From the School Safety & Social Wellness Blog
Take A Home Inventory to Prevent Suicides
Thu, Sep 16 2021
Means reduction means reducing a person’s access to lethal means
The Arizona Department of Education with funding support from the Arizona Department of Health Services will be implementing the Arizona School Nurse Access Program (ASAP), an aptly named program to expediently increase the number of school nurses in Arizona.
The ASAP will support professional growth and development of both new to practice school nurses as well as the incumbent workforce. The goal of the ASAP is to foster a highly educated workforce that functions to the full extent of their license and education. The COVID-19 funding through the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Workforce Development Crisis Emergency Cooperative Agreement makes the ASAP possible.
The Mission of the Arizona School Nurse Access Program (ASAP) is to optimize the health of school age children by increasing the number of school nurses and increasing the core competencies of school nurses in public schools throughout Arizona.