HopSkipDrive Commends the Biden-Harris Administration’s Efforts to Combat Chronic Absenteeism in Schools
20 Mayo 2024 - 7:21PM
Business Wire
White House issues new fact sheet highlighting
the need for more equitable access to school transportation as key
solution to absenteeism crisis
HopSkipDrive, a technology company that solves complex
transportation challenges where there is a heightened need for
safety, equity and care, commends the White House for the new
actions and resources it announced at its Every Day Counts Summit
to curb chronic absenteeism.
Ahead of the event, the White House released a fact sheet laying
out strategies that the Administration believes school districts
across the country should adopt to combat chronic absenteeism and
bring attendance rates back to pre-pandemic levels.
One of its key points includes “addressing transportation needs
to improve school attendance,” echoing years of research – from the
Center for Applied Research, University of Alabama, Temple
University and others – showing a clear link between consistent,
direct transportation and chronic absenteeism.
“We can’t solve America's chronic absenteeism crisis until safe,
direct, reliable rides to and from school are accessible to all
children,” said Trish Donahue, HopSkipDrive's Senior Vice President
of Legal and Policy. “It’s great to see so many experts and
government officials examine this issue, and we commend our current
Administration for recognizing that transportation is one of the
ways we can ensure more students can consistently attend their
classes.”
HopSkipDrive supports more than 10,000 schools across the
country to optimize school transportation, particularly for
students most at risk to be absent from school, including those
experiencing homelessness, in foster care, or with disabilities. In
Riverside, California, for example, the county school district used
HopSkipDrive for targeted intervention for foster youth, increasing
their attendance rates from 29 percent to 79 percent.
About HopSkipDrive
HopSkipDrive is a technology company that solves complex
transportation challenges where there is a heightened need for
safety, equity, and care. HopSkipDrive’s marketplace arranges
care-centered transportation across 13 states and Washington, DC,
supplementing other transportation options by connecting kids,
older adults, or anyone needing extra support, to highly-vetted
caregivers on wheels, such as grandparents, babysitters, and
nurses. HopSkipDrive also builds software and offers advisory
services that solve the biggest transportation challenges facing
schools and school districts around the country, including budget
cuts, bus driver shortages, and reaching climate goals.
HopSkipDrive currently partners with school districts, government
agencies, and nonprofits, including supporting more than 10,000
schools. More than three million rides over 61 million miles have
been completed through HopSkipDrive since the company was founded
in 2014 by three working mothers.
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