NCSE is an initiative
of the Partnership
for Families & Children.
www.pffac.org
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Klamath County Youth Attendance Team
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| Contacts (1): |
Add a new Contact to This Program |
| Vickie Kaber *Primary Contact* |
vkaber@co.klamath.or.us |
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Date Entered: |
11/11/2004 |
| City or Cities: |
Klamath Falls |
State(s): |
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Geographic Area Covered:
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Countywide |
| Host Agency Name: |
Klamath County Juvenile Department |
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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, Spanish |
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Target Family Focus:
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Student only, Parent/guardian only, 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: |
This program is a community based collabrative effort to address individuals and their families in regards to truancy. It exists to partner with youths and their families and asssist schools in achieveing school attendance and / or completion through alternative methods. The program utilizes shared information from all community partners and stake holders to prevent duplicitous efforts and maximize intervention efforts. The focus is on assistance towards compliance rather than punitive or restrictive action. For success the program relys on cooperation from community partners.
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| How Program is Funded: |
Intially the program was developed through a hard working administrator at the city school level. Her vision was to take the program to the community level, by incoroprating all schools and essentially handing it off to a community liason. The current program consists of a 1/2 time staff member who is funded in part by city schools, county courts and adult parole and probation. Efforts are being made to receive grant monies to obtain secure funding for the future. |
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Evidence of Effectiveness:
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Internal evaluation in progress, Internal evaluation completed, Preliminary results available (includes draft papers, powerpoint presentations, etc.), Final evaluation report available
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How do you know your program is effective: Statistics tell us that we are effective in approximately 75% of the youth we deal with. Recognizing that our measuring stick will likely never reach 100%, we work toward increasing that percentage and are seeing evidence of practices working with more individuals as the work increases.
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