A Ravenna landmark might become the site for a program designed to keep youth from entering the juvenile detention system. Judge Patricia Smith, judge in Portage County Probate Court and Juvenile ...

Efforts to improve school attendance in Bexar County are paying off, but fighting truancy remains a multimillion-dollar effort. In addition to school district-funded attendance personnel on each ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - With school attendance being a national issue, a local truancy program is getting a boost of funds to help find the root cause of absenteeism. The Helping Families Initiative was ...

A troubling trend continues to grip schools across the nation’s capital: nearly half of all students are missing significant ...

RE-1 Valley School District is seeing success with its truancy program. Cindy Reyes, district family community advocate, and Elizabeth Mauler, student services director, gave an update on the program, ...

A D.C. Department of Human Services pilot program has reduced truancy among participating students by 71% year-over-year, according to mid-year data. The initiative replaces punitive measures with ...

Money is running dry for a successful truancy-fighting program in Montgomery County, leaving lawmakers and school officials scouring for other funding and ways to keep kids in school. The Truancy ...

The District’s Truancy Reduction Pilot Program is working, leading to stronger family engagement and better attendance.

Several Camden stakeholders are joining forces to address an emergent issue from the pandemic – skyrocketing truancy, especially in urban areas. The Camden County Board of Commissioners is ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows that nearly four out of five District of Columbia families who participated in voluntary truancy-prevention programs saw an increase in school attendance for their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portage County Juvenile Court Judge Patricia Smith has suggested Riddle Block 1 for a program aimed at keeping juveniles out of ...