Bill Text: IL SB1808 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that in order to intercept and divert youth in care from experiencing homelessness, incarceration, unemployment, and other similar outcomes the Department of Children and Family Services and several specified agencies shall enter into an interagency agreement for the purpose of providing preventive services to youth in care and young adults who are aging-out of or have recently aged out of the custody or guardianship of the Department. Provides that the intergovernmental agreement shall require the Department and the other specified agencies to: (i) establish an interagency liaison to review cases of at-risk youth in care and young adults; and (ii) connect such youth in care and young adults to the appropriate supportive services and treatment programs to stabilize them during their transition out of State care. Requires the Department and the other specified agencies to determine how best to provide housing, education, and employment services to at-risk youth in care and young adults. Requires the Department and other agencies to submit annual reports to the General Assembly on: (1) the number of youth in care and young adults who were intercepted during the reporting period and the supportive services and treatment programs they were connected with; and (2) the duration of the services such youth received in order to stabilize them during their transition out of State care. Requires the Department to submit annual reports to the General Assembly on: (a) the number of youth in care and young adults who are aging out or have aged out of State care during the reporting period; and (b) the length and type of services that were offered to such and the youth's status. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0167 [SB1808 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1808-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 101-0167 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | ||||
by adding Section 42 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 505/42 new) | ||||
Sec. 42. Intergovernmental agreement; transitioning youth | ||||
in care. | ||||
(a) In order to intercept and divert youth in care from | ||||
experiencing homelessness, incarceration, unemployment, and | ||||
other similar outcomes, within 180 days after the effective | ||||
date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the | ||||
Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of | ||||
Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||
Services, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Department | ||||
of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Corrections, the | ||||
Illinois Urban Development Authority, and the Department of | ||||
Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement for the | ||||
purpose of providing preventive services to youth in care and | ||||
young adults who are aging out of or have recently aged out of | ||||
the custody or guardianship of the Department of Children and | ||||
Family Services. | ||||
(b) The intergovernmental agreement shall require the | ||||
agencies listed in subsection (a) to: (i) establish an | ||
interagency liaison to review cases of youth in care and young | ||
adults who are at risk of homelessness, incarceration, or other | ||
similar outcomes; and (ii) connect such youth in care and young | ||
adults to the appropriate supportive services and treatment | ||
programs to stabilize them during their transition out of State | ||
care. Under the interagency agreement, the agencies listed in | ||
subsection (a) shall determine how best to provide the | ||
following supportive services to youth in care and young adults | ||
who are at risk of homelessness, incarceration, or other | ||
similar outcomes: | ||
(1) Housing support. | ||
(2) Educational support. | ||
(3) Employment support. | ||
(c) On January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, the | ||
agencies listed in subsection (a) shall submit a report to the | ||
General Assembly on the following: | ||
(1) The number of youth in care and young adults who | ||
were intercepted during the reporting period and the | ||
supportive services and treatment programs they were | ||
connected with to prevent homelessness, incarnation, or | ||
other negative outcomes. | ||
(2) The duration of the services the youth in care and | ||
young adults received in order to stabilize them during | ||
their transition out of State care. | ||
(d) Outcomes and data reported annually to the General | ||
Assembly. On January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, the | ||
Department of Children and Family Services shall submit a | ||
report to the General Assembly on the following: | ||
(1) The number of youth in care and young adults who | ||
are aging out or have aged out of State care during the | ||
reporting period. | ||
(2) The length and type of services that were offered | ||
to the youth in care and young adults reported under | ||
paragraph (1) and the status of those youth in care and | ||
young adults.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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