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University of Kansas/Youth Services Truancy Program

The KU / youth services truancy program works with truant or pre-truant students who are between the ages of 7-15. Truant students between the ages of 16-18 are supervised by The Shelter.

Students are considered truant if they have:

  • 5 unexcused absences in a semester
  • 7 unexcused absences in a year

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Baldwin City - USD 348
Eudora - USD 491
Lawrence - USD 497
Perry-Lecompton - USD 343

 

 


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  • Children between the age of 7-18
  • Children under the age of 7 who have been enrolled in school
     

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  • To stay out of the court system
  • To learn coping strategies and social skills
  • To  find community agencies to help with family issues
     

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  • Interns monitor assigned students attendance and grades
  • Interns meet weekly with students
  • Interns encourage and assist truancy students in completing homework
  • Interns encourage motivation by using behavioral contracts
  • Interns provide weekly progress reports and updates to The Truancy Officer at DCYS
  • DCYS and Interns provide reports to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office
  • Interns testify in Review Hearings and Child in Need of Care Court proceedings

 

DCYS has coordinated the KU truancy Prevention and Diversion Program since the fall of 2011.
This program is currently funded by Douglas County, the Kansas Department for Children and Families and the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office.

For more information regarding the KU Truancy Program, email CJSYS-Truancy@douglascountyks.org


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