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Table of Contents Acknowledgments 3 Executive Summary 4 Complete Report I. Introduction 23 A. Legislative Mandate……………………………………………………. 23 B. The FWSN Advisory Board: Collaborative Process………………….... 23 C. Overview of Federal and State Law……………………………………. 25 D. Related Statutory Changes……………………………………………... 26 II. Detailed Population Profile 27 A. FWSN population…………………………………………………….... 27 B. Truant Population……………………………………………………… 27 C. Young FWSN Children………………………………………………... 28 D. Assessment of Risk and Needs……………………………………….... 28 III. Accomplishments and Gaps in Services 29 A. Current Status Offender Process and Services………………………… 29 B. Prevention and Pre-court Diversion C. Services Currently Available in the Community D. Initial Referral to Court………………………………………………... 33 1. Current Community-based Services for Court Referred Children E. FWSN Judicial Process………………………………………………... 41 F. FWSN Post Adjudication Process………………………………........... 44 1. Violation of a Court Order 2. Current Services for Court Involved Children 3. Imminent Risk IV. Lessons Learned from National Laws, Models and Programs 50 A. General Research……………………………………………………….. 50 B. Reform Efforts in New York……………………………………........... 50 C. Reform Efforts in Florida……………………………………………… 52 D. National Truancy Models………………………………………...…..... 52 E. Other programs……………………………………………………. 54 V. Five Core Priority Recommendations Relating to FWSN Children and their Families 55 1
VI. Other Key Recommendations Relating to FWSN Children and their Families 63 A. Recommendations related to the FWSN population……………………… 63 B. Recommendations related to Truancy Prevention/ Truancy Intervention……………………………………………………… 66 VII. Issues Relating to the FWSN Population Requiring Further Study or Examination by the Joint Strategic Planning Committee 70 A. Impact of “Raise the Age” legislation, specifically at it relates to Youth in Crisis…………………………………………………………. 70 B. Recommendations related to FWSN Population Requiring Further Study or Examination by the Joint Strategic Planning Committee……………………………………………………................ 71 VIII. Girls in the Juvenile Justice System 73 A. Profile of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System………………………… 73 B. Recommendations Relating to Girls in the Juvenile Delinquency Population……………………………………… 75 IX. Appendices Table of Contents 78 Appendix I……… Public Act 06-188…………………………………………….. 79 Appendix II………Membership Families with Service Needs Advisory Board and Subcommittees………………………………………………................. 80 Appendix III……..Summary of Federal and State Law…………………............... 85 Appendix IV……..Detailed Population Demographics…………………............... 88 Appendix V……...Highlights of Other Programs………………………................. 94 Appendix VI….....Current Truancy Initiatives in Connecticut…………................. 97 Appendix VII…....Evaluation of FWSN systems and services…………………… 98 Appendix VIII…...Excerpts from “Program Guidelines for Girls Services in Connecticut”…………………………………………………………... 99 Appendix IX…….Suggested Statutory Changes………………………................. 103 X. Glossary of Terms 110 2
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Page 29 and 30: C. Young FWSN Children In 2006 ther
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Page 33 and 34: are truant. The focus is to provide
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Page 37 and 38: Juvenile probation officers provide
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continuum of effective strength-bas
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E. Other programs include: Mediatio
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CORE RECOMMENDATION # 2: FUND AND E
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2. Grades 6-8 3. Grade 9 a. In addi
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FWSN referrals submitted to court.
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CORE RECOMMENDATION # 5: MAKE NEEDE
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4. Systemic, longitudinal evaluatio
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3. Crisis/risk determination traini
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SDE’s Secondary School Redesign D
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truant students who attend school r
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Handling of FWSN cases. Confidentia
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In response to Special Act 04-5, DC
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for all DCF Social Workers and CSSD
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IX. APPENDICES Table of Contents Ap
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Appendix II FAMILIES WITH SERVICE N
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FWSN ADVISORY BOARD - TRUANCY SUBCO
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LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING SUBCOMMITTEE M
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States continue to struggle with th
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Appendix IV Detailed Population Dem
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Chart 1 shows a detailed analysis o
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Most of the assessed children score
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Appendix V Highlights of Other Prog
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The programs also provide preventio
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Appendix VII Evaluation of FWSN sys
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Table of Contents Introduction Page
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considered “gender-specific” or
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filed during the months of April, M
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or guardian, the child, parent or g
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general statutes, as amended by thi
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X. GLOSSARY OF TERMS ADP - Alternat
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