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I .' , 35b ,,- , I Although the (YSB) has refined its programs to a considerable extent siIl.ce our beg1nn:lng, we feel we can nake them even IOOre efficient as well as expanding our present coverage beyond our present target population. We feel we can do this wi th the adcli tiona1 manpower from our voltmteer force and. fromaddi tional manpower acquired from the school districts. The volunteers we intend to use here arEl Sem1~ skilled and with the para-professional help we have been offered from the schools . , we feel we can eventually expand our coverage by approximately 5'0%. . We are c::urrenpy developing plans to offer the in school counseling phase to the Hays county school .district, in order to . expand at least a portion to our program county wide. We also expect to use some to the manpower supplied by the schools to initiate ,a program with more emphasis on pr~vention. We haiTe be doing a study of various as})l3ctt. of school records reguarding .truancy and dropouts, and we feel we have identified some important charterlstics, 'llhich might allow us to locate potential dropouts and enter them .in a prevention prograIi1. By surveying local records of high school dropouts, truancy records, and juvenile probation records, we have found tha,t, . 78% of all avoicliab1e dropouts were high truants for an average of over twelve months before. Eighty-two (82)% are Spanish-American, and over fourty (40) % had . formal contact with Juvenile Probation or EMPD, before dropping out. With this ,information, along with observations from teachers on academic and behavioral per- fOl'DBIlce, we feel we can locate tJaesehigh rish students, and offer them help when they can still benefit fromc it.. These plans have been discussed to some extent with the loca1schoo1 system, and the outlook seems to have potential. Some of the positive results, of the (YSB) to date have been the development and the passing of an effective paint and glue ordinanne, which along with the awareness campaign they presented helped to successfully deter the use of inhalents in this'at,ea.The number of overall juvenile contacts in this area is down by J. from last year. The fact that the national average was up significantl)', nakes our lOcal decrease even IIX)reimpressive. The average recontact rate .of (YSB) client, with (JJS) was less than 25'% last year 'llhi1e the average recontact rate of the JUvenile Probation Office was J.. OUr work with truant reduction in the 91ISD has been particularly successful. Through our documented cases of work with truants we have achieved IIX)re than a 5'0% reductiOn. in over 80% of our cases. Thes,e were cases in'llhich normal proceedures 'by - the local truant officer were ineffective, and were. classed as habitual truants. This success rate was largely responsible for the aetlon of the school .distrlct, in funding a posi tiOll to workout. of our off- lce.' " 'c' ( 'I 'I I ,.j -... ,It, 'i ,;'