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Local leaders push for juvenile-justice bill to separate criminogenic youth from foster care
Summary
Commissioner Jim Howell outlined House Bill 2329, a proposal to separate youth charged with serious offenses from the foster-care population and to create group-home capacity for that cohort. Howell said the change responds to an increase in youth firearm possession and to earlier changes from Senate Bill 367 that reduced capacity.
Sedgwick County Commissioner Jim Howell discussed juvenile-justice legislation (House Bill 2329), a planned community roundtable and the county's position that the state needs to separate criminogenic youth from children placed in foster care.
What was said
Howell said Senate Bill 367 (2016) substantially rewrote the juvenile code and led to reductions in group-home capacity across the state. He said House Bill 2329 — which Howell said passed the Kansas House and was awaiting action in the state Senate at the time of the…
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