(205) 497-8610
Bessemer Division
School-age children face many barriers to daily school attendance and positive behaviors while there. The West Jefferson Helping Families Initiative (WJHFI) of the 10th Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division, provides help to families to ensure their children have what they need for school success.
Through referrals, we link families to community resources and provide them with the individualized case management needed, to ensure they access the services and the resources to meet their needs.
Criminal behavior starts early. The West Jefferson Helping Families Initiative is a Crime Prevention Effort.
Students with good attendance:
Daily School Attendance is the Law! Alabama’s Compulsory School Attendance Law mandates that:
West Jefferson Helping Families Initiative deters family engagement with the judicial system through prevention
Alabama’s Compulsory School Attendance Law
Code of Alabama, Section 16-28-12
Alabama’s 2019 Attendance Manual
Helping Families Initiative
https://hfialabama.com/
West Jefferson Helping Families Initiative, Program Administrator
Kim Curry
(205) 744-3556
[email protected]
Jefferson County, 10th Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division
Lynneice O. Washington, District Attorney
(205) 497-8610
[email protected]
Bessemer Criminal Justice Center
Jefferson County Courthouse
1851 Second Avenue North
Suite 110
Bessemer, Alabama 35020
Phone: (205) 497-8610
Fax: (205) 497-8603
Email: [email protected]
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