Dennis Kirk Connect Quotations

They send an Allegheny County Child & Youth Services family worker to the house to see what is going on. CYF is overwhelmed now and they have to prioritize what they can do and what they can't do. We have to keep an open line of communications with the family. We have to connect with families and that takes a lot of patience to be more successful.

There aren't even truant officers any more. I deal with kids that don't come to school and why (they don't). It has a lot to do with family problems. That is the biggest change. The counselor must find out how to solve the problem. The truancy officer must connect with the community and understand family problems.