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Briel?¥ describe what the program expects to achieve and why. The narrative should address each of the items (1) Identify the staff and their responsibilities to the program, (2) describe the physical facilities in which the services will be delivered, (3) discuss any areas of concern that could affect the success of the program (4J discuss why these resources used in the manner described should be expected to alter inappropriate behavior, (5) describe the referral, screening and admission procedures, (6) describe the means of working with youth and families, (7) describe the daily program activities and, (8) describe the termination procedures and (9) interaction with juvenile court. Component Narrative for Truancy Mediation (hereafter referred to as TM}: 1) Staff involved with TM will be: CCMC Exec. Director who: oversees all CCMC services; tracks funds; reports to CCMC Bd. & to funding sources; pro- motes all services/programs. The Mediation Services Coordinator will ,erform daily program tasks: evaluate referrals; interview/assess referred youth/custodians & explain rules of TM; schedule mediations & co-mediators, if needed; prepare the needed forms for the mediation session; follow-up on the agreement & school attendance for up to 90 days; report progress to referral source if other than school personnel; make referrals to community services as deemed appropriate; perform exit interview; maintain case files & statistical info.; complete required reports; promote TM within the community. 2) CCMC is located at 24 Cabarrus Ave. in Concord, NC. There are several offices & conference rooms. The Mediation Coorwill Conduct most of the daily tasks there. Sessions will be held at the CCMC, contingent upon the situations. Mediation session participants will be the truant student, custo- dian(s)/parent(s), and a school official, most likely a Social Worker. Refer- rals may come from: OJJ & other Juvenile Ct. officials; school officials; ~and staff of the Department of Social Services when DSS has custody of a truant student. 3) The Mediation Coordinator will work diligently to build a good working relationship with the OJJ Intake Court Counselor, Juvenile Ct. staff, & school I officials to hopefully enable the program to meet its numeric & measurable goals. The concern would be whether individual schools or school systems i would respond as hoped for to this new service. '4) Several other mediation centers offer this service and have had very posi- tive results as far as increased student attendance is concerned. The media- tion process itself puts the students more on an equal footing with the adults involved, the mediator(s), of course, remaining neutral. 5) Referrals come from the sources as listed above by use of a written refer- ral form. See A # 4 for the referal process. Referred youth must be enrolled in school & not have missed so many days that they will fail for the year or I . semester anyway. They may be between the ages of 11-16. The Coordinator will screen the referrals & contact all parties to discuss the referrals. 6) The Mediation Coordinator will work closely with referred youth & their parents/custodians for up to 90 days & make appropriate referrals to communit resources including to RESOLVE or to TEEN Court in necessary. 7) Refer to gl above which states most of the day-to-day program activities. In addition, there is much paperwork & record maintenance involved as is described below. The Coordinator does attempt to keep comtact with the referred youth & parents/custodians either by phone, letter, or face-to-face ]contact at least once, if not more, every 30 days. 8) The termination procedures are pretty much the same as with Teen Court. Referral sources & youth are notified of program compliance & termination. 9) As with Teen Court, the Coord. will work closely with Juv. Ct. officials. 4(~Z~)