BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts youth who routinely skip school, run away from home and find themselves in trouble will soon benefit from a new law that seeks to overhaul the system that handles their cases.
Gov. Deval Patrick signed the legislation into law Tuesday. It will overhaul the state’s Children In Need of Services program, which handles children between the ages of 6 and 17 who often get into trouble.
It will create a timeframe for children to receive social services under the program, require school districts to implement truancy prevention efforts for students who often miss school and attempt to remove the stigma of the current system by removing the “CHINS” label for these children.
Patrick said the law will “strengthen” Massachusetts communities and families “for generations to come.”
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Seriously-none of this will help-first off the parent needs to file the chins-most parents don’t because they have to accept social services-truancy programs are in place and key tracking has an extensive waiting list! None of why our Gov. Stated will help anything-it’s all semantics!!!!