General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6069
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3621
*03621HB06069KID*
Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6069
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3621
*03621HB06069KID*
Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
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 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.
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:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To create a pilot program to help break the cycle of violence and gang activity in high crime areas.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.; REP. AYALA, 128th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.; REP. AYALA, 128th Dist.
H.B. 6069