Strategy(I): Address the risk factors that promote drop-outs

Who, what, when, how?

1. Research the reasons kids drop out.

2. Assess where parents are involved in the school system.

3. Assess what the schools need.

Strategy(II): Create mentoring/educational programs

1. Support Partnership for Promise’s efforts to develop a youth mentoring program.

2. Expand the parenting classes and family resource center to include the middle and high schools.

Strategy(III): Utilize law enforcement, judicial courts, and public assistance to decrease drop-out rates

1. Provide training to police about juvenile crimes and how to identify truancy.

2. Explore the option of tying in welfare (bonus or penalty based on child’s school attendance, like in Canada).

3. Judicial sentencing to parenting classes.