1. 1. There may be established a pilot program for boys between the ages of seven to seventeen which creates two residential group homes for children by contract with the division of youth services. One youth home will serve children from the St. Louis metropolitan area while the other youth home will serve children from the Kansas City metropolitan area. The goal of each youth home will be to provide children and families at risk with therapy, training and education to promote the self- sufficiency of the children and to reunite them with relatives or place them into foster care.

2. 2. The following children may be referred to these youth homes:

   1. (1) Children legally placed in the department of social services or one of its divisions following an adjudication under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, RSMo;
   2. (2) Children referred by the director of the division of youth services pursuant to section 219.016;
   3. (3) Children referred by a public school, with the consent of the children's parents or legal guardian; and
   4. (4) Children whose parents or legal guardian have referred them.
3. 3. The local director of the youth home will interview each prospective resident to determine the appropriateness of placing him in that youth home.
4. 4. Each youth home will be located in an area with limited access to the community from which the child is referred. Each home will have a capacity for fifty children.
5. 5. This section shall expire on August 28, 2000.

(L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al.)

Effective 6-12-95

Expires 8-28-2000