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PATH Prevention urges county support for parent-focused truancy, opioid-restorative work
Summary
PATH Prevention told Scott County officials it has shifted to a parent-focused model that it says boosts school attendance and reduces juvenile placements, and outlined program costs and a request to train schools as frontline partners to sustain services after foundation funding sunsets.
Lisa Welter, a presenter identifying herself as affiliated with the Catallasso Group and PATH Prevention, told Scott County officials that her program has shifted from youth-only interventions to a parent-focused model to prevent truancy and support families affected by opioid use.
"We have served 41 families for opioid use," Welter said, adding that the group’s family mediators work in homes and with extended family to draft safety plans. She told commissioners PATH Prevention served about 122 students in the last year and more than 600 students over three years across partner school…
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