HB2401 Summary

• Establishes the Redeploy Illinois Program to shift state funding from juvenile correctional confinement to local jurisdictions that develop community-based alternatives and sanctions for juvenile offenders.

• Requires participating counties or circuits to create local plans demonstrating how they will reduce secure confinement by 25% through services including assessment, direct services (mental health, substance abuse, education), and restorative justice programs like victim-offender panels and teen courts.

• Counties must agree to limit commitments to the Department of Juvenile Justice to 75% of their average commitment level from the previous 3 years and receive savings to fund local programming for youth who would otherwise be incarcerated.

• Creates a Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board with representatives from multiple state agencies and criminal justice entities to oversee the program, develop reimbursement formulas, monitor county compliance, and report annually to the Governor and General Assembly.

• Allows counties committing fewer than 10 eligible youth on average to develop individualized agreements with the Department of Human Services for occasional resources, and requires counties exceeding their agreed commitment limits to reimburse the Department of Corrections.