Bill Text: IL SB1255 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules on the development and implementation of a Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program for the purpose of providing foster youth with professional training and experience through internships. Provides that the Department may collaborate with other appropriate State agencies to establish the pilot program; and that the Department shall establish rules on the application process and eligibility requirements under the pilot program, which shall include, but not be limited to, a rule establishing that individuals who are at least 15 years old and are current or former foster youth are eligible to participate in the pilot program. Provides that internships provided under the pilot program may be paid or unpaid; and that subject to appropriations, beginning January 1, 2016, the Department shall implement the pilot program. Provides that the pilot program shall operate for a 2-year period, at the end of which the Department shall evaluate the pilot program and submit a report to the General Assembly with its findings, including, but not limited to: (i) the number of foster youth who participated in the pilot program; (ii) the location and type of internships provided under the pilot program; and (3) the Department's efforts to recruit eligible individuals to participate in the pilot program. Requires the report to state whether the Department intends to continue the pilot program, using performance metrics to explain the rationale for its decision. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-05 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0285 [SB1255 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1255-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0285
SB1255 Enrolled LRB099 10391 KTG 30618 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
by adding Section 8.1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 505/8.1 new)
Sec. 8.1. Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot Program.
(a) The Department shall adopt rules on the development and
implementation of a Foster Youth Summer Internship Pilot
Program for the purpose of providing foster youth with
professional training and experience through internships. The
Department may collaborate with other appropriate State
agencies to establish the pilot program.
(b) The Department shall adopt rules on the application
process and eligibility requirements under the pilot program,
which shall include, but not be limited to, a rule establishing
that individuals who are at least 15 years old and are current
or former foster youth are eligible to participate in the pilot
program.
(c) The Department shall adopt rules to use the
request-for-proposal process set forth in the Illinois
Procurement Code when soliciting and entering into contractual
agreements with organizations wanting to award internships

under the pilot program.
(d) The pilot program may be established in multiple
regions of the State.
(e) Internships provided under the pilot program may be
paid or unpaid.
(f) Subject to appropriations, beginning January 1, 2016,
the Department shall implement the pilot program. The pilot
program shall operate for a 2-year period. At the end of that
2-year period, the Department shall evaluate the pilot program
and submit a report to the General Assembly with its findings,
including, but not limited to: (i) the number of foster youth
who participated in the pilot program; (ii) the location and
type of internships provided under the pilot program; and (3)
the Department's efforts to recruit eligible individuals to
participate in the pilot program. The report shall state
whether the Department intends to continue the pilot program,
using performance metrics to explain the rationale for its
decision.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.