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The current state of truancy reduction programs and opportunities for enhancement in Los Angeles County

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  • Gase, Lauren N.
  • Butler, Katherine
  • Kuo, Tony

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School truancy, defined as any intentional unauthorized or illegal absence from school, influences, and is influenced by, multiple academic, health, and social factors. This project sought to describe how truancy-reduction systems are operating in Los Angeles County and identify the highest priority policy and program options to effectively address truancy. The Department of Public Health convened an expert panel and collected data through literature review, key informant interviews, focus groups, and surveys. Results describe the interconnected players that are working to address truancy. Recommendations focus on increasing school-based efforts, identifying innovative ways to address students' and families' physical and mental health needs, enhancing coordination across partners and elevating their commitment, expanding evidence-based programs, and enhancing data collection efforts to better identify additional effective strategies. Other jurisdictions can build off our prioritization framework to describe the current state of their systems and identify promising programs to augment system functioning.

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  • Gase, Lauren N. & Butler, Katherine & Kuo, Tony, 2015. "The current state of truancy reduction programs and opportunities for enhancement in Los Angeles County," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 17-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:52:y:2015:i:c:p:17-25
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.02.008
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    1. Maynard, Brandy R. & Vaughn, Michael G. & Nelson, Erik J. & Salas-Wright, Christopher P. & Heyne, David A. & Kremer, Kristen P., 2017. "Truancy in the United States: Examining temporal trends and correlates by race, age, and gender," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 188-196.
    2. Gottfried, Michael & Jacob Kirksey, J. & Hutt, Ethan, 2020. "Can teacher education programs help prepare new kindergarten and first grade teachers to address student absenteeism?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).

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