Secure Care

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What is Secure Care Education?
It is the education students receive in schools and instructional programs in juvenile detention centers, state juvenile corrections, jails, and prisons in the state of Arizona.

Resources and Websites

Special Education Resources

• Secure Care Special Education Policies & Procedures
• Guide Steps (SY 2011-2012)
• Secure Care On-Site Monitoring (SY 2011-2012)
• Commonly Used Documents
  • Special Education Process Chart
  • Child Find/Confidentiality Brochure
  • Procedural Safeguards Notice: English, Spanish
  • Confidentiality (FERPA) Notice: English, Spanish
  • 45-Day Screening Form
  • Demographics Screening Form
  • Jail Screening Flow Chart
  • Developmental Milestones: English, Spanish
  • ADHS Sensory Program (hearing/vision screening information and training)

Funding Resources

• IDEA Secure Care Grant
  • FY 12 Application
  • Project Summary
• IDEA Basic Entitlement Grant
  • FY 12 Application
  • Project Summary
• Jail Funding
  • Funding Forms
  • County Jail Equalization Reports (After selecting this link, scroll down and click on the County Jail link for a specific county.)
• Juvenile Detention Funding
  • County Juvenile Equalization Forms (After selecting this link, scroll down and click on the Juvenile Detention link for a specific county.)

Secure Care Education Resources

• Secure Care Schools and Contact List
• Comparison Chart of Facilities
• Arizona Department of Corrections
• Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
• County Jail Education Programs
• County Juvenile Detention Education Schools

Merging Two Worlds

• Merging Two Worlds Curriculum
• Mini-Merging Two Worlds Curriculum
• For information regarding variations of the M2W curriculum and training:
• Merging Two Worlds Website
• Heather Griller-Clark (ASU), 480-965-1381

Additional ADE Help

• AIMS: Mary Pat Wood,602-542-5345
• Parent Information Network (PINS):1-800-352-4558
• School Finance: Barbara Axe,602-542-8248
• Special Education Data: Peggy Staples,602-364-4024
• Special Education Certification: Maura Yildirim,602-364-0127
• ADE Support Center,602-542-7378, 1-866-577-9636
• Title I: Jim Lovett,602-364-1926

Agency Websites

• Organizations
  • Arizona Secure Care Education Consortium (ASCEC)
  • Arizona Correctional Educators, Inc (ACE)
  • Correctional Educators Association (CEA)
  • Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Agencies
  • Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC)
  • Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC)
  • Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
  • Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)

ADE Websites

• Exceptional Student Services
• Secondary Transition Website
• Arizona Career Information System (AzCIS)
• Parent Information Network (PINS)
• Teacher Certification