The Supporting Families Initiative (SFI) is a truancy prevention program. SFI addresses the needs of truant youth and their families by identifying obstacles to regular school attendance and connecting them to resources.
Target Population and Program Eligibility:
- Communities: Columbiana, Calera, Chelsea and Montevallo
- Middle school students ages 11 to 15 years
There are two levels of support through the SFI program:
Basic Support
In the Basic Support level, parent(s) and the student sign a school attendance contract and are referred to existing community services.
If truancy continues, student and parent(s) move to the Intensive Support level.
Intensive Support
In the Intensive Support level, the SFI Coordinator provides intervention support to improve attendance.
- Personalized outreach to student and family
- Action plan developed to address barriers
- School attendance is monitored
- Student participate on individual counseling
- Student participate in SFI Summer Program