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Appendix IX SUGGESTED STATUTORY CHANGES Section 46b-148 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter: (1) No child [whose family] who has been adjudicated as a child from a family with service needs in accordance with section 46b-149 may be processed or held in a juvenile detention center as a delinquent child, or be convicted as delinquent, solely for the violation of a valid order which regulates future conduct of the child that was issued by the court following such an adjudication; and (2) no such child who is found to be in violation of any such order may be punished for such violation by [commitment] placement in any juvenile detention center. (b) In entering any order that directs or authorizes placement or commitment of a child [whose family] who has been adjudicated as a child from a family with service needs in accordance with section 46b-149, the court shall make a determination that there is no less restrictive alternative appropriate to the needs of such child and the community. COMMENT: In a family with service needs (FWSN) case, the child is the respondent and the court only adjudicates the child as an individual, not the family. Adjudicating the family is illogical in many FWSN matters, as the allegations and grounds pertain to the conduct of the child, not the family, and in some cases, mainly those alleging the child is beyond control, the parent is the complainant. The word “placement” is substituted for commitment in subsection (a) to avoid confusion with an actual commitment to the department of children and families Section 46b-149 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (a) Any selectman, town manager, police officer or welfare department of any town, city or borough, any probation officer or superintendent of schools, the Commissioner of Children and Families, any child-caring institution or agency approved or licensed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, any youth service bureau, a parent or foster parent of a child, or a child or the child's representative or attorney, who believes that the acts or omissions of a child are such that the child's family is a family with service needs, may file a written complaint setting forth those facts with the clerk of the Superior Court which has venue over the matter. (b) The court shall refer a complaint filed under subsection (a) of this section to a probation officer, who shall promptly determine whether it appears that the alleged facts, if true, would be sufficient to meet the definition of a family with service needs, provided a complaint alleging that a child is a truant or habitual truant shall not be determined to be insufficient to meet the definition of a family with service needs solely because it was 103
filed during the months of April, May or June. If such probation officer so determines, the probation officer shall, after an initial assessment, promptly refer the child and the child's family to a suitable community-based program or other service provider, or to a family support center as provided in section 31 of this act, for voluntary services. If the child and the child's family are referred to a community-based program or other service provider and the person in charge of such program or provider determines that the child and the child's family can no longer benefit from its services, such person shall inform the probation officer, who shall, after an appropriate assessment, either refer the child and the child's family to a family support center for additional services or determine whether or not to file a petition with the court under subsection (c) of this section. If the child and the child's family are referred to a family support center and the person in charge of the family support center determines that the child and the child's family can no longer benefit from its services, such person shall inform the probation officer, who may file a petition with the court in the manner prescribed in subsection (c) of this section. The probation officer shall inform the complainant in writing of the probation officer's action under this subsection. If it appears that the allegations are not true, or that the child's family does not meet the definition of a family with service needs, the probation officer shall inform the complainant in writing of such finding. (c) A petition alleging that a child is from [family constitutes] a family with service needs shall be verified and filed with the Superior Court which has venue over the matter. The petition shall set forth plainly: (1) The facts which bring the child within the jurisdiction of the court; 2) the name, date of birth, sex and residence of the child; (3) the name and residence of the child's parent or parents, guardian or other person having control of the child; and (4) a prayer for appropriate action by the court in conformity with the provisions of this section. (d) When a petition is filed under subsection (c) of this section, the court may issue a summons to the child and the child's parents, guardian or other person having control of the child to appear in court at a specified time and place. The summons shall be signed by a judge or by the clerk or assistant clerk of the court, and a copy of the petition shall be attached to it. Whenever it appears to the judge that orders addressed to an adult, as set forth in section 46b-121, are necessary for the welfare of such child, a similar summons shall be issued and served upon such adult if he or she is not already in court. Service of summons shall be made in accordance with section 46b-128. The court may punish for contempt, as provided in section 46b-121, any parent, guardian or other person so summoned who fails to appear in court at the time and place so specified. If a petition is filed under subsection (c) of this section alleging that a [family] child is from a family with service needs because a child is a truant or habitual truant, the court may not dismiss such petition solely because it was filed during the months of April, May or June. (e) When a petition is filed under subsection (c) of this section alleging that a [family constitutes] child is from a family with service needs because [it includes a] such child [who] has been habitually truant, the court shall order that the local or regional board of education for the town in which the child resides, or the private school in the case of a child enrolled in a private school, shall cause an educational evaluation of such child to be performed if no such evaluation has been performed within the preceding year. Any 104
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Families with Service Needs Advisor
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VI. Other Key Recommendations Relat
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Report to the General Assembly from
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In addition, minor changes to the r
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RECOMMENDATION THREE PROVIDE FUNDS
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RECOMMENDATION FIVE MAKE NEEDED CHA
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The Advisory Board is recommending
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ased preventive programs 4. Flex fu
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B. Recommendations related to Truan
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D. System-wide Prevention Strategie
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Intervention for DCF youth residing
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gender responsive programming to as
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and organizations represented inclu
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and to added referral to community
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C. Young FWSN Children In 2006 ther
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• Juvenile Review Boards (JRB) A
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are truant. The focus is to provide
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Presently, there is no data collect
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Juvenile probation officers provide
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The Family Support Center provides
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achievement and reentry. The progra
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Once the child is adjudicated as a
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DCF may petition the court for an e
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‣ Current Services for Court Invo
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hearing held every fifteen days. At
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IV. Lessons Learned from National L
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