City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0266R

• File #: 07-0266R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/12/2007
• In control: Housing, Health, and Human Services Committee
• Final action: 4/30/2007
• Title: Informational Hearing - Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center FOR the purpose of inviting the Executive Director of the Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center to advise the City Council on the efficacy of the Center in lowering the rate of truancy in the Baltimore Public School System, in securing inter-agency services to prevent truancy, in addressing social issues that negatively impact school-age children, and in decreasing the incidents of crimes perpetrated by juveniles.
• Sponsors: Kenneth Harris, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: Resolution, Truancy Center

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/30/2007	0	Housing, Health and Human Services Subcommittee	Recommended Favorably
4/30/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
4/23/2007	0	The City Council	Reassigned
3/26/2007	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/15/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/15/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/15/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Harris


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center

FOR the purpose of inviting the Executive Director of the Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center to advise the City Council on the efficacy of the Center in lowering the rate of truancy in the Baltimore Public School System, in securing inter-agency services to prevent truancy, in addressing social issues that negatively impact school-age children, and in decreasing the incidents of crimes perpetrated by juveniles.
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The Baltimore Truancy Center at 400 North Caroline Street in East Baltimore opened in November 2003, as a comprehensive approach to the escalating truancy rate in the Baltimore City Public School System and the increasing number of children who were idling on street corners - some of whom were responsible for the 60% of crime committed during the day that is attributed to juveniles.

The Center comprises an interagency collaboration that delivers a combination of services to address issues under the purview of the Department of Social Services, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Employment Development, the Baltimore Police Department, the Baltimore City Public School Offices of School Police and Pupil Guidance, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

The Baltimore Truancy Center ...