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Welcome to the Bright Start College Savings Program

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

It might be hard to imagine now, but your children will be heading off to college sooner than you think. The question is - will your savings be ready, too? To help you prepare for the high cost of education, the Illinois State Treasurer's Office, working with Legg Mason, has created the Bright Start College Savings Program. Bright Start is a tax-advantaged Section 529 Plan that helps parents, grandparents, relatives and friends nationwide save for a loved one's college education. So why wait, when you can get started today? After all, the day is coming sooner than you think.

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The Compiler

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

Limitations in the collection and analysis of data made it difficult to track trends in victimization and direct resources to where they were most needed. This issue focuses on the InfoNet project, which has gained national recognition for deploying the latest technologies to enhance data collection and reporting efforts, while creating a unique set of victim service data which is not available anywhere else in the country. The Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, with their member agencies across the state, have been the major partners in the development of InfoNet. The system allows agencies to confidentially gather case-level information on clients, including the victims circumstances, services provided, and details of court proceedings.

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The Compiler

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

The main article of this issue reports on new initiatives, which are having increasing success at reducing costly juvenile detention and correction stays, decreasing recidivism rates among young offenders, and empowering the community. At the same time, specialized services can provide troubled youth with much needed substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and other tools necessary to move forward in a productive manner. Other items focus on recent publications, research, a specialized womens probation program, grants, vehicle theft data collection technology, and needs assessed, evidence-based practices measured in probation research initiatives.

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Research Bulletin

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

This Research Bulletin, with the headline "Decade of trends shows continual decrease in Illinois crime," focuses on statistics revealing a continuing downward trend in Illinois crime. Illinois highlights: 1995 to 2004 and a description of data used in this report also is provided.

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Research Bulletin

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

This Research Bulletin provides detailed analyses of recidivism among adult gang members released from prison in Illinois.

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Bid Information Newsletter

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

A bi-monthly publication, the Bid Information Newsletter (BIN), is provided free of charge to all CDB-prequalified design and construction firms to notify them of CDB programs and policy; to facilitate their participation in CDB construction projects; and for their use in tracking project information.

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Research Bulletin

Part of: Electronic Documents of Illinois

This report, Disproportionate incarceration of African Americans for Drug offenses in the U.S., which is the first in a series, discusses national trends in arrests and incarcerations for drug offenses and describes the growth in the countrys prison population attributable mainly to increases in the number of persons sentenced to prison for drug offenses. It also demonstrates that African Americans are many more times likely than non-African Americans to be sentenced to prison for such crimes. Finally, the report discusses how racial disproportionality in drug law enforcement, prosecution, and sentencing practices has adversely affected the African American community.