 
9resilience and the skills associated with healthy social, 
10emotional, and identity development.
11 (e) Youth development providers shall develop the 
12following expertise in the geographic areas they cover:
13  (1) Knowledge of the teens and their social 
14 organization in the blocks they are designated to serve. 
15  (2) Youth development organizations receiving grants 
16 under this Act shall be required to coordinate services 
17 with other qualified youth development organizations in 
18 their neighborhood by sharing lessons learned in monthly 
19 meetings.
20  (3) (Blank). Providing qualitative review of other 
21 youth development organizations in their neighborhood as 
22 required by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention.
23  (4) Meeting on an emergency basis when conflicts 
24 related to program participants that need immediate 
25 attention and resolution arise.
26  (5) Sharing knowledge and strategies of the 
 
 
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1 neighborhood violence dynamic in monthly meetings with 
2 local qualified violence prevention organizations 
3 receiving grants under this Act. 
4  (6) Selecting an approved technical assistance and 
5 service training service provider to receive and contract 
6 with them for agreed upon services. 
7 (f) The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
8shall select, when possible and appropriate, no fewer than 2 
9and no more than 3 approved technical assistance and training 
10providers to deliver technical assistance and training to the 
11youth development organizations that request to receive agree 
12to contract with an approved technical assistance and training 
13provider. Youth development organizations must use an approved 
14technical assistance and training provider but have complete 
15authority to select among the approved technical assistance 
16services providers funded by the Office of Firearm Violence 
17Prevention. 
18 (g) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
19may:
20  (1) provide training to youth development workers on 
21 how to perform outreach services;
22  (2) provide management training on how to manage youth 
23 development workers;
24  (3) provide training and assistance on how to develop 
25 memorandum of understanding for referral services or 
26 create approved provider lists for these referral 
 
 
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1 services, or both;
2  (4) share lessons learned among youth development 
3 service providers in their network; and
4  (5) provide technical assistance and training on human 
5 resources, grants management, capacity building, and 
6 fiscal management strategies. 
7 (h) Approved technical assistance and training providers 
8shall:
9  (1) provide additional services identified as 
10 necessary by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention and 
11 youth development service providers in their network; and 
12  (2) receive an annual base grant of up to $250,000 
13 plus negotiated service rates to provide group and 
14 individualized plus fees negotiated for services to from 
15 participating youth development service organizations.
16 (i) (Blank). Fees negotiated for approved technical 
17assistance and training providers shall not exceed 10% of 
18awarded grant funds to a youth development services 
19organization. 
20 (j) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
21youth development services grants, when possible and 
22appropriate, to no fewer than 4 youth services organizations 
23in each of the eligible service areas 17 neighborhoods served 
24and no more than 8 organizations in each of the 17 
25neighborhoods. When possible, grants shall be for no less than 
26$300,000 per youth development organization. The Office of 
 
 
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1Firearm Violence Prevention may establish award ranges to 
2ensure grants will have the potential to reduce violence in 
3each neighborhood. Youth services grants shall be for no less 
4than $400,000 per youth development organization.
5 (k) No youth development organization can serve more than 
63 eligible service areas neighborhoods unless the Office of 
7Firearm Violence Prevention is unable to identify youth 
8development organizations to provide adequate coverage.
9 (l) No approved technical assistance and training provider 
10shall provide youth development services in any neighborhood 
11under this Act. 

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

13 (430 ILCS 69/35-35)

14 Sec. 35-35. Intensive youth intervention services. 
15 (a) Subject to appropriation, for municipalities with 
161,000,000 or more residents, the Office of Firearm Violence 
17Prevention shall issue grants to qualified high-risk youth 
18intervention organizations for evidence-based intervention 
19services that reduce involvement in the criminal and juvenile 
20justice system, increase school attendance, and refer 
21high-risk teens into therapeutic programs that address trauma 
22recovery and other mental health improvements. Each program 
23participant enrolled in a high-risk youth intervention program 
24under this Act shall receive a nationally recognized 
25comprehensive mental health assessment delivered by a 
 
 
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1qualified mental health professional certified to provide 
2services to Medicaid recipients.
3 (b) High-risk youth Youth intervention program 
4participants shall receive needed services as determined by 
5the individualized assessment which may include, but is not 
6limited to:
7  (1) receive group-based emotional regulation therapy 
8 that helps them control their emotions and understand how 
9 trauma and stress impacts their thinking and behavior; and 
10  (2) have youth advocates that accompany them to their 
11 group therapy sessions, assist them with issues that 
12 prevent them from attending school, and address life 
13 skills development activities through weekly coaching. ; 
14 and
15 (b-5) High-risk youth intervention service organizations 
16shall (3) be required to have trained clinical staff managing 
17the youth advocate interface with program participants.
18 (c) Youth development service organizations shall be 
19assigned to the youth intervention service providers for 
20referrals by the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention. 
21 (d) The youth receiving intervention services who are 
22evaluated to need trauma recovery and other behavioral health 
23interventions and who have the greatest risk of firearm 
24violence victimization shall be referred to the family systems 
25intervention services established in Section 35-55.
26 (e) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall issue 
 
 
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1high-risk youth intervention grants, when possible and 
2appropriate, to no less than 2 youth intervention 
3organizations and no more than 4 organizations in 
4municipalities with 1,000,000 or more residents.
5 (f) No high-risk youth intervention organization can serve 
6more than 13 eligible service areas 10 neighborhoods. 
7 (g) The approved technical assistance and training 
8providers for youth development programs provided in 
9subsection (d) of Section 35-30 shall also provide technical 
10assistance and training to the affiliated high-risk youth 
11intervention service providers. 
12 (h) (Blank). The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
13shall establish payment requirements from youth intervention 
14service providers to the affiliated approved technical 
15assistance and training providers. 

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

17 (430 ILCS 69/35-40)

18 Sec. 35-40. Services for municipalities with less than 
191,000,000 residents. 
20 (a) The Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall 
21identify the 10 municipalities or geographically contiguous 
22areas in Illinois with less than 1,000,000 residents and more 
23than 35,000 25,000 residents that have the largest 
24concentration of fatal and nonfatal concentrated firearm shot 
25victims over the 5-year period considered for eligibility 
 
 
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1violence in the last 5 years. These areas shall qualify for 
2grants under this Act. The Office of Firearm Violence 
3Prevention may shall identify up to 5 additional 
4municipalities or geographically contiguous areas with more 
5than 25,000 residents and less than 1,000,000 residents that 
6would benefit from evidence-based violence prevention 
7services. In identifying the additional municipalities that 
8qualify for funding under Section 35-40, the Office of Firearm 
9Violence Prevention shall consider the following factors when 
10possible:
11  (1) the total number of fatal and nonfatal firearms 
12 victims, excluding self-inflicted incidents, in a 
13 potential municipality over the 5-year period considered 
14 for eligibility in the last 5 years;

15  (2) the per capita rate of fatal and nonfatal firearms 
16 victims, excluding self-inflicted incidents, in a 
17 potential municipality over the 5-year period considered 
18 for eligibility in the last 5 years;
and 
19  (3) the total potential firearms violence reduction 
20 benefit for the entire State of Illinois by serving the 
21 additional municipalities municipality compared to the 
22 total benefit of investing in all other municipalities 
23 identified for grants to municipalities with more than 
24 35,000 25,000 residents and less than 1,000,000 residents.

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

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


12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.".