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20 ILCS 4027/ Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995.

(20 ILCS 4027/1)     Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995. (Source: P.A. 89‑353, eff. 8‑17‑95.)

(20 ILCS 4027/5)     Sec. 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to plan, coordinate, evaluate, and fund public health and public safety approaches to violence prevention in the State. (Source: P.A. 89‑353, eff. 8‑17‑95.)

(20 ILCS 4027/10)     Sec. 10. Illinois Violence Prevention Authority. There is hereby created the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority (hereafter "Authority") which shall be chaired jointly by the Attorney General and the Director of Public Health and shall also include: the Secretary of Human Services (or his or her designee) plus 2 additional representatives of the Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary; the director or designee of the following departments of State government: the Department of State Police, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department on Aging, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Corrections; the chair or designee of the Authority's Youth Advisory Board, who is entitled to vote as a member of the Authority if 16 years of age or older; and 10 public members representing health, criminal justice, and civic associations or organizations working in the area of violence prevention, 5 each appointed by the Attorney General and the Director of Public Health. Appointed members serve 3‑year terms and may be reappointed for an unlimited number of terms. (Source: P.A. 91‑284, eff. 1‑1‑00.)

    (20 ILCS 4027/15)
    Sec. 15. Responsibilities of the Authority.
    (a) The responsibilities of the Authority shall include, but not be limited to:
        (1) Coordination of Statewide violence prevention

efforts and development of a statewide plan that incorporates public health and public safety approaches to violence prevention in families, communities, and schools.

(2) Seeking and receiving funds that may be

available from private and public sources for violence prevention.

(3) Distribution of grants, pursuant to rules

adopted by the Authority and subject to available appropriations and other funds received for purposes of this Act, to community or statewide organizations that address violence prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner, including, but not limited to:

(i) Community‑based youth violence prevention

programs, such as mentoring programs, after‑school programs, and job training or development;

(ii) Implementation and evaluation of

comprehensive school‑based violence prevention programs from prekindergarten through 12th grade;

(iii) Early childhood intervention programs

designed to prevent violence and identify and serve young children and families at risk;

(iv) Family violence and sexual assault

prevention initiatives;

(v) Programs that integrate violence prevention

initiatives with alcohol and substance abuse prevention efforts;

(vi) Programs that integrate violence prevention

services with health care provision;

(vii) Innovative community policing or law

enforcement approaches to violence prevention; and

(4) Provision of technical assistance and training

to help building the capacity of communities, organizations, and systems to develop, implement, and evaluate violence prevention programs.

(b) The Authority may utilize a reasonable amount of appropriations from the Violence Prevention Fund for costs associated with administering this Act, and may, by the co‑chairpersons designated in Section 10, appoint an Executive Director or contract with a not‑for‑profit or other agency for any or all administrative functions related to this Act. (Source: P.A. 96‑405, eff. 8‑13‑09.)

(20 ILCS 4027/20)     Sec. 20. Violence Prevention Fund. There is hereby established the Violence Prevention Fund in the State Treasury into which funds received from private, state, or federal sources specifically for violence prevention may be deposited, and from which funds shall be appropriated to the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority. (Source: P.A. 89‑353, eff. 8‑17‑95.)

    (20 ILCS 4027/25)
    Sec. 25. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 92‑409, eff. 8‑17‑01. Repealed internally, eff. 7‑1‑05.)

(20 ILCS 4027/95)     Sec. 95. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89‑353, eff. 8‑17‑95; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 4027/100)     Sec. 100. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89‑353, eff. 8‑17‑95; text omitted.)

(20 ILCS 4027/999)     Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 89‑353, eff. 8‑17‑95.)