Foster School Safety
The Office of Community Engagement focuses on the collaborative Safe Communities-Safe Schools model by providing information and resources on creating safe schools and communities, effective prevention programs, and partnerships with collaborating agencies and organizations.
In 1999, following the Columbine shooting, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) began partnering with the Office of the Attorney General to develop the Safe Communities-Safe Schools (SCSS) Model. The SCSS Model was informed by the expertise of nationally renowned experts, including the founding director of the CSPV, Dr. Delbert Elliott, the director of the National School Safety Center, Ron Stephens, and James Comer, M.D., who developed the Comer School Development Program.
Prevention science research consistently indicates that the risk and protective factors that predict youth violence are multi-contextual, occurring within the individual, family, peer group, school, and community contexts. The SCSS Model offers schools a strategic process to improve school safety and school climate, integrating key recommendations from the 2001 Columbine Review Commission’s Report with evidence-based violence prevention programs and strategies, including Safe2Tell Colorado, the model prevention initiative of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Resources
Colorado School Safety Resource Center
Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
Colorado School Violence Prevention & Student Discipline Manual for 2009
Interagency Social Support Team Checklist
Colorado Children and Youth Information Sharing (CCYIS) Initiative
News, Alerts, & Announcements
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Safe2Tell Colorado
Attorney General’s Office
Colorado Department of Law
1300 Broadway, 6th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80203
safe2tellco.org
720.508.6800 Office
877.543.7233 Tip Line
Marc Morelli | Communications & Operations Administrator
720.508.6812 (Direct)
719.433.4768 (Afterhours Number)
marc.morelli@coag.gov
Mark Lanning | Training & Outreach Specialist
720.508.6809 (Direct)
720.217.9227 (Work Cell)
mark@safe2tell.org
Laura Howsden | Program Assistant
720.508.6811 (Office)
720.618.3724 (Work Cell)
laurah@safe2tell.org