Colorado
Colorado has many agency programs and contacts that can help your school build a school safety plan. Check out these resources as you develop your plan.
State Programs
Contact Information
State Resources
State Grants & Funding Opportunities
State Events & Opportunities
State Programs
Office of School Safety (OSS)
The Office of School Safety consists of three units: the Colorado School Safety Resource Center (CSSRC), the Grants Unit and the Crisis Response Unit. The CSSRC provides training, technical assistance, consultation and resources; the Grants Unit oversees all state grants for schools and provides workshops on researching and applying for funding; the Crisis Response Unit trains schools in crisis response and will provide additional support in the aftermath of a critical incident.
Website: https://oss.colorado.gov/
Colorado Department of Education
The Colorado Department of Education provides leadership, resources, support and accountability to the state’s school community to help them build capacity to meet the needs of the state’s students.
Website: https://www.cde.state.co.us/
Colorado State Patrol K-12 Education Program
The Colorado State Patrol K-12 Education Program aims to educate Colorado students with programs including G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training), Alive at 25 (AA25), ADoD (Attitudinal Dynamics of Driving), Impact Teen Drivers, and Take it to the Track.
Website: https://csp.colorado.gov/community-outreach/pillar-k-12-education-program
Safe2Tell
Safe2Tell was founded on the idea that prevention and early intervention is the key to preventing violence and saving lives. The guiding principles of this safety and prevention initiative model include educating young people and school staff on critical issues; encouraging them to play a role in prevention; equipping them with a tangible direct way to report anonymously, while empowering them to make a difference.
Website: https://safe2tell.org
CO4Kids
CO4Kids is the Colorado Department of Human Services’ statewide initiative to provide awareness about Colorado’s child welfare system. It focuses on educating the public about the signs of child abuse and neglect, while raising awareness about the Hotline (844-264-5437) to report concerns related to a child or youth. CO4Kids also strives to strengthen families as a means of preventing abuse and neglect from happening in the first place, helping all Colorado kids have a safe environment. Finally, the campaign is committed to recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents, so that when an out of home placement is unavoidable, a child has a safe place to thrive.
Website: https://co4kids.org/
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) researchers have designed, conducted, and led comprehensive school and community initiatives and research studies that involve working in partnership with schools and communities to strategically select and effectively implement evidence-based programs, practices, and policies using a public health approach to create a world where individuals, families, and schools flourish in communities free from the harms of violence. Often their work involved grant funding to schools for their projects. Contact CSPV for more information.
Website: https://cspv.colorado.edu/
Contact Information
State and Local
Federal
Other
State Resources
Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) & Colorado Healthy Schools Smart Source (Smart Source)
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) and Colorado Healthy Schools Smart Source (Smart Source), are Colorado’s widely-administered surveys on the health and well-being of young people and school health policies and practices that support youth health. Data from HKCS and Smart Source are complementary and can be used together to provide a more complete picture of youth and school health.
Safe2Tell
Safe2Tell was founded on the idea that prevention and early intervention is the key to preventing violence and saving lives. The guiding principles of this safety and prevention initiative model include educating young people and school staff on critical issues; encouraging them to play a role in prevention; equipping them with a tangible direct way to report anonymously, while empowering them to make a difference.
State Grants & Funding Opportunities
School Safety Grant Opportunities
Please visit our website for all current and open grant opportunities.
State Events & Opportunities
Colorado & National School Safety Training Calendar
Office of School Safety
The Office of School Safety is making this training calendar available to all school and community professionals. You will find trainings that cover all five missions of school safety preparedness: prevention, mitigation, protection, response and recovery.
Office of School Safety Newsletters
Stay up to date with everything that is happening with the Office of School Safety (OSS) and all of the events either associated with school safety or provided by the OSS.
Office of School Safety Annual Events & Trainings
The Office of School Safety (OSS) hosts impactful annual and biennial events designed to educate and empower educators, students, and caregivers across the state.
Office of School Safety's Online Training Courses
The OSS provides no-cost online trainings, presented by co.train.org (Colorado TRAIN). These trainings allow individuals, regardless of their location, to participate in training opportunities through devices with an internet connection.
Trainings on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
The Office of School Safety has no-cost trainings available centered around child abuse prevention.
Trainings on Suicide Prevention
The Office of School Safety has no-cost trainings available centered around suicide prevention.
Trainings on Threat Assessment
The Office of School Safety has no-cost trainings for school professionals available, centered around threat assessment.
Trainings on Trauma
The Office of School Safety has no-cost trainings available centered around trauma.
Trainings on Mental Health
The Office of School Safety has no-cost trainings available centered around mental health.
Trainings on Crisis Response and Intervention
The Office of School Safety has no-cost trainings available centered around crisis response and intervention.