NCSE is an initiative
of the Partnership
for Families & Children.
www.pffac.org
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Butler County Truancy Intervention Program
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| Contacts (1): |
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| Matthew Geiger *Primary Contact* |
mgeiger1@alt-vision.org |
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Date Entered: |
02/22/2009 |
| City or Cities: |
Butler |
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PA |
| Website: |
http://www.alt-vision.org |
Year of Inception: |
2009
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Geographic Area Covered:
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Countywide |
| Host Agency Name: |
Alt-Vision, Inc. |
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Host Agency Type:
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Community-based organization/coalition
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Target Gender:
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Male, Female |
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Target Race/Ethnicity:
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African American, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, White |
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Target Grade:
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Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade |
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Target Income:
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Low-income (less than $25, 000), Middle-income ($25, 000-$50, 000), Upper-income (more than $50, 000) |
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Target Language:
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English |
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Target Family Focus:
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Family-wide |
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Target Disciplinary Issues:
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Suspended youth, Expelled youth, Youth with juvenile justice involvement |
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Other Characteristics:
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Youth overage for grade, Youth of age for grade but below grade level, School-based truancy professionals, Law-enforcement truancy professionals, Court-based truancy professionals
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| Description: |
The Butler County Truancy intervention Program (TIP) contracted by Butler County CYS and Juvenile Probation, will be a comprehensive K-12 program utilizing proven researched programming.
• In the K-5 years Alt-Vision will introduce the “Second Thought Program” which will focus on Self-Esteem and Character building (also included are: decision making, peer pressure and accepting diversity skill sets).
• In The Middle School years Alt-Vision will focus our attention on researched proven Bully-Prevention and Alcohol and Drug awareness programming that will include hands on activities throughout the school year , as well as, school awareness campaign , yearly teacher in-service training with the most current research and strategies.
• In the High School years a Community Mentoring Program will be implemented and will be partnering with The Mentoring partnership of SW Pa. This program
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| How Program is Funded: |
Combination of State/County/Local, Private Grants and private donations. |
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Evidence of Effectiveness:
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Internal evaluation in progress, External evaluation in progress, Preliminary results available (includes draft papers, powerpoint presentations, etc.)
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How do you know your program is effective: Our pilot program in the Pittsburgh public schools showed significant signs of success. Both qualitative and quantative data were recorded. We posted the following outcomes over the past 2 years:
Per client average 18.5% increase in cumulative school year attendance (average client school year attendance PRIOR to program: 65-73%
clients averaged 7% increase in cumulative school year academic letter grades.
reduced the failure rate of 9th graders by 17%.
82% of clients were successful
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What has not worked in the program any why: *getting schools to have a consistent attendance policy and what is a acceptable excused absence.
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