Juvenile Probation >Probation Community Supervision: ESP (Educational Success Program) Contact:
Ron Peck,
Probation Supervisor
Phone Number: 602-506-5912
E-mail: ronpec@juvenile.maricopa.gov

The Educational Success Program provides direct services to youth and their families within the community. The program’s design includes multiple steps, all geared towards meeting the goal of reducing truancy and intervening with behavioral issues. Youth are referred to ESP either through a direct referral to the program’s Family Resource Officer (FRO) or through the reports generated by the school and recorded on the ESP database. Once a youth is referred to the FRO, the youth and, when appropriate, the family, receive an individualized assessment to determine the most effective course of action.

The ESP has been successful in meeting its proposed goals. Of the 972 children sent the ESP 1st warning letter, 182 continued to experience truant behavior which led to them receiving the phone call to discuss the issues with parents (second warning). Of those 182, only 39 continued to have truant behavior which led to actual citations for truancy. Many of the youth who were sent letters were seen by the FRO and provided services to meet their needs. Each of the 39 students who were cited for truancy participated in a CUTS hearing on the school campus with the parent and school personnel present. The hearing provided consequences and services to assist families with issues that led to their on-going truant behavior.