The School-Home Contact Program was designed to send paraprofessional workers who are familiar with the community into the homes of students who show serious problems in attendance, adjustment, or achievement. The general objective of the program is to establish rapport between the school and the parents, anticipating that better communication will prevent problem students from dropping out of school. Family assistants contact parents of students referred to them by school personnel. They communicate to the parents the nature of the problem, kinds of assistance available from the school, and what they may do to help their children. They also arrange appointments with professional school staff when indicated. The selection and screening of the staff is conducted by the individual high school administrations. The family assistants are recruited from the target neighborhoods and serve 20 schools throughout the city. They work four and one half hours a day, and when home visits are not possible in the daytime, evening or weekend visits are arranged and made. There are 85 family assistants included in this study. The major conclusion of this study which also included over 1,000 student subjects, 180 parents, 48 high school professional staff, and two supervisors, is that the School-Home Contact Program has been associated with lower absenteeism, tardiness, and school dropping out. (Author/JM)