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Safe Schools/Healthy Students National Evaluation
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative is an unprecedented collaborative grant program supported by three Federal departments: the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, and Justice. The initiative provides funds for grantees to use—and sometimes develop—state-of-the-art knowledge about what programs and practices work best to promote safe and healthy environments where children can learn and develop.
Local education agencies serve as the primary applicants for SS/HS grants, but they are required to establish formal partnerships with the local mental health system, the local law enforcement agency, and the local juvenile justice agency. Other partners often include public and private social services agencies, businesses, civic organizations, the faith community, and private citizens. As a result of these partnerships, comprehensive plans are developed, implemented, evaluated, and sustained with the goals of promoting the healthy development of children, fostering resilience to adversity, and helping to prevent violence and substance abuse.
SAMHSA has engaged MANILA to design and implement the 5-year evaluation of the SS/HS program, which is now ongoing. The work includes specifying data collection protocols, creating a resource database, overseeing data collection and analysis, and preparing reports, including the final document for widespread distribution to diverse audiences. |
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