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The Illinois Commission on Delinquency Prevention, composed of fifteen persons appointed by the Governor, was created in 1975. It assumed the responsibilities of the Community Services Section in the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. Its overall goal was to enlist local people individually and in organized groups in cooperative efforts to attack the problem of juvenile delinquency in their immediate neighborhoods. The commission was to assist in combating local conditions known to contribute to delinquency; aid in developing local recreational programs; help in developing local programs to provide adult sponsors for delinquent cases; consult and cooperate with schools, police agencies, and the courts; cooperate with other agencies in the care and treatment of delinquents; hold district and state conferences to acquaint the public with the problems of juvenile delinquency; distribute reports and studies of delinquency; and develop a statewide central records system for juveniles and make information available to local registered participants. The commission was to meet no fewer than once every three months and its minutes were to be available as public records (P.A. 79-944, pp. 2853-2857).
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COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. January 28, 1976-June 19, 1981. 1 cu. ft. No index.
Minutes concern budget appropriations, receipt of federal grants, dispersal of grant funds, commission personnel, legislation concerning juveniles, the Illinois Status Offender Service Project, volunteer resources, public education, legal advocacy, training consultation for youth programs, counseling programs, foster care, rehabilitation programs, delinquency services, local youth commissions, summer camps, alcoholism prevention, and Big Brother/Big Sister programs.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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