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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In an attempt to save money, the New York Department of Education canceled a program geared to get truant students back to class, according to the Daily News. Started in 1998 in Brooklyn, the Truancy ...

In the first prosecution under a new truancy program, a judge Wednesday placed a 17-year-old girl on probation after she admitted repeatedly skipping school. Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert ...

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 ...