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(2021) . Finding Support & Significance at School-Program Evaluation of a Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Initiative. National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal, 5(1) . [https://doi.org/10.20429/nyarj.2021.050104](https://doi.org/10.20429/nyarj.2021.050104)  \nThis practitioner report is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu](digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu).  \nFinding Support & Significance at School-Program Evaluation of a Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Initiative  \nAbstract  \nThe impact of chronic absenteeism is devastating nationally as it can lead to poor academic achievement, increased dropout rates, and the school-to-prison pipeline (Balfanz & Cornfeld, 2016) . The purpose of this program evaluation is to examine the attendance program at large suburban high school in the southeast United States. This program evaluation uses longitudinal data over six years, retrieved from the Department of Education’s website, to show the impact of the attendance program on rates of absenteeism, specifically the percentage of students that were absent 21 or more days. Findings show that the chronic absenteeism prevention program was successful as it lowered the percentage of students that were absent 21 or more days from 13.42% in the 2013-2014 academic school year to 5.00% in the 2018-2019 academic school year.  \nKeywords  \nchronic absenteeism, at-risk youth, dropout prevention, student engagement  \nCreative Commons License  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.  \nThis practitioner report is available in National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal:  \n[https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar/vol5/iss1/4](https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar/vol5/iss1/4)  \nEFFECTIVENESS OF A CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM REDUCTION  \nINITIATIVE  \nIntroduction  \nChronic absenteeism is defined as a student missing ten percent or more of the school year regardless of whether the student’s absences are excused or unexcused (Antworth, 2008; Balfanz & Byrnes, 2012; Faria et al., 2017; My Brother’s Keeper 2016 Progress Report, 2016) . According to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights,“eighteen percent of all high school students are chronically absent” (2016, p. 7) . Students who are chronically absent could ultimately face more obstacles, including lower academic achievement, which may eventually lead to dropping out of school (Allensworth & Easton, 2007 ; Balfanz, 2016; Balkıs et al., 2016; My Brother’s Keeper 2016 Progress Report) . Poor attendance can be confounded when race and socioeconomic status are considered (Balfanz, 2016 ;  \nMy Brother’s Keeper 2016 Progress Report; Ready, 2010) . When individuals are affected by multiple factors for marginalization, their academic performance can suffer even more. Educators and policymakers cannot truly understand achievement gaps or efforts to close them without considering chronic absenteeism (Balfanz & Byrnes, 2012) . 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