Offers programs designed to support families and school districts and to help them meet their statutory and court-ordered obligations when filing Becca petitions. Truancy Assists school districts in filing truancy petitions when students (up age 17) have accumulated seven unexcused absences in one month or 10 unexcused absences in an academic year. Superior Court supports many responses to truancy including:  -  Ideas to improve early intervention -  Technical assistance to all schools and school districts in King County to aid in filing -  Community truancy board development -  Resource and referral assistance from case managers -  Formal, court process  At-Risk Youth (ARY) Allows parents to obtain assistance and support from the court in maintaining the care, custody and control of their child. -  Child may have been absent from home for at least 72 consecutive hours without parental consent OR -  Child has a non-criminal substance use disorder problem OR -  Child is beyond parental control such that his/her behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or any other person  Child In Need of Services (CHINS) The purpose of the Child in Need of Services Program is to obtain a court order mandating temporary placement (for up to six months) of a child in a residence other than the home of his/her parent.   -  Child is beyond parental control such that the child's behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or other person OR -  Child has been reported to law enforcement as absent without consent for at least 24 consecutive hours on two or more separate occasions OR -  Child is in need of necessary services, including food, shelter health care, clothing, educational, or services designed to maintain or reunite the family and lacks access to or has declined to utilize these services

Offers programs designed to support families and school districts and to help them meet their statutory and court-ordered obligations when filing Becca petitions. Truancy Assists school districts in filing truancy petitions when students (up age 17) have accumulated seven unexcused absences in one month or 10 unexcused absences in an academic year. Superior Court supports many responses to truancy including:  -  Ideas to improve early intervention -  Technical assistance to all schools and school districts in King County to aid in filing -  Community truancy board development -  Resource and referral assistance from case managers -  Formal, court process  At-Risk Youth (ARY) Allows parents to obtain assistance and support from the court in maintaining the care, custody and control of their child. -  Child may have been absent from home for at least 72 consecutive hours without parental consent OR -  Child has a non-criminal substance use disorder problem OR -  Child is beyond parental control such that his/her behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or any other person  Child In Need of Services (CHINS) The purpose of the Child in Need of Services Program is to obtain a court order mandating temporary placement (for up to six months) of a child in a residence other than the home of his/her parent.   -  Child is beyond parental control such that the child's behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or other person OR -  Child has been reported to law enforcement as absent without consent for at least 24 consecutive hours on two or more separate occasions OR -  Child is in need of necessary services, including food, shelter health care, clothing, educational, or services designed to maintain or reunite the family and lacks access to or has declined to utilize these services