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The Authoritys Budget Committee met on August 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Authoritys offices, located at 300 West Adams, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois, 60606. Agenda items included: - Minutes of the May 10, 2010 Budget Committee Meeting.
- Minutes of the June 4, 2010 Authority Regular Meeting / Budget Agenda.
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 2009 Plan Adjustments.
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) FFY05 through FFY08 Plan Adjustments.
- Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) FFY07 through FFY10 Plan Adjustments.
- Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) FFY07 and FFY08 Plan Adjustments
Click here to view the summary of actions taken at that meeting. ICJIA announces Policies and procedures of the Illinois juvenile justice system, a step-by-step guide to the juvenile justice system from arrest to discharge. The Authority regularly publishes or supports publication of criminal justice research and evaluation reports and bulletins, crime prevention brochures, technical manuals, data guides, statistical profiles, annual reports, and criminal justice periodicals. You'll find descriptions of each publication and links to current and back issues under the ICJIA Publications section. Publications are only downloadable in PDF format. The following Publications were recently released in pdf format: The Illinois Criminal Justice Information is pleased to announce the awards for the ARRA JAG Starcom21 Network Communications Equipment funding opportunity. ICJIA will contact and notify awarded agencies with additional information. The Crime Reduction Act establishes the Adult Redeploy Illinois program, which provides financial incentives to local jurisdictions for designing community-based programs to treat offenders in the community instead of sending them to state prisons. The Crime Reduction Act (CRA) calls for the Adult Redeploy Illinois program to establishing pilot sites to increase access to community-based services and decrease commitments to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Counties or judicial circuits will be able to apply for grant funding for assistance in planning/developing and implementing local program plans that specify how to reduce commitments of non-violent offenders to prison and to provide supervision and community based services for such individuals. There are limited funds available for strategic planning grants in preparation for the Adult Redeploy pilot implementation initiative. For more information please contact cja.redeploy@illinois.gov Position Description: The Authority seeks a law student to work under the General Counsel as an unpaid summer intern. The primary responsibility of the position will be producing a catalogue of all offenses under Illinois statute carrying a criminal penalty. The catalogue will compile all such statutes, by type, statutory citation, offense name, class of felony or misdemeanor, and all factors aggravating the applicable sentence. On September 22-23, 2010, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority will host an invitation-only, two-day summit in Schiller Park, IL to share local-level strategies with justice and human services professionals for possible replication in Illinois jurisdictions and to identify strategies to inform ICJIAs research, policy, and funding agenda. Local representatives from the twenty-seven Illinois counties with the highest prevalence of justice and human services involvement are they primary invitees to this event. For more information, visit the Smarter Solutions for Crime Reduction Initiative website (http://www.icjia.org/strategy2010). The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is pleased to announce the availability of the first in a series of reports on college crime and safety issues, Issues in Illinois College Campus Safety: History and Development of Campus Safety Planning. Other reports on the topic of college crime and safety issues are also highlighted. The Crime Reduction Act (Public Act 96-0761) establishes the Adult Redeploy Illinois program, which provides financial incentives to local jurisdictions for designing community-based programs to treat offenders in the community instead of sending them to state prisons. Under the Act, financial incentives will be offered to counties/groups of counties/judicial circuits to increase programming in their areas, in exchange for reducing the number of people they send to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) (with penalties if they do not meet the reduction goal). Initial funds are being offered to all counties or circuits to support a local plan approved by the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board (ARIOB) that is intended to meet the goals of Adult Redeploy Illinois. All Illinois counties and judicial circuits are invited to participate in the local planning process. However, individual counties, groups of counties or judicial circuits must be the lead partners in the planning process and the subsequent implementation of an approved plan. The applicant can decide the most appropriate county agency to administer and coordinate the activities identified in the proposal. The purpose of the Adult Redeploy website is to provide applicants preparing an Adult Redeploy Illinois Local Plan access to county-level criminal justice data relevant to their planning process. A county profile of demographic factors, criminal justice system indicators, and information on program eligible populations can be obtained by clicking here.It should be noted that these data are provided for planning purposes only. Counties/judicial circuits choosing to implement Adult Redeploy Illinois pilot sites will negotiate an agreement with the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board (ARIOB) as to the exact target number of program eligible commitments to IDOC that will be reduced by their county/judicial circuit's Adult Redeploy Illinois Program. The Monthly ARRA Report Webinar is open to any grantee, subgrantee, or sub-subgrantee that is receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds via the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA). ARRA has strict reporting requirements and ICJIA has created a simplified monthly report for use in collecting data. This webinar will walk grantees through completion of the monthly report. Click here to view the ICJIA Monthly ARRA Report Webinar. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) is pleased to announce the agency award results from $2.5 million available in 2009 Recovery Act -- Justice Assistance Grant for Law Enforcement Equipment. In August, ICJIA received more than 400 applications from local law enforcement agencies throughout the state. Approximately 380 of these agencies were deemed eligible for award consideration. Most of these agencies were seeking the $40,000 maximum amount available. The Authority's Research and Analysis Unit has amassed a large amount of data measuring the extent and nature of drug and violent crime in Illinois and the impact these crimes have on the criminal justice system. To put this information into the hands of Illinois' citizens and criminal justice policymakers, the Authority's Research and Analysis Unit has developed statistical Fact Sheets on the latest available data within the various components of the criminal justice system. While the data presented in these Fact Sheets are by no means inclusive of all indicators, they do provide a general overview of crime and the criminal justice system's response. Check out the newly updated 'Illinois Criminal Justice Statistics: Fact Sheets, 1997-2007', and the publication series 'Illinois Juvenile Justice System and Risk Factor Data: Annual Reports, for the years 2003 through 2006'. PROTOCOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT: Responding to Victims of Elder Abuse, Neglect and ExploitationIn February 2006, in partnership with the Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA), the Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils (IFVCC) convened a statewide Responding to Elder Abuse Committee. The purpose of the committee is to identify and develop resources to assist the courts, criminal justice systems and communities in responding to the needs of abused seniors. According to the Illinois Department on Aging, about 4 to 5 percent of senior citizens experience some kind of mistreatment and only about 1 in 13 cases of elder abuse are ever reported. Of the seniors abused, almost 35 percent were living with their abusers. Of the abusers, 40 percent were children of the victim. Due to the underreporting of elder abuse, the need for specialized training and the lack of resources for law enforcement the committee determined the need for a law enforcement protocol. The Protocol for Law Enforcement: Responding to Victims of Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation is a revised version of the TRIAD Crimes Against the Elderly Protocol developed in the late 1990s. It was updated to reflect current laws and practices. Click below to download the 81 Page Protocol for Law Enforcement: Copies of the protocol or information about these organization can also be found on the following websites: If you would like a copy of the Protocol sent to you on CD-ROM or emailed directly to you please contact Heather Dorsey, Senior State Council Coordinator, IFVCC at 217-785-4271 or Email heather.dorsey@illinois.gov. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has accepted the responsibility for the compilation and quarterly submission to U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) information related to deaths that occur while persons are in police custody or in the process of being arrested. The Deaths in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-297) requires states to report the number of deaths and the circumstances surrounding the deaths, of persons in local jails, state prisons, juvenile correctional facilities, and law enforcement custody. BJS will use this data solely for the purpose of statistical analyses of the incidence of and circumstances surrounding deaths during arrest. An annual report on such deaths will be published, but no single department or agency will be identified. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), authorized by Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and subsequently reauthorized as the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, provides financial assistance to states for developing and strengthening effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies and victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women. To be eligible to receive funds, states must develop a plan in accordance with requirements set out in the Act. The Act specifies that states must allocate at least 25 percent of the VAWA funds it receives to law enforcement, 25 percent to prosecution, 30 percent to nonprofit, non-governmental victim services, and at least 5 percent to courts. The remaining 15 percent may be allocated at the state’s discretion, within the parameters of the Act. Funds may not be used to replace dollars already committed to a service or program. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is Authorized under the it’s power to “apply for, receive, establish priorities for, allocate, disburse, and spend grant funds,” the Authority is responsible for administering a variety of grant funds, including 13 Federal programs and one state program. The combined budgets for these programs exceeded $100 million in FFY06. As the state agency charged with administering the S.T.O.P. (Services*Training*Officers*Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Act award in Illinois, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is responsible for developing the plan for distributing these Federal funds.
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