General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6069
January Session, 2013 *_____HB06069KIDAPP030113____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6069
January Session, 2013
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A YOUTH GUIDANCE PILOT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) On or before October 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations, establish and operate a state-funded youth guidance pilot program. The program shall: (1) Educate at-risk youths on the dangers of violence and gang activity; (2) provide such youths with coping mechanisms for the emotional consequences of such violence and gang activity; and (3) establish a community outreach initiative to enable educators, civic leaders and law enforcement officers living in high crime areas to coordinate a response to violence in the community.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2014, the commissioners shall (1) report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, with respect to the status and effectiveness of the pilot program established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and (2) prepare a report card employing the results-based accountability format developed by the results-based accountability subcommittees of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children and appropriations.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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