(730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4.2)

Sec. 5-8A-4.2. Successful transition to the community.

(a) The Department shall engage in reentry planning to include individualized case planning for persons preparing to be released to the community. This planning shall begin at intake and be supported throughout the term of incarceration, with a focused emphasis in the year prior to the inmate's mandatory statutory release date. All inmates within one year of their mandatory statutory release data shall be deemed to be in reentry status. The Department shall develop administrative directives to define reentry status based on the requirements of this Section.

(b) The Department shall develop incentives to increase program and treatment participation, positive behavior, and readiness to change.

(c) The Department shall coordinate with, and provide access at the point of release for, community partners and State and local government agencies to support successful transitions through assistance in planning and by providing appropriate programs to inmates in reentry status. The Department shall work with community partners and appropriate state agencies to support the successful transitions through assistance in planning and by providing appropriate programs to persons prior to release. Release planning shall include, but is not limited to:

(1) necessary documentation to include birth certificate, social security card, and identification card;

(2) vocational or educational short-term and long-term goals;

(3) financial literacy and planning to include payments of fines, fees, restitution, child support, and other debt;

(4) access to healthcare, mental healthcare, and chemical dependency treatment;

(5) living and transportation arrangements;

(6) family reunification, if appropriate, and pro-social support networks; and

(7) information about community-based employment services and employment service programs available for persons with prior arrest or criminal convictions.

(d) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall create a Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program for the most vulnerable persons exiting the Department of Corrections. The Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program shall be targeted to persons with disabilities who have a history of incarcerations, hospitalizations, and homelessness. The Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Department of Human Services Statewide Housing Coordinator, stakeholders, and the Department of Corrections shall adopt policies and procedures for the FUSE Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program including eligibility criteria, geographic distribution, and documentation requirements which are similar to the Rental Housing Support Program. The funding formula for this program shall be developed by calculating the number of prison bed days saved through the timely releases that would not be possible but for the Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program. Funding shall include administrative costs for the Illinois Housing Development Authority to operate the program.

(e) The Department shall report to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, on these activities to support successful transitions to the community. This report shall include the following information regarding persons released from the Department:

(1) the total number of persons released each year listed by county;

(2) the number of persons assessed as having a high or moderate criminogenic need who have completed programming addressing that criminogenic need prior to release listed by program and county;

(3) the number of persons released in the reporting year who have engaged in pre-release planning prior to their release listed by county;

(4) the number of persons who have been released to electronic detention prior to their mandatory supervised release date;

(5) the number of persons who have been released after their mandatory supervised release date, average time past mandatory supervised release date, and reasons held past mandatory supervised release date; and

(6) when implemented, the number of Frequent Users Systems Engagement (FUSE) Re-Entry rental subsidy supportive housing program participants and average prison bed days saved.

(Source: P.A. 100-575, eff. 1-8-18.)