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FY 2003 OJJDP DISCRETIONARY CONTINUATION PROGRAMS - DEMOSTRATION

Award Information

Award #
1999-JS-FX-0010
Location
Awardee County
King
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
1999
Total funding (to date)
$661,076

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 1999, $98,648)

The King County Superior Court Truancy Program responds to the issue of truancy implementing a community-centered, family-focused approach. The program provides alternatives for truant youth to the full, formal court process by offering two alternatives: 1)attendance workshops and 2)community truancy boards.

King County Superior Court Truancy Program has four overall goals: 1) Return the primary responsibility for intervening in truancy to the community with institutional support from local government, 2)reduce the number of truancy hearings held by Superior Court, 3) reduce the number of students not connected to educational programs in King County, and 4)identify effective family-based, community-based, and court-based strategies for addressing truancy.

CA/NCF

Date Created: May 17, 1999