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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Harris
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Request to the Mayor - A Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center for West Baltimore
FOR the purpose of urging the Mayor to provide funding for, and to identify a building appropriate to house, a truancy center for West Baltimore using the Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center in East Baltimore as a programmatic and operational model.
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Recitals
The Baltimore Truancy Assessment Center (BTAC) at 400 North Caroline Street in East Baltimore has been successful in the providing an interagency collaboration for the delivery of services to address issues that contribute to the alarming truancy rate in the Baltimore City Public School System since it's inception in November of 2003.
Through the Center, 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 provided direct services or referred students to Baltimore Rising, the Department of Recreation and Parks, First Call for Help, the Boys and Girls Club for mentoring services, Child Find, Child Protective Services, Job Corps, Maryland Mentoring Partnership, the State's Attorney's Office for Educational Services, and Treatment Resources for Yo...
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