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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3700 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup. Provides that the members of the Workgroup, other than the General Assembly members, shall be appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or the Assistant Secretary's designee. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of community violence intervention and conduct meetings and analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup. Provides that the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup shall complete the following tasks before December 31, 2026: (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals currently being served with community violence intervention services and the number of high risk individuals that likely need these services; (2) determine the current and future workforce needs of the community violence intervention field in Illinois based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years; (3) identify the critical job function and categories required by community violence intervention services; (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by job function and category to its best ability; (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment tools by job function and category; (6) identify changes to grant and other State funding that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and evaluation of community violence intervention workers and services; and (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by job function and category for changes to State law that will allow for the development and implementation of career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a community violence intervention workforce. Provides that the Workgroup is dissolved on January 1, 2027 and the Act is repealed on that date. Effective immediately. LRB104 08640 RLC 18693 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3700 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup. Provides that the members of the Workgroup, other than the General Assembly members, shall be appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or the Assistant Secretary's designee. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of community violence intervention and conduct meetings and analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup. Provides that the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup shall complete the following tasks before December 31, 2026: (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals currently being served with community violence intervention services and the number of high risk individuals that likely need these services; (2) determine the current and future workforce needs of the community violence intervention field in Illinois based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years; (3) identify the critical job function and categories required by community violence intervention services; (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by job function and category to its best ability; (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment tools by job function and category; (6) identify changes to grant and other State funding that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and evaluation of community violence intervention workers and services; and (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by job function and category for changes to State law that will allow for the development and implementation of career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a community violence intervention workforce. Provides that the Workgroup is dissolved on January 1, 2027 and the Act is repealed on that date. Effective immediately. LRB104 08640 RLC 18693 b LRB104 08640 RLC 18693 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning violence prevention.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
1515 5 Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act.
1616 6 Section 5. Intent.
1717 7 (a) Community violence intervention services provide
1818 8 comprehensive outreach, mental health, and employment training
1919 9 and placement services to individuals at highest risk of being
2020 10 shot or shooting someone in communities with high
2121 11 concentrations of gunshot victims.
2222 12 (b) Initial data and evaluation indicates comprehensive
2323 13 community violence intervention services show promise in
2424 14 contributing to the reduction in gun violence victims in
2525 15 Illinois.
2626 16 (c) Community violence intervention services require a
2727 17 variety of skilled professionals with lived experience and
2828 18 cultural competency to maximize the effectiveness of outreach,
2929 19 mental health, and employment and training services.
3030 20 (d) The need for those with lived experience and cultural
3131 21 competency to be the primary workforce for community violence
3232 22 intervention restricts the available workforce for community
3333 23 violence intervention professionals.
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4040 Creates the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Act. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup. Provides that the members of the Workgroup, other than the General Assembly members, shall be appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or the Assistant Secretary's designee. Provides that the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of community violence intervention and conduct meetings and analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup. Provides that the Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development Workgroup shall complete the following tasks before December 31, 2026: (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals currently being served with community violence intervention services and the number of high risk individuals that likely need these services; (2) determine the current and future workforce needs of the community violence intervention field in Illinois based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years; (3) identify the critical job function and categories required by community violence intervention services; (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by job function and category to its best ability; (5) develop job descriptions and merit assessment tools by job function and category; (6) identify changes to grant and other State funding that can enable stronger recruitment, training, and evaluation of community violence intervention workers and services; and (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by job function and category for changes to State law that will allow for the development and implementation of career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a community violence intervention workforce. Provides that the Workgroup is dissolved on January 1, 2027 and the Act is repealed on that date. Effective immediately.
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6868 1 (e) Individuals with lived experience in chronic exposure
6969 2 to gun violence frequently require specialized supports to
7070 3 professionalize their approach and maintain their traumatic
7171 4 recovery from exposure to gun violence while working in the
7272 5 gun violence prevention field.
7373 6 (f) Illinois has a shortage of qualified community
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7575 8 less than 20% of those with chronic exposure to gun violence
7676 9 are currently being served with community violence
7777 10 intervention services.
7878 11 Section 10. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
7979 12 Development Workgroup; duties. The Office of Firearm Violence
8080 13 Prevention within the Department of Human Services shall
8181 14 establish the Community Violence Intervention Workforce
8282 15 Development Workgroup. The Office of Firearm Violence
8383 16 Prevention shall convene a group of experts in the field of
8484 17 community violence intervention and conduct meetings and
8585 18 analysis as the Community Violence Intervention Workforce
8686 19 Development Workgroup. The Community Violence Intervention
8787 20 Workforce Development Workgroup shall complete the following
8888 21 tasks before December 31, 2026.
8989 22 (1) estimate the number of highest risk individuals
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9191 24 intervention services and the number of high risk
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103103 1 (2) determine the current and future workforce needs
104104 2 of the community violence intervention field in Illinois
105105 3 based on a goal of serving 75% of those with chronic
106106 4 exposure to gun violence in the next 5 years;
107107 5 (3) identify the critical job function and categories
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109109 7 (4) develop estimates of the available workforce by
110110 8 job function and category to its best ability;
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113113 11 (6) identify changes to grant and other State funding
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115115 13 evaluation of community violence intervention workers and
116116 14 services; and
117117 15 (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly by
118118 16 job function and category for changes to State law that
119119 17 will allow for the development and implementation of
120120 18 career paths and quality recruitment and retention of a
121121 19 community violence intervention workforce.
122122 20 Section 15. Community Violence Intervention Workforce
123123 21 Development Workgroup; membership.
124124 22 (a) The Community Violence Intervention Workforce
125125 23 Development Workgroup shall be comprised of the following
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127127 25 (1) one representative from Metropolitan Peace
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139139 2 (2) one representative from READI Chicago;
140140 3 (3) one representative from a Chicago-based violence
141141 4 prevention organization that is not part of the
142142 5 Communities partnering for Peace or READI Chicago
143143 6 networks;
144144 7 (4) one representative from Community Based Violence
145145 8 Prevention Agency-Peoria;
146146 9 (5) one representative from Community Based Violence
147147 10 Prevention Agency-East St. Louis;
148148 11 (6) one representative from Community Based Violence
149149 12 Prevention Agency-Rockford;
150150 13 (7) one representative from Community Based Violence
151151 14 Prevention Agency-Aurora/Elgin;
152152 15 (8) one representative from an organization that
153153 16 operates community violence intervention services itself
154154 17 and funds the development of other network services with
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156156 19 (9) one representative from the Illinois Criminal
157157 20 Justice Information Authority;
158158 21 (10) one representative from a university-based
159159 22 research institution that evaluates violence prevention
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161161 24 (11) one representative from the Office of Firearm
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175175 2 (13) one representative from the foundation community
176176 3 that both funds violence intervention services itself and
177177 4 participates in a private funding collaborative that funds
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179179 6 (14) a representative of a community college;
180180 7 (15) a representative of the City of Chicago; and
181181 8 (16) 4 members of the General Assembly, one each
182182 9 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
183183 10 the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
184184 11 President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the
185185 12 Senate.
186186 13 (b) The members of the Workgroup listed in paragraphs (1)
187187 14 through (15) of subsection (a) shall be appointed by the
188188 15 Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence Prevention, or the
189189 16 Assistant Secretary's designee.
190190 17 (c) The Assistant Secretary of Firearm Violence
191191 18 Prevention, or his or her designee, shall convene the
192192 19 Community Violence Intervention Workforce Development
193193 20 Workgroup, and work in collaboration with members to submit a
194194 21 final report to the General Assembly.
195195 22 Section 20. Dissolution. The Workgroup is dissolved on
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