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203557  |
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| Title: |
OJJDP News @ a Glance, Volume III, Number 1 (January/February 2004) |
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| Journal: |
OJJDP News @ a Glance Volume:3 Issue:1 Dated:January/February 2004 Pages:1-20 |
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| Series: |
OJJDP News @ a Glance |
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| Corporate Author: |
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
US Dept of Justice
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
January 2004 |
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| Page Count: |
6 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Washington, DC 20531 |
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| Sale Source: |
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America |
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| Document: |
HTML|PDF |
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| Type: |
Program/Project Description |
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| Format: |
News/Media |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
This article presents the history and features of the Federal
Truancy Reduction Demonstration Program (TRDP).
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| Abstract: |
In 1998 the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, along with the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Office, initiated the TRDP. The goal of the
program is to encourage communities to develop comprehensive
approaches to the identification and tracking of truant youth and
reducing truancy. The importance of the program lies in truancy
being an early warning sign of potential delinquent behavior,
social isolation, and educational failure. The TRDP has been
implemented in seven sites that vary in size, geographic
location, ethnic and sociodemographic composition, and
community-based leadership. To date, the program has served more
than 2,000 youth and more than 1,100 families. A key concept of
the TRDP is collaboration among community members in sharing a
vision, maximizing existing resources, and the blending of
services to address the range of issues related to truancy.
Programs are overseen at the community level by a multiagency
group. The seven sites participating in the TRDP are implementing a variety of programs that link truant youth with community-based services and programs. Examples of activities include community truancy boards, truancy workshops, and community awareness campaigns. Truancy case managers have been assigned to work
directly with youth and their families by making home visits,
monitoring school attendance, providing tutoring, and referring
youth and families to community agencies as needed. All seven
sites are participating in an evaluation of the program.
Recommendations from the evaluation include having a consistent
attendance policy and practice that is known to all parties; a
continuum of prevention and intervention services along with
incentives and graduated sanctions for students and parents;
meaningful parental involvement; attention to student health;
data-driven decisionmaking; student attendance review boards;
quasi-judicial proceedings; business involvement; a focus on
school transition years; and public awareness campaigns. A grant
was recently awarded to the National Truancy Prevention
Association to provide training and technical assistance to
communities that implement truancy reduction programs.
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| Main Term(s): |
Juvenile delinquency prevention programs |
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| Index Term(s): |
Effectiveness of crime prevention programs; Interagency cooperation; Juvenile delinquency factors; Truancy |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=203557 |
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