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Orange CountyTruancy Response Program
Presented by: Frank Boehler, Child Welfare & Attend. Director Orange Unified School District
Susan Riezman, Deputy District Attorney Orange County District Attorney
Joann Nichols, Supervising Probation Officer Orange County Probation Marya Forster, Research Analyst Orange County Probation
Shirley Hunt, Research Manager Orange County Probation
Presented at Association for Criminal Justice Research (CA)
“Reforming Justice through Research, Reforming Justice through Research,
Practice, and Policy PartnershipsPractice, and Policy Partnerships”Coast Long Beach Hotel, California
October 20, 2005
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ORANGE ORANGE COUNTY TRPCOUNTY TRP
DA and Court Roles Probation Role School District Participation TRP Evaluation Outcomes
The Orange County Truancy Response Program is funded in part by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act. The TRP partners include the Juvenile Court, District Attorney, Probation, and Department of Education with participation from 20 of the 28 school districts in Orange County.
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TRP Evaluation TRP Evaluation OverviewOverview Two evaluation components
Outcomes for truants referred to DA Parent Meetings (Primary) Outcomes for truants referred to formal TRP- Juvenile
Justice system/Probation
Outcome measures Change in truancy rates for truant students Arrest rates of TRP participants District $$ loss due to full-day truancies
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DA Parent Meeting DA Parent Meeting InterventionIntervention DA Parent Meeting - Early TRP Group Intervention
District-sponsored group meetings conducted by DA for chronic truants and their parents
Informed of consequences of further truancy Meetings generally occur after initial efforts by school have
failed to bring an end to the truancy but before referral to SARBs or Probation
Preliminary Evaluation: DA Parent Meetings in two districts (2004-05) [District A: N = 78; District B: N = 211] Compare individual results 3 months pre and post meeting
– Individual student truancy rates– Estimated District $$ lost due to target students full-day
truancies
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DA Parent Meeting DA Parent Meeting InterventionIntervention
3 months after the meeting: Average truancy rate of invitees in District A declined 18% (sig) Average truancy rate of invitees in District B declined 25% (sig)
Change in Average Truancy Rate3 Months Pre & Post
32.2%31.0%
39.4%
41.6%
30.0%
32.0%
34.0%
36.0%
38.0%
40.0%
42.0%
44.0%
3-Mo Pre 3-Mo Post
District A District B
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DA Parent Meeting DA Parent Meeting InterventionIntervention
3 months after the meeting: District A lost 19% less in ADA $$ District B lost 53% less in ADA $$ (sig)
Estimated ADA $$ Lost Due to Full-Day Truancies
$14,842
$12,028
$7,601
$3,572
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
3 Months Pre $$ Lost 3 Months Post $$ Lost
District A District B
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TRP Referrals to TRP Referrals to ProbationProbation
(Juvenile Justice System) Chronic truants not responding to district sanctions referred to Probation & formal justice system
Probation officers monitor attendance & other TRP assigned sanctions
Continued truancy can result in placement on court-ordered 601 W & I and/or prosecution of the parents*
Evaluation: 6 month Pre to Post comparison of TRP participant truancy
rates 6-month post-program arrest rates of successful TRP
completers vs. non-completers
*Cases involving truants under age 12 are referred directly to the DA for court prosecution of the parents
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Profile of All TRP Profile of All TRP ParticipantsParticipants
N = 357 (11/2001 to 6/2005) 57% male57% male 57% Hispanic & 32% White57% Hispanic & 32% White OUSD, AUHSD, & HBUHSD referred 62% of OUSD, AUHSD, & HBUHSD referred 62% of
the total participantsthe total participants 92% of participants are 12 yrs and up92% of participants are 12 yrs and up Average age at referral = 14.9 yrsAverage age at referral = 14.9 yrs Of the 357, 85 had been referred on to the Of the 357, 85 had been referred on to the
court as of 6/30/2005court as of 6/30/2005
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TRP Participant StatusTRP Participant Status6/30/20056/30/2005
N = 357 TerminatedUnsatisfactory
Termination
No New Law Violation
With New Law
Violation
Probation 75 31 21 10 106
DA Review 3 22 4 - -
Court 49 2 6 9 19
127 (36%) 86 (24%) 19 (5%) 125 (35%)
TRP Agency TRP In ProgressSatisfactory Termination
No Fault/ Moved
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Truancy Rate of ParticipantsTruancy Rate of Participants
6 months after program assignment:6 months after program assignment: Average truancy rate for all participants declined significantly ( < .001) Average truancy rate for those who completed satisfactorily dropped even
more (declined by 57% - also < .001)
Average Truancy Rate of Participants
42%
47%
18%
30%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
All Participants Completed Satisfactorily
Pre-Entry Post-Entry
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Arrest OutcomesArrest Outcomes
6 months after program exit:6 months after program exit: Participants who satisfactorily exited the program had fewer arrests
compared with those who exited unsatisfactorily (8% vs. 17%)
Arrests for New Law Violations (NLV)
8%
17%
0%
4%
8%
12%
16%
20%
ExitedSatisfactorily
ExitedUnsatisfactorily
NLV Arrests
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ConclusionConclusionss The DA Parent Meeting appears to be an The DA Parent Meeting appears to be an
effective, short-term (3 months) truancy-reduction effective, short-term (3 months) truancy-reduction interventionintervention
TRP is effective in significantly reducing truancy TRP is effective in significantly reducing truancy (improving school attendance) of participants, (improving school attendance) of participants, especially for those who complete the program especially for those who complete the program satisfactorilysatisfactorily
TRP “Completers” have lower arrest rates post-TRP “Completers” have lower arrest rates post-program than “Non-completers”program than “Non-completers”
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QuestioQuestionsns
Please contact:Please contact: Marya Forster at (714) 569-2159 or [email protected] Shirley Hunt at (714) 569-2174 or [email protected] Joann Nichols at (714) 935-7527 or [email protected] Susan Riezman at (714) 935-6957 or [email protected] Frank Boehler at (714) 628-4060 or [email protected] Georgiann Boyd at (714) 327-1074 or [email protected]