Illinois Compiled Statutes 725 ILCS 240/8 – Centers – Services provided
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(a) Each center shall provide one or more of the following services:
(1) Coordinate volunteers to work with criminal
(1) Coordinate volunteers to work with criminal
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justice agencies to provide direct victim services or to establish community support;
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(2) Provide assistance to victims of violent crime
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and their families in obtaining assistance through other official or community resources;
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(3) Provide elderly victims of crime with services
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appropriate to their special needs;
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(4) Provide transportation and/or household
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assistance to those victims participating in the criminal justice process;
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(5) Provide victims of domestic and sexual violence
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and sexual harassment with services appropriate to their special needs;
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(6) Provide courthouse reception and guidance,
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including explanation of unfamiliar procedures and bilingual information;
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(7) Provide in-person or telephone hot-line
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assistance to victims;
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(8) Provide special counseling facilities and
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rehabilitation services to victims;
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(9) Provide other services as the Commission shall
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deem appropriate to further the purposes of this Act;
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(10) Provide public education on crime and crime
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victims;
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(11) Provide training and sensitization for persons
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who work with victims of crime;
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(12) Provide special counseling facilities and
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rehabilitation services for child victims of sex offenses;
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(13) When applicable, centers shall enter into
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written networking agreements to provide for the special needs of child victims of violent crimes;
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(14) Provide assistance in exercising rights provided
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in the Roadside Memorial Act for the families of victims of fatal injury crashes on roadways.
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(b) Such centers may provide one or more of the services enumerated in subparagraph (a) of this section for witnesses of crime.
