Programs - Franklin School-Based Case Management

The Franklin School-Based Case Management Program (SBCM) is an interagency, collaborative effort among the Tidewater Youth Services Commission, the Franklin Juvenile Court Service Unit, and the Franklin Public School System. 

The program is housed at J.P. King, Jr. Middle School in Franklin, Virginia, and serves children attending that school. With a capacity of twenty students at any given time, the program targets those at the highest risk of delinquency and dropping out of school. 

Enrollment in SBCM is based on several risk factors and predictors of delinquency, including possible retention in the same grade, failure of core courses, inappropriate school behavior, chronic absenteeism, poor grades, and need for supportive services. Participants in the program have a history of academic failure and demonstrate behavioral concerns, including truancy, disruptive classroom behavior, and aggression.

By working with the student, his/her family, the school, and the community, the SBCM program is designed to achieve measurable results, specifically, promotion to the next grade and prevention of involvement in the criminal justice system. Students typically remain in the program for nine months to one year.  

The School-Based Case Management Program provides the following:

• A minimum of one weekly face-to-face contact with clients to provide tutorial services as needed, teach appropriate study habits, monitor classroom progress, monitor attendance, and provide truancy outreach when needed;
• A minimum of one monthly contact with the client’s family to increase family problem solving skills, increase the supervision of clients by the parent or guardian, and provide curfew checks;
• Aggression Replacement Training groups;
• Academic Support/Advocacy, including assistance with appropriate referral (Individual Education Plan, child-study team, etc.);
• Pro-Social activities, including community recreation, community service, and participation in the Tidewater Youth Services Commission's Outdoor Adventure Program;
• Links to community resources.

 

The Franklin School-Based Case Management Program is funded by several grants secured by the Tidewater Youth Services Foundation. Grantors include Franklin Southampton Charities, the Camp Foundation, the Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation, the Franklin Southampton Area United Way, and the Wareheim Foundation. Partial funding is also provided by the City of Franklin's Promoting Safe and Stable Families grant.

For more information or to make a referral, contact Tim Heiler at 757-488-9382 or theiler@tyscommission.org.