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Partners in Health & Safety are health educators and school/community organizing professionals along with youth and school/community partners dedicated to improving the health and safety of youth, families, schools, and communities in Butte County through drug, alcohol, tobacco, and violence prevention and learning support services. Development of positive assets for youth, families, schools, and communities are essential.

Mission Statement

Butte County Office of Education's Partners in Health & Safety are health and community organizing professionals and youth, who are dedicated to working with community and school partners to improve the health and safety of Butte County's youth and families. Through Partners in Health & Safety efforts, Butte County's youth and families will be more effective learners and citizens.

These goals are achieved by providing:

Alcohol and Drug Prevention Education
Tobacco Prevention Education
Community Coalition support and development
Strategies for school and community safety and violence prevention
Student Support Services
Youth and Asset Development
School and Community Health and HIV Education

Upcoming Grants

US Department of Education Grant Forecast for Fiscal Year 2007

Programs

Community Development
The Partners in Health and Safety Office provides facilitation services for community and school-based health and safety programs such as community-based coalitions that are linked to schools as advisory boards supporting strategic planning and program development related to effective research-based programs that support academic success.

Drug Free Communities
A federal grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to provide support to the Community Health Alliance of Oroville Coalition in providing substance abuse prevention strategies. Partners include the Oroville Police Department, Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, and Drug Endangered Children's Program.
The two community coalitions Partners in Health and Safety currently support are the Community Health Alliance of Oroville (CHAO) and Healthy Chico Youth.

You will find many resources for health, recreation, safety, faith, education, and economics on the http://www.orovillecares.com/ website. By connecting to these resources, you will become more familiar with what Oroville has to offer its youth, seniors, families and individuals. If there is a resource or organization that you would like to see included, please e-mail the information to jwilson@bcoe.org. Your thoughts or comments are welcome, too!
The Oroville Cares website is a product of a partnership of people and organizations that come together in a coalition called CHAO – the Community Health Alliance of Oroville, the Safe Schools/Health Students Initiative, and the Drug Free Communities Support Program grant.

We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with Butte County Meth Task Force. For information on Meth please visit the following website: http://www.2stopmeth.org .
For more information on Anti-Drug Coalitions see: Coalitions Online - http://cadca.org/

Safe Schools / Healthy Students (SS/HS)
The SS/HS Initiative is a federal collaborative grant between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Department of Justice, and U.S. Department of Education for three years, to support the "SHARE Project (Safe Healthy Approaches to Resiliency in Education) to provide learning support and reduce substance abuse, violence, and mental health risks for students and families of four Oroville area school districts and preschool programs. Strategies include research-validated curriculums (All Stars, Project Success, and Second Step), youth-developed positive school climate activities including social marketing campaigns, academic tutoring, truancy prevention, alcohol, drug, violence, and mental health services, school safety training, school resource officers, and Every 15 Minutes for OUHSD, Palermo Union, Thermalito Union, and OCESD. The SS/HS Initiative seeks to develop real-world knowledge about what works best to promote safe and healthy environments in which America's children can learn and develop.

Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC)
A CDE entitlement program, allocated by federal Title IV funding to school districts based upon student enrollment. Partners in Health and Safety Office supports school districts' implementation of safe and drug free prevention strategies county wide, including professional development and training for educators, youth, and community partners as well as health and safety events and activities.

School Community Policing Partnership
A state grant through partnership with CA Department of Education and Attorney General’s Office that supports school based law enforcement partnerships that includes School Resource Officers to decrease violence related issues for high school students who attend schools in Oroville, Gridley and Biggs. Additional strategies include support for proven effective curriculums (Project Success and Towards NO Drug Abuse), youth development activities, at risk student services, gang prevention and community coalition activities. For more information, please visit the website Gridley/Biggs Youth First Initiative that supports positive youth development and guides the project.

Tobacco Use Prevention Programs (TUPE)

A CDE entitlement and grant program, provided by Proposition 99 Tobacco Tax funding. to school districts and based upon student enrollment in grades 4-8, provides tobacco education, prevention, intervention, and cessation services in selected schools and communities countywide. Training, professional development, curriculum materials, and countywide events also support schools (including a consortium of small districts) in tobacco prevention efforts.
CDE grant funding supports the High School Tobacco Prevention In-Step Program Consortium to provide tobacco education, intervention, and cessation strategies for high school students attending 11 high schools throughout the county and Middle School Grants to provide tobacco education and student involvement for students grades 5-8 in eight middle schools. The program coordinates tobacco prevention management of services and resources.
Title IV and TUPE, supported by the Partners in Health and Safety Office, provide training and technical assistance to districts for the Consolidated Compliance Application and Review, annual reports, and information dissemination to and from the California Department of Education, including the implementation of the required bi-annual California Healthy Kids Survey (measures for 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th graders regarding alcohol, drugs, tobacco, violence, youth development, and other health related measures). These same services are provided for TUPE district programs.
NEW! to the Healthy Kids Survey Website: A Searchable Administration Log.
California Department of Education grant funding for three years provides tobacco prevention services for grades 5-8 students attending three middle schools in a consortium of three school districts. Strategies include the implementation of the proven effective tobacco education curriculum and student-developed tobacco prevention activities.
Tupeonline.com is a CDE Innovative Tobacco Education Grant program that has developed and implemented model interactive Internet tobacco education curriculum and activities in three Butte County school sites, which are being disseminated to other schools.

Youth Asset Development
The Partners in Health and Safety Office provides leadership and support to countywide collaborative efforts among schools, agencies, organizations, and communities to promote social/emotional learning support and positive youth asset development. Promotion activities include trainings in social/emotional learning support models, youth/adult team Speaker's Bureau and Youth Asset Development.

The Every 15 Minutes program is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, and many others.

For More Information

Contact:
Marian Gage - Health and Safety Administrator
Butte County Office of Education
1870 Bird Street, Oroville, CA, 95965
Phone: (530) 532-5841
Fax: (530) 532-5698
Email: mgage@bcoe.org
Office Contact:
Barbara Church - Senior Secretary
Phone: (530) 532-5840
Fax: (530) 532-5698
Email: bchurch@bcoe.org




	Educational Support Audiovisual After School BTSA / Credentialing Child Development Data Designated Subject Credential English Language Learners Health and Safety Library Direct Support MAA Mathematics Reading Technology in Curriculum "Where children come first."	Partners Main Page Staff Events Resources Partners in Health & Safety are health educators and school/community organizing professionals along with youth and school/community partners dedicated to improving the health and safety of youth, families, schools, and communities in Butte County through drug, alcohol, tobacco, and violence prevention and learning support services. Development of positive assets for youth, families, schools, and communities are essential. Mission Statement Butte County Office of Education's Partners in Health & Safety are health and community organizing professionals and youth, who are dedicated to working with community and school partners to improve the health and safety of Butte County's youth and families. Through Partners in Health & Safety efforts, Butte County's youth and families will be more effective learners and citizens. These goals are achieved by providing: Alcohol and Drug Prevention Education Tobacco Prevention Education Community Coalition support and development Strategies for school and community safety and violence prevention Student Support Services Youth and Asset Development School and Community Health and HIV Education Upcoming Grants US Department of Education Grant Forecast for Fiscal Year 2007 Programs Community Development The Partners in Health and Safety Office provides facilitation services for community and school-based health and safety programs such as community-based coalitions that are linked to schools as advisory boards supporting strategic planning and program development related to effective research-based programs that support academic success. Drug Free Communities A federal grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to provide support to the Community Health Alliance of Oroville Coalition in providing substance abuse prevention strategies. Partners include the Oroville Police Department, Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, and Drug Endangered Children's Program. The two community coalitions Partners in Health and Safety currently support are the Community Health Alliance of Oroville (CHAO) and Healthy Chico Youth. You will find many resources for health, recreation, safety, faith, education, and economics on the http://www.orovillecares.com/ website. By connecting to these resources, you will become more familiar with what Oroville has to offer its youth, seniors, families and individuals. If there is a resource or organization that you would like to see included, please e-mail the information to jwilson@bcoe.org. Your thoughts or comments are welcome, too! The Oroville Cares website is a product of a partnership of people and organizations that come together in a coalition called CHAO – the Community Health Alliance of Oroville, the Safe Schools/Health Students Initiative, and the Drug Free Communities Support Program grant. We appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with Butte County Meth Task Force. For information on Meth please visit the following website: http://www.2stopmeth.org . For more information on Anti-Drug Coalitions see: Coalitions Online - http://cadca.org/ Safe Schools / Healthy Students (SS/HS) The SS/HS Initiative is a federal collaborative grant between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Department of Justice, and U.S. Department of Education for three years, to support the "SHARE Project (Safe Healthy Approaches to Resiliency in Education) to provide learning support and reduce substance abuse, violence, and mental health risks for students and families of four Oroville area school districts and preschool programs. Strategies include research-validated curriculums (All Stars, Project Success, and Second Step), youth-developed positive school climate activities including social marketing campaigns, academic tutoring, truancy prevention, alcohol, drug, violence, and mental health services, school safety training, school resource officers, and Every 15 Minutes for OUHSD, Palermo Union, Thermalito Union, and OCESD. The SS/HS Initiative seeks to develop real-world knowledge about what works best to promote safe and healthy environments in which America's children can learn and develop. Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) A CDE entitlement program, allocated by federal Title IV funding to school districts based upon student enrollment. Partners in Health and Safety Office supports school districts' implementation of safe and drug free prevention strategies county wide, including professional development and training for educators, youth, and community partners as well as health and safety events and activities. School Community Policing Partnership A state grant through partnership with CA Department of Education and Attorney General’s Office that supports school based law enforcement partnerships that includes School Resource Officers to decrease violence related issues for high school students who attend schools in Oroville, Gridley and Biggs. Additional strategies include support for proven effective curriculums (Project Success and Towards NO Drug Abuse), youth development activities, at risk student services, gang prevention and community coalition activities. For more information, please visit the website Gridley/Biggs Youth First Initiative that supports positive youth development and guides the project. Tobacco Use Prevention Programs (TUPE) A CDE entitlement and grant program, provided by Proposition 99 Tobacco Tax funding. to school districts and based upon student enrollment in grades 4-8, provides tobacco education, prevention, intervention, and cessation services in selected schools and communities countywide. Training, professional development, curriculum materials, and countywide events also support schools (including a consortium of small districts) in tobacco prevention efforts. CDE grant funding supports the High School Tobacco Prevention In-Step Program Consortium to provide tobacco education, intervention, and cessation strategies for high school students attending 11 high schools throughout the county and Middle School Grants to provide tobacco education and student involvement for students grades 5-8 in eight middle schools. The program coordinates tobacco prevention management of services and resources. Title IV and TUPE, supported by the Partners in Health and Safety Office, provide training and technical assistance to districts for the Consolidated Compliance Application and Review, annual reports, and information dissemination to and from the California Department of Education, including the implementation of the required bi-annual California Healthy Kids Survey (measures for 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th graders regarding alcohol, drugs, tobacco, violence, youth development, and other health related measures). These same services are provided for TUPE district programs. NEW! to the Healthy Kids Survey Website: A Searchable Administration Log. California Department of Education grant funding for three years provides tobacco prevention services for grades 5-8 students attending three middle schools in a consortium of three school districts. Strategies include the implementation of the proven effective tobacco education curriculum and student-developed tobacco prevention activities. Tupeonline.com is a CDE Innovative Tobacco Education Grant program that has developed and implemented model interactive Internet tobacco education curriculum and activities in three Butte County school sites, which are being disseminated to other schools. Youth Asset Development The Partners in Health and Safety Office provides leadership and support to countywide collaborative efforts among schools, agencies, organizations, and communities to promote social/emotional learning support and positive youth asset development. Promotion activities include trainings in social/emotional learning support models, youth/adult team Speaker's Bureau and Youth Asset Development. The Every 15 Minutes program is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, and many others. For More Information Contact: Marian Gage - Health and Safety Administrator Butte County Office of Education 1870 Bird Street, Oroville, CA, 95965 Phone: (530) 532-5841 Fax: (530) 532-5698 Email: mgage@bcoe.org Office Contact: Barbara Church - Senior Secretary Phone: (530) 532-5840 Fax: (530) 532-5698 Email: bchurch@bcoe.org

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