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5. Address Training Needs Respite Home, MST) b. CSSD (Family Support Centers, CARE Centers, and FWSN Centers, MST); c. SDE (Youth Service Bureaus and Juvenile Review Boards) d. OPM (Neighborhood Youth Centers, Governor’s Urban Violence initiative, Consortium on School Attendance) 2. Enhance coordination between task forces to avoid duplication: a. Juvenile Jurisdiction Policy and Oversight Coordinating Council (JJPOCC) b. FWSN Advisory Board c. McArthur Foundation Mental Health Network d. SAMSA Transformation grant e. Child Poverty and Prevention Council f. DCF/CSSD Joint Strategic Planning Committee g. Youth Futures 3. Determine gaps in services across agencies, coordinate research and evaluation efforts across systems Fund and implement training initiatives that build system capacity to treat youth holistically and in line with best practices: 1. Application of a strengthsbased, relational approach (training and coaching) 2. Trauma specialists trained in every DCF and Probation office; with all staff trained to be trauma sensitive SDE, CSSD & DCF 65
3. Crisis/risk determination training for probation staff to ensure similar system evaluation of imminent risk. 4. Training for police officers 5. Training for schools, community programs. B. Recommendations related to Truancy Prevention/Truancy Intervention Type of Recommendation A. Change Requirements re: Attendance Policy B. Improve Data Collection Detail SDE has adopted uniform definition of “attendance” 44 but for FWSN purposes, the definition of “excused” and “unexcused” for court referral purposes will be clarified or the statutory basis for a FWSN truancy referral will be reexamined. No later than 2011-2012, conduct an analysis of the academic penalties that students receive for being truant across districts and evaluate the policies’ effectiveness in reducing truancy. No later than 2010, use Connecticut’s Public School Information System (PSIS), with its unique student identifier, to report annually to the State Board of Education and the Education Committee of the Connecticut Legislature each district’s “excused” and “unexcused” absences per year in ten representative Districts (leading to annual report in all Primary Agency SDE SDE SDE 44 The State Board of Education, the Commissioner’s Office, and the Consortium on School Attendance adopted a definition of “attendance. To the extent that this group is not including the definition of “excused” and “unexcused” absences, these entities will collaborate to define these terms for FWSN purposes only. 66
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RECOMMENDATION THREE PROVIDE FUNDS
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