Truancy and Family With Service Needs Services

Due to a change in state law in August 2017 (Public Act 16-147), youth can no longer be referred to court if they are truant from school. Interventions through the school are used to encourage school attendance, however if attendance does not improve, schools may refer students/families to a Youth Service Bureau (YSB). As Hartford’s YSB, through a formalized referral process, the Division for Youth Services works with our vast network of partners to address the student’s truancy concerns, as well as underlying issues contributing to absentee patterns, in order to place them back on the path of academic success.  

Download Forms

English:

• Families With Service Needs Parent Guide in English(PDF, 40KB)
• Families With Service Needs Fillable Form in English(PDF, 237KB)

Spanish:

• Families With Service Needs Parent Guide in Spanish(PDF, 143KB)
  (Guía para padres de familias con necesidades de servicio en español)
• Families With Service Needs Form in Spanish(PDF, 58KB)
  (Formulario para familias con necesidades de servicio en español)

Chinese:

• Families With Service Needs Parent Guide in Chinese(PDF, 274KB)

  (有服務需要的家庭中文家長指南)

• Families With Service Needs Form in Chinese(PDF, 266KB)

  (有服務需求的家庭用中文表格)
  

Portuguese:

• Families With Service Needs Parent Guide in Portuguese(PDF, 193KB)

  (Guia dos pais para famílias com necessidades de serviço em português)

• Families With Service Needs Form in Portuguese
  (PDF, 107KB) (Formulário de Famílias com Necessidades de Serviço em português)