Supporting Organizations - ICASA



Supporting Organizations

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

Chicago NOW

Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc.

Healthcare Consortium of Illinois

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Illinois Center for Violence Prevention

Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Illinois Federation of Teachers

Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition

Illinois NOW

Illinois Planned Parenthood Council

Jane Addams Hull House Association

Korean American Women in Need

Latino Coalition for Prevention

Literature for All of Us

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

Lutheran Network for Justice Advocacy

Nandi Teen Clinic at Roseland Community Hospital

Northwest Suburban Choice

Northwest Suburban NOW

Options for Youth

Ounce of Prevention Fund

Project IRENE

Protestants for the Common Good

SGA Youth and Family Services

Southwest Youth Collaborative

Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network

Voices for Illinois Children

Women Employed

YWCAs Illinois

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

H.B. 1330

Ensuring Success in School Act (ESSA)

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Miller, Graham, Golar, Washington, Colvin, Chapa LaVia, Hernandez, Jakobsson, Dunkin, Flowers, Lyons, W. Davis, Mathias, Jefferies, Nekritz, Saviano, Rita, Harris, Hannig, Currie, Collins,

R. Bradley

ESSA promotes successful school completion among youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence by:

• Fostering their enrollment in school and school attendance;

• Supporting their efforts to participate in school; and

• Providing guidance to school districts when a student is an expectant parent, parenting, or a victim of domestic or sexual violence.

Pregnancy, parenting and domestic and sexual violence affect school success, and too often schools offer students no help…

To address the needs of students ESSA provisions include:

Excused Absences related to pregnancy, parenting and domestic or sexual violence

Specially Trained Personnel to serve as an advocate for students

Student Confidentiality to encourage attendance and participation in school

Connecting Students to Community Resources that support their efforts to succeed in school

In-Service Training to guide school personnel on the needs of students, available resources, policy and protocol

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• Over 60% of forcible rapes occur before the victim is 18 years old.

• In 2001, 8.1% of Illinois students reported being a victim of dating violence and 5.6% reported having been sexually assaulted.

The assistant principal knew my situation and that I was late for school because I was spending so much time traveling from the shelter to childcare to school, but that didn’t stop the school from kicking me out.

-Student mother

• In 2000, 24.2% of Illinoisans age 16 to 24 had not completed four years of high school.

• In 2004, nearly 10% of Illinois births were to teen mothers.

The school was not sensitive to my needs and pressured me to remain in an unsafe environment rather than working to protect my safety.

-Student rape survivor

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