Illinois HB5560 establishes a pilot program to address violence and grief in Chicago and Southland, including grants for social work students and.
HB5560 creates a Community Grief and Violence Prevention Pilot Program in Chicago and Southland. The Department of Human Services will launch this program to interrupt cycles of violence and address grief and trauma. It includes grants for social work students committed to working in designated pilot areas for three years post-graduation. The bill also mandates grief literacy and restorative justice practices in public elementary schools, expands the Parent University program to include violence prevention modules, and establishes a grant program for mental health professionals in.
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