If it can assist in turning around troubled youth, then it serves its purpose. However, this new law does little more than raise the PINS age to 18. By doing so it may be only giving false hope to parents who file PINS petitions for their 16 and 17 year old youths. The fiscal and systemic impact is unknown. This is why we support an impact study.
Questions remain regarding enforcement.
Placement for younger PINS cases is limited, let alone this population. These and other questions should be answered before these PINS petitions commence. We will continue to present our concerns to the Legislature and Governor.