89 Ill. Adm. Code 311.3
Purpose of the Governor's Youth Services Initiative
Section 311
Section 311.3 Purpose of the
Governor's Youth Services Initiative
The Governor's Youth Services
Initiative (G.Y.S.I.) is a program which is cooperatively sponsored by the
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Illinois Department
of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD), the Illinois Department
of Corrections (DOC), and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). The
initiative is designed to perform four basic functions:
a) Assist in conflict resolution over disagreements between state
agencies and/or the juvenile court in accessing or planning appropriate
services for multi-problem youth.
b) Assist in case planning, management, and coordination for
multi-problem youth whose problems are not the clear responsibility of any
state agency.
c) Identify policy, procedural, and programming gaps in the
network of state and local community service systems.
d) Promote the development of a full continuum of in-state
programs to meet the needs of multi-problem youth.