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Truancy Intervention Project Join the Volunteer Training for the TIP Project By Caren Cloud Truancy Intervention Project of Georgia [email protected] L awyers, law students and legal support staff who are interested in volunteering with the Truancy Intervention Project Georgia’s “Advocating for the Truant Child” can sign up for training, 11:00 am -3:00 pm on October 21 at the offices of Alston & Bird LLP. The seminar is free for non-attorneys and law students. For attorneys seeking CLE credit, the fee is only $40 for 3.5 CLE hours. As a partnership between the Fulton County Juvenile Court, Fulton County School System, Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta Bar Foundation, the Truancy Intervention Project Georgia assigns volunteer partners (lawyer and non-lawyer) to children who are involved with the juvenile court system as a result of excessive absences from school. The Truancy Intervention Project also has an early intervention initiative, which connects volunteers with children and families to intervene at the school level, before a juvenile court referral becomes necessary. The main objective of the project is to provide early, positive intervention when children are noted for excessive school absences. In a best case, once the reasons for the absences are determined and resolved and the child returns to school, the child’s life can be redirected to a positive and constructive future. Please get involved today to help curb school absenteeism and redirect a child’s life to a positive and constructive future. Registration is available on the Atlanta Bar Association’s website, www.atlantabar.org. For questions about TIP Georgia or the upcoming training seminar, please contact Adrian Wright at (404) 613-4742 or at [email protected]. 46 THE ATLANTA LAWYER October 2014 The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association