Truancy Prevention Program
OUR STORY
In 2010, the State’s Attorney for Montgomery County, MD, Mr. John McCarthy, was reading an article in the Baltimore Sun about an intervention program called the Truancy Court Program operated by the University of Baltimore School of Law. In that article, Barbara Babb, the Director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts expressed her interest in wanting to expand the Truancy Court Program to Montgomery County. Seeing the potential value of this program in Montgomery County, Mr. McCarthy contacted her. Within a matter of months, and through federal funding secured by Senator Barbara Mikulski in 2009, the Truancy Court Program was implemented in spring 2010 at Neelsville Middle School and Francis Scott Key Middle School.
OUR MISSION
OUR APPROACH
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Volunteer Recruitment
- If you have the skills to provide support, guidance, and motivation;
- If you can make time to participate in a meaningful collaborative problem-solving effort;
- If you are interested to understand and help address the issues affecting attendance, academics, and behavior
We Invite You to Help Solve Truancy in Montgomery County. VOLUNTEER TODAY!
Learn More: TPP - The Truancy Prevention Program
TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Read about what we have done in recent past:
Newsletter (March 2016)
Newsletter (June 2016)
Newsletter (January 2017)
Newsletter (June 2017)
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Middle Schoolers Graduate Truancy Prevention Program
Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office hosts first in-person ceremony since COVID-19 Pandemic.
Families gathered at the Circuit Court in Rockville on Wednesday for a special ceremony. Fourty-two middle schoolers graduated from the Truancy Prevention Program administered by the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Most graduates this semester are in eighth grade. Volunteers go into schools and work directly with kids to help them improve attendance and stay in school. County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said the program is urgently needed amid the pandemic. He said just one adult can change a child’s experience in school and give them a reason to show up.
Coutesy of mymcm, Montgomery Community Media. For additonal information from the original article visit: https://www.mymcmedia.org/middle-schoolers-graduate-truancy-prevention-program/
Congratulations Truancy Prevention Program Graduates!
Welcome to the Truancy Prevention Program Virtual Spring Culmination Ceremony
When schools closed down in March, the Truancy Prevention Program was not able to meet with the students. But we kept in touch with them virtually and are proud to celebrate our 101 students who completed our program successfully under challenging circumstances. We are proud of their commitment to their education and we look forward to their continued successes!