The City has identified the following legislative solutions for the State Legislature and Governor’s Office to pursue:

• Make it illegal to put predatory criminals into Adult Family Home businesses;
• Remove the part of the law that allows Adult Family Home businesses to convert into Enhanced Services Facilities (ESF) and prohibit ESFs from locating in residential zoned neighborhoods;
• Make the process for court review of people who go into Adult Family Home businesses from prison or a state hospital open and transparent to the public and provide for local input;
• Address the number and proliferation of so many Adult Family Home businesses in Lakewood and other communities;
• Require the state to return violent offenders to their county of origin upon their release from state-run institutions; and
• Form a task force to provide a comprehensive review of how Adult Family Home businesses operate in the state and identify legislative solutions to address outstanding concerns (task force should have specific begin and end date with deadline for report to State Legislature

These issues were outlined in the recent Suburban Times article written by the City of Lakewood, Oct 22, 2018.