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Illinois to pay for funerals of teens killed in shootings
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SPRINGFIELD, Ailing. (WTVO) — Illinois is planning to assist households bury youngsters, underneath 17-years of age, who’re victims of gun violence.
Impacted households will get assist by means of a monetary help fund. The “Mychal Moultry Junior Funeral and Burial Help Act” will now present eligible family members as much as $10,000. The cash could be paid on to funeral houses and cemeteries.
The state beforehand supplied a reimbursement program.
“We all know firearm violence is the main reason for dying for youngsters and youngsters in Illinois, and disproportionate deaths among the many black inhabitants and an rising variety of deaths amongst youngsters underneath 17,”mentioned State Senator Jacqueline Collins.
Mychal Moultry Jr. was shot and killed final 12 months as he was getting his hair braided at a beautician’s dwelling in Woodlawn.