MO House Resolution would shine spotlight on youth violence as epidemic [MissouriNet.com]

Samantha Sangenito 4/16/172:24 PM

State lawmakers are considering a measure to declare youth violence as a public health epidemic.

The House Resolution sponsored by Democrat Bruce Franks Jr. of St. Louis calls for the establishment of statewide trauma-informed education.

Franks contends PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – is a condition that afflicts kids who’ve experienced violence.

“The fact that I am 33 and I have been to now 155 funerals, an average of seven funerals since the age of six is not normal” said Franks. “And there’s not one point in time when I should accept that as normal.”

Franks made the comments as a hearing for the resolution Tuesday. He thinks youth violence needs to be addressed at the root cause, which he identifies as a lack of jobs, education and resources.

[For more of this story, written by Jason Taylor, go to https://www.missourinet.com/20...iolence-as-epidemic/]

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