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Sen. Kwame Raoul
Filed: 3/11/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2879
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2879 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 1-35 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1305/1-35 new) |
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| Sec. 1-35. Families of incarcerated parents. The |
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| Department of Human Services shall collaborate with the |
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| Department of Corrections, community-based organizations, and |
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| social service providers to make information available to |
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| families and children of incarcerated parents about services |
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| that are available to them. |
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| The Department shall include awareness, education, and |
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| outreach materials regarding children of incarcerated parents |
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| within its promotion of programs and information to be directed |
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| toward families, schools, and service providers for children of |
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| incarcerated parents in Illinois. The public information shall |
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| be designed to reduce stigma and to provide support for |
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| families caring for children of incarcerated parents. The |
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| public information shall include contact information to assist |
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| families in locating and accessing services for children. |
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| The Department of Human Services shall develop |
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| informational materials for families and children of |
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| incarcerated parents and shall make that information available |
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| to inmates who may have children affected by their |
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| incarceration. During the reception and classification |
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| process, the Department of Corrections shall provide the |
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| materials to inmates and shall provide one envelope with |
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| postage that the inmate may address to the children's |
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| caregiver. The informational materials shall also be made |
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| available within the facility visiting rooms and waiting areas. |
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| The materials shall be designed to inform children and families |
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| of incarcerated parents about social services that are |
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| available to them, including visitation programs, family |
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| counseling, mentoring, school-based programs, and other |
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| programs. The materials shall provide telephone and internet |
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| contacts to provide the children's caregivers with further |
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| information. The Department of Human Services and the Illinois |
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| Department of Corrections shall work cooperatively with |
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| community organizations and service providers, including but |
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| not limited to, members of the Illinois Task Force for Children |
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| of Prisoners - Children of Promise, including the Illinois |