The ASAP program is designed to notify parents of daily absences of their children.
Deputies make home visits in an effort to minimize truancy problems.
The contact by an officer allows the school and community to establish a common bond to provide a better environment for success, as officers note in their ASAP reports, that parents are greatly appreciative of the school's effort to check on their children. This creates an increased awareness for parents to be knowlegeable of their child's whereabouts during shool hours. ASAP also provides the parents and the school district the opportunity for early intervention. The causes for a student's absence are multi-factorial. Reasons range from illness to not having clothes to wear to school.