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 three units of the Office of School Safety support Colorado schools with the School Safety Resource Center providing resources, consultation, training, and technical assistance, the Crisis Response Unit training school personnel in responding to critical incidents and assisting when called upon and the Grants Unit researching and managing grant opportunities for schools.
Website: https://oss.colorado.gov/about-us
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
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/
School Climate
The Colorado Department of Education school climate page shares resources to encourage positive school climates in Colorado.
Website: https://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/schoolclimateandculturalproficiency
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
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
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State Resources
Adult Sexual Misconduct: What All School Staff Members Need to Know and Do
This training provides school staff with tools to recognize questionable behavior and respond appropriately if sexual misconduct is suspected.
CSSRC: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training
This suite of trainings provides educators, school staff, and mental health professionals with educational programs on child sexual development, mandated reporting of child abuse, healthy relationships, cyber safety and digital citizenship, and sexual misconduct in schools.
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
Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Grant Program
Colorado Department of Education
Since 2008 BEST has awarded approximately $2.5 billion in grants to more than 525 Colorado schools, improving health, safety and security for nearly 300,000 students.
With funding from The Colorado State Land Board, Colorado Lottery, marijuana excise tax, and local matching dollars, BEST continues to improve Colorado’s educational environments through capital construction projects helping schools to realize CDE's vision that "All students graduate ready for college and careers, and are prepared to be productive citizens of Colorado."
Colorado Kids 1st Grant
COLORADO KIDS 1st
Community groups and organizations with project proposals that comply with the Colorado Kids 1st program.
School Counselor Corps Grant Program
Colorado Department of Education
Colorado’s School Counselor Corps Grant Program (SCCGP) funding is awarded to eligible school districts, BOCES, charter schools or Institute charter schools. The purpose of this program is to increase the availability of effective school-based counseling. Grant funds are also used to increase the level of school counseling services provided to improve the graduation rate and increase the percentage of students who appropriately prepare for, apply to, and continue into postsecondary education.
School Access for Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program
Office of School Safety
The School Access for Emergency Response program (SAFER) enacted by SB18-158 provides funding for interoperable communication hardware, software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless communications between existing school communications systems and first responder communications systems.
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.
Online Learning Modules created by the Office of School Safety
Office of School Safety
The OSS provides no-cost online trainings through Co.Train.org. These trainings allow individuals, regardless of their location, to participate in training opportunities through computers or devices with an internet connection.
OSS Speaker Series
January 9, 2024 | Office of School Safety
The Office of School Safety will be hosting four hour long sessions on Tuesdays in January with presentations on various topics including Pornography, Sextortion, How Scammers Use Artificial Intelligence, and more.
OSS Speaker Series
January 16, 2024 | Office of School Safety
The Office of School Safety will be hosting four hour long sessions on Tuesdays in January with presentations on various topics including Pornography, Sextortion, How Scammers Use Artificial Intelligence, and more.
OSS Speaker Series
January 23, 2024 | Office of School Safety
The Office of School Safety will be hosting four hour long sessions on Tuesdays in January with presentations on various topics including Pornography, Sextortion, How Scammers Use Artificial Intelligence, and more.
OSS Speaker Series
January 30, 2024 | Office of School Safety
The Office of School Safety will be hosting four hour long sessions on Tuesdays in January with presentations on various topics including Pornography, Sextortion, How Scammers Use Artificial Intelligence, and more.