Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part 1520 - OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS › Section 1520.40 - Application and Receipt of Victims of Crime Act of 1984 Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Authority
			 will annually review Section 1404 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 ( P.L.
			 98-473, effective October 12, 1984) and based on the requirements of Section
			 1404(a) and (b), the need for services to victims and the services available to
			 address that need, as evidenced by oral and written comment and testimony
			 received at public meetings conducted pursuant to the Open Meetings Act (Ill.
			 Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 102, par. 41 et seq.), select program priorities for each
			 federal fiscal year. Such funding priorities shall be selected by the Authority
			 at a public meeting in conformance with the Open Meetings Act and the
			 Authority's rules (2 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1750.310 et
			 seq.).
b) For purposes of
			 determining the distribution of federal funds made available to the State of
			 Illinois through the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the Authority shall give
			 priority to those units of local government and not-for-profit organizations
			 providing assistance to victims of sexual assault, spousal abuse, or child
			 abuse. To that end, based upon the funding priorities selected by the Authority
			 pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Executive Director shall use the
			 following evaluation criteria to identify those units of local government and
			 not-for-profit organizations eligible for the receipt of federal funds:
1) demonstration of either a record of
			 providing effective services to victims of crime and financial support from
			 sources other than the Victims of Crime Fund or substantial financial support
			 from sources other than the Victims of Crime Fund;
2) utilization of volunteers in providing
			 such services;
3) promotion within
			 the community served of coordinated public and private efforts to aid crime
			 victims;
4) assistance of potential
			 recipients in seeking crime victim compensation benefits;
5) an analysis of need as evidenced by
			 demographic and criminal justice data; and
6) current research findings.
A unit of local government or not-for-profit organization, so
				identified, shall be contacted by the Executive Director to assess its interest
				in and ability to qualify for the receipt of federal funds pursuant to the
				requirements of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and, if so interested and so
				qualified, to prepare a description of programs or services that identifies the
				problem to be addressed, states goals and objectives, and indicates the means
				by which the unit of local government or not-for-profit organization proposes
				to achieve those objectives. A unit of local government or not-for-profit
				organization not so identified by the Executive Director shall, however, upon
				written request to the Executive Director, be included among those units of
				local government or not-for-profit organizations evaluated by the Executive
				Director pursuant to the criteria described herein.