2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 215 - Youth Services

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 215 heading)
ARTICLE 215.  
		YOUTH SERVICES
(60 ILCS 1/215-5)
Sec. 215-5. 
		Township committee on youth.
(a) The township board may appoint a township committee on youth comprised
of not less than 5 members. The board shall fix the length of the committee
members' terms at one, 2, and 3 years initially, staggering the terms so that
after the initial appointments, the term of each member shall be for 3 years
and so that the smallest possible portion of the terms on the committee will
expire in any single calendar year.
(b) The township committee on youth may provide programs to combat and
prevent juvenile delinquency and to meet the needs of local youth.
(c) The township committee on youth may cooperate with other governmental
entities and with any other organizations, associations, agencies, or persons
in fostering, developing, and providing local programs designed to combat and
prevent juvenile delinquency and to meet the needs of local youth.
(d) The township committee on youth, with the approval of the township
board, may contract with other governmental entities and with any other
organizations, associations, agencies, or persons to provide programs to combat
and prevent juvenile delinquency, to provide needed or required
transportation services, and to meet the needs of local youth.
(e) Members of the township committee on youth shall serve without
compensation but shall be allowed necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties under this Section.
(f) The members of the township committee on youth shall select one of their
number to serve as chairperson and may elect other officers they deem
necessary.
(Source: P.A. 93-398, eff. 7-31-03.)
(60 ILCS 1/215-10)
Sec. 215-10. 
		Youth service bureaus.
(a) The township board may provide for the establishment or maintenance (or
may enter into contractual agreements with other townships, municipalities, or
counties for the establishment or maintenance) of youth service bureaus or may
enter into contractual agreements with established youth service bureaus,
public or private, serving the general area of the township. The agreements
shall be written and shall provide for services to residents of the township
under 13 years of age, but agencies providing services to adults in addition to
youths may qualify as youth service bureaus. "Youth service bureau" means any
public or private agency providing, or arranging for the provision of,
assistance to persons referred to the agency by law enforcement officials,
court agencies and other agencies, and individuals with the intention of
diverting the persons from formal processes of the court.
(b) This Section shall not be construed to amend, modify, or have any effect
on the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(c) For purposes of this Section, the township board may expend moneys
in the general fund not appropriated for other purposes or funds made
available from the federal State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/215-15)
Sec. 215-15. 
		Runaway or homeless youths. 
		The township board annually may
appropriate funds to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of
providing services to runaway or homeless youths and their families.  The
services may include temporary shelter, food, clothing, medical care,
transportation, individual and family counseling, and any other service
necessary to provide adequate temporary, protective care for runaway or
homeless youths and to reunite the youths with their parents or guardians.  For
purposes of this Section, "runaway or homeless youth" means a person under the
age of 18 years who is absent from his legal residence without the consent of
his parent or legal guardian or who is without a place of shelter where
supervision and care are available.
(Source: P.A. 83-1284; 88-62.)