Missing Teens

Bill providing $1.2M to Queen Creek to create statewide model for missing teens clears senate

Sen. Kiana Sears, D-Mesa, voted no on a bill that would have paid for a pilot program to help missing children in Queen Creek, saying that a plan needs to be developed for the entire state and not just the town. Under the bill, the town would receive $1.2 million to develop a pilot program for finding children missing from care that could become a state model.

Arizona Legislature

The state Senate has passed a bill that will provide Queen Creek with more than $1.2 million to create a pilot program that could be expanded statewide to help improve the process of finding children who go missing from group homes.

Earlier this week, the Senate voted 16-9-5 in favor of the bill. It now goes to the state House.

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