HB3057 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to local government units for non-competitive grants to community-based organizations addressing violence prevention using culturally competent approaches across specified Illinois representative districts.

• Grants support violence prevention, youth services, after-school programming, trauma-informed counseling, youth work experiences, job readiness training, public awareness campaigns, and organizational capacity building.

• Allocates $2,000,000 to most districts through Cook County, City of Chicago, or other county entities; allocates $400,000 to $1,000,000 to specific municipalities for the 29th and 34th representative districts.

• Total appropriations distributed across 34 representative districts spanning Cook County, Lake County, Winnebago County, Kane County, Peoria County, Champaign County, and St. Clair County.

• Takes effect July 1, 2021.