1. Truancy Prevention And Diversion Program Program Purpose To eliminate truant behavior and to enhance social and academic skills. In 1977, the Douglas County (Kansas) Juvenile Court developed the truancy prevention and Diversion Program. http://www.kci.org/publication/sji/programs/truancy_prevention.htm

GUIDE TO COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES FOR LOW-RISK JUVENILE OFFENDERS Truancy Prevention and Diversion Program Program Purpose: To eliminate truant behavior and to enhance social and academic skills. Groups Targeted by Program: Truants age five to 17 who have violated the Kansas compulsory attendance law. Contact: Truancy Prevention and Diversion Program, University of Kansas, Department of Human Development and Family Life, 4001 Dole, Lawrence, KS 66045, (785) 864-4840, Fax (785) 864-5202, jbsheldon@ukans.edu , Professor Jan Sheldon, Program Director In 1977, the Douglas County (Kansas) Juvenile Court developed the Truancy Prevention and Diversion Program. This program utilizes undergraduate students at the University of Kansas majoring either in Crime and Delinquency or Human Development and Family Life as volunteers. Before participating, the volunteers are required to complete several university courses designed to teach them the skills they will need to work with youth and their families, including a course in juvenile law. The volunteers receive college credit for their work with youth. Each volunteer is assigned to either a high school or a junior high school and three or four grade schools. Volunteers are required to have weekly contact with each school and must monitor the attendance of each participant at the assigned school.

2. Archived: Manual To Combat Truancy first " says California District Attorney Kim Menninger. truancy prevention efforts should be a part of any community http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Truancy

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n Manual to Combat Truancy July 1996 Prepared by the U.S. Department of Education in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice The Problem of Truancy in America's Communities Truancy is the first sign of trouble; the first indicator that a young person is giving up and losing his or her way. When young people start skipping school, they are telling their parents, school officials and the community at large that they are in tr ouble and need our help if they are to keep moving forward in life. Research data tells us that students who become truant and eventually drop out of school put themselves at a long term disadvantage in becoming productive citizens. High school dropouts, for example, are two and a half times more likely to be on welfare than high school graduates. In 1995, high school dropouts were almost twice as likely to be unemployed as high school graduates. In addition, high school dropouts who are employed earn much lower salaries. Students who become truant and eventually drop out of high school too often set themselves up for a life of struggle. Truancy is a gateway to crime. High rates of truancy are linked to high daytime burglary rates and high vandalism. According to the Los Angeles County Office of Education, truancy is the most powerful predictor of juvenile delinquent behavior.

3. Region IV Comprehesive Center Truancy Prevention Resources OnLine Resources truancy prevention Resources Abolish Chronic TruancyLos Angeles County District Attorney's Office Bureau of Special http://www.ael.org/cac/referral/truancy.htm

Search Our Mission Guiding Themes New Approach to Technical ... Home On-Line Resources Truancy Prevention Resources Abolish Chronic Truancy Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Bureau of Special Operation, Juvenile Division 300 South Park Avenue, Room 620 Pomona,CA 91766 Phone: 909/620-3330 Alternative Center for Truancy Winter Park Police Department 410 Park Avenue South Winter Park, FL 32789 Phone: 407/623-3284 Alternative School Support in Suspensions and Truants St. Petersburg Police Department 1300 First Avenue, North St. Petersburg, FL 33705 Phone: 813/893-7565 Community Service Early Intervention Program Edward J. Ruzzo Juvenile Justice Center 1440 Mt Vernon Avenue Marion, OH 43302 Phone: 614/389-5476 Fulton County Juvenile Court Truancy Intenvention Project 445 Capitol Avenue, SW Atlanta,GA 30312 Phone: 404/730-1199 Fax: 404/730-1120 Mitchell High School Absence-Addict Program Mitchell High School 1205 Potter Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80909 Phone: 719/520-2701 Project HOPE Hillcrest School 441 West Hillcrest Boulevard Inglewood,CA 90301

4. Truancy Prevention Partnership Program Information truancy prevention Partnership Program Information http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/about/97juvjust/jjust812.htm

5. Get The Scoop -- "Hang In There!" truancy prevention information for schools and parents provided by Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, Washington http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/getinvolved/12_2_06.htm

More Info: Truancy Mediation and Prevention Links Center for Creative Justice , 210 Lynn Avenue, Ames, IA 50014; Fax: 515-292-1223; Contact: Lisa Enloe, Mediator Coordinator. Center for Dispute Settlement, Inc., 242 Andrews Street, Suite 400, Rochester, NY 14604; Fax: 716-546-4391; Contact: Andrew Thomas, Director. Central Mediation Center , P.O. Box 838, 1419 Central Avenue, Kearney, NE 68848-0838; Fax: 308-236-7780; Contact: Paul Ladehoff, Executive Director. Clark County Social Service , 1600 Pinto Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89106; Fax: 702-455-5950; Contact: Ruth Pearson Urban, Manager, and Karen Kotchka, School Mediation Specialist. Neighborhood Justice Center (NJC) is part of a truancy prevention project with a local high school. For the past 2 years, the school mediation program has operated a peer mediation program at Las Vegas High School funded by an OJJDP grant obtained by the juvenile court and the Clark County Family and Youth Services Division. NJC is a subcontractor on the grant, which provides additional components of the truancy prevention program. Cleveland Mediation Center , 3000 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113; Fax: 704-724-9883; Contact: Dan Joyce, Executive Director.

6. Truancy Prevention & Becca Bill Information For Parents And Schools Provided By truancy prevention and Becca Bill information for schools and parents providedby Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, Washington. http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/Truancy/Index.htm

NORM MALENG KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY RETURN TO: Home Page Elder Abuse Project Office Overview Employment ... Kids' Court Truancy Family Support Fraud Prevention Victim Assistance Domestic Violence ... Top of Page Greetings. Welcome to the King County Prosecutor's office Truancy Web site. I believe that this site will be useful to parents, students, school districts, and anyone who has an interest in helping our young people stay in school. As many of you know, I have been deeply committed to enforcing our state's truancy laws. I support these laws not only because I believe young people should attend school, but I also believe these laws are an effective tool for early detection and intervention of children at risk. I am proud to say that our truancy law is working in King County. Many young people have returned to school because schools, courts, and community volunteers are intervening in truancy prevention efforts. Although we will never know how many of these children would have entered the criminal justice system, we do know that every child returned to school has a better chance to travel a different path. I ask each of you browsing this web site to consider finding some way to support your local school or Community Truancy Board. Reaching out to a troubled young person in need may be just enough for them to make a different life choice. Young people are our future. Thank you.

7. Truancy Prevention & Becca Bill Information For Parents And Schools Provided By truancy prevention information for schools and parents provided by NormMaleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, Washington. http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/Truancy/Schools.htm

NORM MALENG KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY RETURN TO: Home Page Elder Abuse Project Office Overview Employment ... Kids' Court Truancy Family Support Fraud Prevention Victim Assistance Domestic Violence ... Top of Page Would you like to access a school's web site? Do you need to know what RCW's apply to school attendance? What is the Becca petition process, time-line, etc...? Legal forms, brochures and more can be found here: School District Web Sites The Becca Petition Process Truancy Petition Filing Checklist Legal Forms : Ready to print and be filled out (these forms cannot be completed online): Legal Forms Case Assignment Designation Certificate of Mailing Declaration of Service (Personal) Motion to Set Show Cause Hearing - Contempt Motion to Stay the Truancy Hearing Order on Truancy Hearing to Compel School Attendance Order on Truancy Review Progress Report on a Truancy Petition Request to Bypass Attendance Workshop programming Truancy Contempt Order Truancy Petition for an Order Compelling School Attendance Agreement on Truancy Petition Truancy Transmittal Cover Page Withdrawal Consent Form Link to Great Brochures Here: (1) Stopping Truancy Before it Starts (2) A Parent's Guide to the Becca Bill If you have any questions relating to truancy, please contact

8. Truancy K.C. InSchool truancy prevention Project. Project Components http://www.kcmsd.k12.mo.us/truancy/page2.html

9. DHS:Truancy Prevention Programs Home Community Based Prevention truancy prevention Programs TruancyPrevention Programs. The Office of truancy prevention is http://dhs.phila.gov/intranet/pgintrahome_pub.nsf/Content/Prevention Truancy Pre

Home Community Based Prevention Truancy Prevention Programs Truancy Prevention Programs The Office of Truancy Prevention is responsible for developing a comprehensive strategy to increase school attendance throughout the Philadelphia School District. Access For more information, and to learn how to access Truancy Prevention services, please call (215) 683-5700. Providers Click here for a list of Truancy Prevention providers. Types of programs DCBPS supports two types of truancy prevention services. Court-Based Programs provide community-based family support case management to families referred by the Regional Truancy Court. The Increasing School Attendance Initiative serves families with children who have not yet been referred to court but have accumulated between 8 and 24 unexcused absences. Philosophy The Office of Truancy Prevention believes that truancy is an early indicator or warning of some measure of dysfunction occurring for the child, family and/or community. In other words, truant children are frequently experiencing the effects of poverty, lack of family cohesion, child abuse/neglect, community violence and/or behavioral and physical health problems. Thus, the Office of Truancy Prevention supports community-based programs that empower families and provide resources to help them better manage their lives. Through continuous development and capacity building of individuals, families and communities, these programs aim to create and maintain a preventive net of support that families may utilize to maximize their opportunity to succeed.

10. DHS:Increasing School Attendance Initiative Home Community Based Prevention truancy prevention Programs IncreasingSchool Attendance Initiative Increasing School Attendance Initiative. http://dhs.phila.gov/intranet/PGintrahome_pub.nsf/Content/Prevention - Truancy P

Home Community Based Prevention Truancy Prevention Programs Increasing School Attendance Initiative Increasing School Attendance Initiative The objectives of the Increasing School Attendance Initiative are the same as those for Court-Based Programs. The main difference between the two programs is the populations targeted. Eligibility Child must attend a public school in the School District of Philadelphia. Child must be enrolled in elementary or middle school. Child must have a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 24 unexcused absences. Child must be referred to the Office of Truancy Prevention via the SDP Comprehensive Support Assistance Process (CSAP), or via the Consultation and Education Specialist (CES) located in the identified schools. Child must be enrolled in one of the following 9 former clusters: Audenreid Edison Furness Olney South Philadelphia University City Kensington Overbrook West Philadelphia Services With the exception of Court Services, services provided by the Increasing School Attendance Initiative are very similar to those provided by the Court-based program. These include: Assessment of family assets and challenges Completion of a Family Development Plan outlining how the family assets will be utilized to address the challenges.

11. 1999SB-01010-R01-SB to establish a school and communitybased truancy prevention initiative is authorized, which shall address the needs http://www.cga.state.ct.us/ps99/Tob/s/1999SB-01010-R01-SB.htm

General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1010 January Session, 1999 An Act Concerning Preventing Chronic School Absence and Prevention of Truancy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 46b-149d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (a) A demonstration project to establish a school and community-based truancy prevention initiative is authorized, which shall address the needs of public school children who exhibit patterns of unexcused absences from school. The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Department of Education and the judicial branch, shall issue a request for proposals and award competitive grants. The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Department of Education and the judicial branch, shall select at least two demonstration project sites. (b) To be eligible for such a competitive grant the program shall include: (1) A description of the policies that the community's board of education has adopted pursuant to section 10-198a, as well as the board's plans to work with the leadership of community truancy prevention initiatives to: (A) Monitor school attendance; (B) enhance any existing in-school truancy prevention programs; (C) establish after-school and summer school programs for truants; (D) provide mentoring programs for children at risk of being truant; (E) implement school and community-based intervention programs that target families with elementary school children who exhibit persistent patterns of absenteeism or truancy; (F) provide in-school alternative education initiatives for chronic truants; and (G) provide monthly truancy reports to the Office of Policy and Management.

12. Region IV Comprehesive Center - On-line Resources truancy prevention Resources lists schools, centers, and programs involvedin truancy prevention http//www.ael.org/cac/referral/truancy.htm. http://www.ael.org/cac/sdfs2.htm

Search Our Mission Guiding Themes New Approach to Technical ... Home On-line Resources Safe and Drug-Free Schools Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program promotes the reduction of violence, alcohol, drug, and tobacco use in accordance with the national education goal of schools free of drugs and violence by the year 2000 http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information provides a wealth of facts about drugs and alcohol and is frequently updated. Includes research, databases, publications, and online forums http://www.health.org Truancy Prevention Resources lists schools, centers, and programs involved in truancy prevention http://www.ael.org/cac/referral/truancy.htm Fear and Intimidation Prevention Resources lists organizations and programs that deal with prevention of fear and intimidation in schools http://www.ael.org/cac/referral/fear.htm Programs for Suspended/Expelled Students is a list of alternative programs for students who have been suspended or expelled http://www.ael.org/cac/referral/expell.htm

13. Truancy Prevention & Becca Bill Information For Parents And Schools Provided By truancy prevention and Becca Bill information for schools and parents provided by Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, Washington courts, and community volunteers are intervening in truancy prevention efforts. Although we will never know how many http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/Truancy

NORM MALENG KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY RETURN TO: Home Page Elder Abuse Project Office Overview Employment ... Kids' Court Truancy Family Support Fraud Prevention Victim Assistance Domestic Violence ... Top of Page Greetings. Welcome to the King County Prosecutor's office Truancy Web site. I believe that this site will be useful to parents, students, school districts, and anyone who has an interest in helping our young people stay in school. As many of you know, I have been deeply committed to enforcing our state's truancy laws. I support these laws not only because I believe young people should attend school, but I also believe these laws are an effective tool for early detection and intervention of children at risk. I am proud to say that our truancy law is working in King County. Many young people have returned to school because schools, courts, and community volunteers are intervening in truancy prevention efforts. Although we will never know how many of these children would have entered the criminal justice system, we do know that every child returned to school has a better chance to travel a different path. I ask each of you browsing this web site to consider finding some way to support your local school or Community Truancy Board. Reaching out to a troubled young person in need may be just enough for them to make a different life choice. Young people are our future. Thank you.

14. Truancy Prevention Through Mediation Project: Project Brochure truancy prevention Through Mediation Program. What is Truancy Mediation?Truancy Mediation is a process that helps parents, caregivers http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/Brochures/truancybrochure.htm

Truancy Prevention Through Mediation Program What is Truancy Mediation? The mediation process consists of an informal meeting where people come together with a mediator to talk about the causes of truancy and how those problems can be resolved. The mediator is a neutral person who does not take sides. The role of the mediator is to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to speak, that all sides understand each other, and that both families and schools work together to resolve issues. Truancy Mediation is not about winning or losing. Why Mediation? Because mediation is: Informal Free Confidential Because mediation: Improves communication between the family and the school Allows the family to design its own solution to the attendance problem Is proven to be effective The truancy mediation program allows you to settle truancy problems without going to court. How Does Mediation Work? The mediator will identify and summarize the issues that are being addressed. Both sides will be allowed to conclude, and then each person will be asked to come up with possible solutions. Both sides will share their ideas to create an agreement, then all involved must commit to being responsible for making the

15. Final Evaluation Report Of The Truancy Prevention Through Mediation Program Final Evaluation Report of the truancy prevention Through MediationProgram. The following is excerpted from the Final Evaluation http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/cc/truancysummary.htm

Final Evaluation Report of the Truancy Prevention Through Mediation Program The following is excerpted from the Final Evaluation Report of the Truancy Prevention Through Mediation Program for the 2000 - 2001 school year, for programs established in Butler, Delaware, Franklin, Lawrence, Lucas, Ross, and Stark Counties. The data was evaluated and the report produced by Luminesce Consulting, Columbus, Ohio. The Truancy Prevention through Mediation Program During the 2000-2001 school year, the Truancy Prevention through Mediation Program was utilized in seven counties and 58 elementary and middle schools. In total, over 1,700 mediations were scheduled this school year. In each of the counties, a significant reduction in the number of absences and tardies was demonstrated for those students/families that participated in the program. Furthermore, Truancy Prevention through Mediation Program participants had extremely positive outlooks regarding their satisfaction with the mediation, feeling validated during the mediation, and recognizing mediation as a viable tool for resolving similar issues in the future. As indicated above, the purpose of the mediation is to come to an agreement which addresses the root cause[s] of the student's attendance problem. With the help of the neutral mediator, the parent or guardian and the school representative - usually the student's teacher - reach that agreement. The parties were able to design appropriate resolutions for all the issues an average of 86% of the time, and on at least some of the issues over 90% of the time.

16. Truancy Prevention Search this site Franklin County Home Page. truancy prevention and CommunityService. Parents and Kids truancy prevention Request Service. http://co.franklin.pa.us/child_services/truancyprevention.html

Choose from the menus above to view a Public Service Click on a link below for more information: Franklin County Office Listing Franklin County Government Organization Chart Search this site: Franklin County Home Page Truancy Prevention and Community Service Parents and Kids Truancy Prevention Request Service Phone: (717)261-3146 or 263-1900 Fax: (717)261-0999 E-mail: Address: Human Services Building 425 Franklin Farm Lane Chambersburg, PA 17201 Hours Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Population Served Franklin County youth (ages 13-17) identified by school districts and district justices with chronic truancy and / or other status offenses. Services Truant youth may be ordered into the Truancy Program by the District Justices. The youth can not have an open active case with either the Juvenile Probation Department or the Children and Youth Service. The caseworkers work intensively with the truant youth, his/her family, the school, and the community in an effort to increase the youth's attendance in school (and ultimately avoid the youth's placement outside of his/her home).

17. Franklin County Office Listing Court Administrator; truancy prevention and Community Service Program;District Attorney's Office; Drug Alcohol Program; District http://co.franklin.pa.us/sitemap.html

Choose from the menus above to view a Public Service Click on a link below for more information: Franklin County Office Listing Franklin County Government Organization Chart Search this site: Franklin County Home Page Franklin County Office Listing Human Services Employment Court/Legal Property Tax ... General Services Human Services Area Agency on Aging Child Adolescent Service System Program Community-Based Outreach Services Clerk of Courts ... Volunteer Transportation Network Employment APO Pre-Release Unit Area Agency for Aging Human Resources Volunteer Transportation Network Court/Legal Adult Probation General Services APO Adult Unit APO Community Service Program APO DUI Unit ... Sheriff's Office Property/Tax Assessment Office Homeless Assistance Program Penn State Cooperative Extension Planning Office ... Pennsylvania Property Tax Rebate Program Permits/Licenses/Publications Assessment Office Clerk of Courts Commissioner's Office Law Library ... Volunteer Transportation Network General Services Coroner's Office Controller's Office Emergency Management Agency 911 Emergency Services ... Volunteer Transportation Network Human / Family Adoption Alcohol Abuse Assistance Programs Community-Based Outreach Services ... State Food Purchase Program Assistance Programs Clothing Assistance Financial Assistance Food Assistance Homeless Assistance ... Referral-Adbused, Neglected, Exploited Children

18. Town Meeting: Discipline, Safety & Truancy Prevention Town Meeting Discipline, Safety truancy prevention. To edinfo@inet.ed.gov;Subject Town Meeting Discipline, Safety truancy prevention; http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/Archive/msg00189.html

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n EDInfo Mailing List Archive Prev Next Main Index To : edinfo@inet.ed.gov Subject From : Kirk_Winters@ed.gov (Kirk Winters) Date : Fri, 8 Nov 1996 16:59:00 -0500 http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Truancy/ Prev by Date: Update ED Initiatives (November 14) Next by Date: Teacher Leadership

19. BCBE - Early Warning Truancy Prevention Early Warning truancy prevention. At the beginning of the school year,students will receive information concerning the Early Warning http://www.bcbe.org/policies/earlywarning.shtml

Early Warning Truancy Prevention At the beginning of the school year, students will receive information concerning the Early Warning Truancy Prevention Program. All students in grades K-12 are subject to the provisions of this program. Those students who have unexcused absences, excessive excused absences, and/or excessive tardiness will be reported to the Juvenile Court of Baldwin County and may be required to attend the Early Warning Program. Contact Us

20. North River Collaborative - Www.northrivercollaborative.org truancy prevention Initiative. In December Criminal Justice. There arethree major components to the truancy prevention Initiative. http://www.northrivercollaborative.org/truancy.html

North River Collaborative Home Page Information About NRC Educational Programs Therapy Services Professional Development C.H.A.M.P.S. Initiative NRC Family Network st Century Community Learning Centers Additional Services C.H.A.M.P.S. Initiative Communities Helping Adolescents Make Positive Strides The focus of the CHAMPS Initiative (Communities Helping Adolescents Make Positive Strides) is to identify students in the seven member school district's middle schools who are at-risk for delinquency and to provide support services for these students and their families. This program is funded by a Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program Grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention .

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