Welcome to Title IV-A Safe & Healthy Students

Overview of Allowable SSAE Program Activities- Safe and Healthy Students (ESEA section 4108)

• Promoting community and parent involvement
• Providing school-based mental health services
• Promoting supportive school climates to reduce the use of exclusionary discipline and promoting supportive school discipline
• Establishing or improving dropout prevention
• Supporting re-entry programs and transition services for justice-involved youth
• Implementing programs that support a healthy, active lifestyle (nutritional and physical education)
• Implementing systems and practices to prevent bullying and harassment
• Developing relationship-building skills to help improve safety through the recognition and prevention of coercion, violence, or abuse
• Establishing community partnerships

Title IV-A Safe and Healthy Students Federal Funding Guide crosswalks allowable funding components of the Title IV-A Safe and Healthy Students Program with Title I, Title II, Title IV-A, and the three rounds of ESSER funding. Printer-friendly version

ADE Title IV-A School Security Request Memo The Safe & Healthy Students Category of the Title IV-A grant allows SEAs and LEAs to foster Safe & Healthy learning environments for students, including school security programs. The School Security Request Memo was created to assist the Arizona Department of Education Title IV-A Team in the processing of all school security requests.

Resources Supporting SB 1376 – Schools; Curriculum; Mental Health Senate Bill 1376 was signed into law in July of 2021 and became effective September 29, 2021. It amends ARS 15-701.02 by requiring Health Education instruction to include mental health instruction.

SchoolSafety.gov SchoolSafety.gov is a resource for the American public, primarily K-12 school administrators, to access free information, guidance, best practices, and tools that make school safety initiatives more actionable in schools.

Arizona School and Behavior Health Partnerships: A Resource Guide The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) are pleased to provide this mental health resource guide for principals, other education administrators, school mental health professionals and anyone who wishes to be a voice that promotes the need for school mental health resources in Arizona.

Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools Is our all-in engagement to improve the health of students, staff, and teachers. On this site, you’ll find the tools and ideas to help you create healthier school environments, and build habits for healthy eating and active lifestyles.

Empower Vape-Free Youth Campaign The Empower Vape-Free Youth campaign encourages middle and high school educators to speak with students about the risks of e-cigarettes and nicotine addiction. The campaign also provides resources for educators to help students avoid or quit vaping.

Courage First Athlete Helpline The helpline is designed to assist athletes, parents, coaches, and any allies interested in ensuring physical and mental safety for sports communities by offering confidential emotional support, crisis intervention, informational athlete-focused resources, and guidance related to concerns about any type of abuse.

From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope Recommendations from the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development- The Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development was created to engage and energize communities in re-envisioning learning to encompass its social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions so that all children can succeed in school, careers, and life. The Commission’s work has drawn on research and promising practices to recommend how to make all these dimensions of learning part of the fabric of every school and community.

Federal Commission on School Safety, Comprehensive Resource Guide for Keeping Students, Teachers Safe at School A report created by the Federal Commission on School Safety (Commission) detailing 93 best practices and policy recommendations for improving safety at schools across the country.

U.S. Department of Education- School Climate and Discipline Teachers and students deserve school environments that are safe, supportive, and conducive to teaching and learning. Creating a supportive school climate—and decreasing suspensions and expulsions—requires close attention to the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all students.

Glossary of School Health Professionals This resource outlines some common defining features of various school health professional roles and functions.

Stop Bullying.gov Teach kids how to identify bullying and how to stand up to it safely.

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Framework Tool The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Framework tool helps you and your partners understand and plan a comprehensive approach to mental health promotion and youth violence prevention.

The Signs of Suicide (SOS) program serves middle and high schools across the country. The program has shown a reduction in self-reported suicide attempts by 40-64% in randomized control studies. Through a video and guided discussion, students learn to identify warning signs of suicide and depression in a single class period.

A Comprehensive Technical Package for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Associated Risk Behaviors This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent youth violence and its consequences.

The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative’s (TLPI) TLPI's mission is to ensure that children traumatized by exposure to family violence and other adverse childhood experiences succeed in school. 
 

Physical Education is a school-based instructional opportunity for students to gain the necessary skills and knowledge for lifelong participation in physical activity. Physical education is characterized by a planned, sequential K-12 curriculum (course of study) that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activity areas. Quality physical education programs assist students in achieving the national standards for K-12 physical education. The outcome of an effective physical education program is a physically literate individual who has the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of healthful physical activity. Effective Physical Education Teachers base their teaching on the Arizona standards for K-12 Physical Education to provide students with a foundation of skills and knowledge that can apply to many activities so that students are willing, able, and interested in lifetime enjoyment of physical activity.

Health Education provides students with opportunities to acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary for making health-promoting decisions, achieving health literacy, adopting health-enhancing behaviors, and promoting the health of others. Comprehensive school health education includes courses of study (curricula) for students in Pre-K through grade 12 that address a variety of topics such as alcohol and other drug use and abuse, healthy eating/nutrition, mental and emotional health, personal health and wellness, physical activity, safety and injury prevention, sexual health, tobacco use, and violence prevention.

Physical Activity in childhood and adolescence is important for promoting lifelong health and well-being and preventing various health conditions. Schools are uniquely positioned to help children and adolescents get the nationally recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

Recess is “a regularly scheduled period in the school day for physical activity and play that is monitored by trained staff or volunteers”. During recess, students are encouraged to be physically active and engaged with their peers in activities of their choice, at all grade levels, kindergarten through 12th grade.

Behavioral Health and Suicide Prevention- PROJECT AWARE Project AWARE supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive plan of activities, services, and strategies to decrease youth violence and support the healthy development of school-aged youth.

Mental Health & Wellness- The Arizona Department of Education aims to support schools across the state in creating healthy learning environments. This page is meant to serve as a resource for educators and learners to build their mental health inside and outside the classroom.