T4PA School Safety State Initiative

Title IV, Part A School Safety State Initiative has provided information and resources to ESCs since March 2020. In an effort to assist school districts in the state more effectively, we have selected key information that we can share with school districts that can help your staff and students be safe and mentally strong. For even more information and guidance, contact your local education service center—they'll be glad to assist you.

• Districts' DAR report due to TxSSC on November 15
• Districts' SSSP Team Qualtric Survey Report due to TEA on November 30 (Will be sent to superintendents on or about November 1)
• Current audit cycle: September 1, 2017 - October 31, 2020
• Next audit cycle: November 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023

Districts are supposed to have turned in EOPs to TxSSC. TXSSC will contact ESCs on districts that have not yet submitted.

Districts are receiving their EOP comment report from TxSSC. Only certain items require immediate action and re-submittal. Based on the comment report sections below, you must resubmit if you received NO/INSUFFICIENT in any of the three following areas:

1. For EOP Exists, the Review Determination is NO.
   
2. For Continuity Of Operations Plan (COOP), the Review Determination is NO or INSUFFICIENT.
3. For Communicable Disease Annex, the Review Determination is NO or INSUFFICIENT.

For these three items, please update your district plan according to the comments made in those sections and resubmit the updated versions of these documents by October 16, 2020, at the re-submittal form link below:

https://forms.txssc.txstate.edu/readiness-eop/isd-more-info

The last video of TEA's Project Restore trauma-informed training video series will be released on October 22nd. Participants who watch these videos can receive certificates. These videos will count toward trauma/grief informed training requirements (TEC 38.036, TEC 11.252, and TEC 21.054) for school staff.

See images below for an overview of the video series. Click here to go to the website: Texas Project Restore

This training is available and meets the training mandate for teachers:

Prevention and Awareness: Human Trafficking of School-Aged Children

The Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with the I Love U Guys Foundation, is hosting a no-cost Standard Response Protocol/Standard Reunification Method (SRP/SRM) Train-the-Trainer Virtual Training.

Visit the TxSSC webpage to sign up for upcoming workshops.

Registration is now available for the upcoming ACET 2020 Fall Conference—a Virtual Conference!

Since this is a new format, ACET has provided an FAQs document addressing the conference, registration, and other important information.

If you find unanswered questions concerning your registration or the conference, please contact: Eileen Lytle, ACET Administrative Assistant at 254-292-2757 or by email at admin@acetx.org

Click Here to register. Once on the ACET website, look under CONFERENCES in the menu bar—choose 2020 Virtual Fall Conference, located under the FAQs.

• Prevention and Awareness: Human Trafficking of School-Aged Children Training

• Child Abuse Prevention Toolkit

• Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Statewide Webinar Series

• Human Trafficking Requirements Checklist

Below are resources created and collected by School Counseling Program Manager, Stephanie Lerner:

• Stress Management: A School Counseling Group Guide—full of lessons that are aligned to the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs—can be used with students who are struggling to manage their stress due to ongoing and recent events.
• This Student Referrals to the School Counselor handout is a quick and easy way to remind staff about when students can be referred to the school counselor’s office.
  
• In response to the need for various resources, Stephanie has collected the best resources on topics ranging from parent help, supporting staff, and virtual school counseling.

The Texas School Safety Center has published new drill guidance documents. This one-pager contains the information from TxSSC and links to the law, the drills toolkit, COVID considerations, and more.

Texas Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) offers guidance on Reporting Suspected Abuse or Neglect of a Child: A Guide for Professionals to help guide professional reporters through online/hotline reporting and how to identify abuse or neglect. Videos and other resources are provided to assist professionals in navigating the DFPS system.

For further training needs or questions, please contact the CPS Community Engagement Specialist in your area.

CARES PNP FAQ Document Posted

TEA’s COVID-19 Support: District Waivers, Finance & Grants page has the most up to date CARES ACT Equitable Services FAQ document.

CARES Act Funding and COVID Expense Reimbursement FAQ Document Update Posted

TEA’s COVID-19 Support: District Waivers, Finance & Grants page has the most up to date CARES Act Funding and COVID Expense Reimbursement FAQ document.

COVID-19 FAQ Document Posted

TEA’s COVID-19 Support: District Waivers, Finance & Grants page has the most up to date Federal Funding and Grants FAQ document.

School Safety and Mental Health

• Suicide Prevention
• Early Mental Health Intervention
• Mental Health Promotion
• Substance Abuse Prevention
• Substance Abuse Intervention
• Trauma-Informed & Grief Informed Practices
• Social/Emotional Skills
• Positive Behavior Interventions
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Human Trafficking
• School Safety
• Mental Health and Behavioral Health
• Safe and Supportive School Climate
• Counseling and Mental Health Services of the Coordinated School Health Model
  

• School Guidance and Counseling

• Health, Safety, & Discipline

Training

• Approved Trauma-Informed Training List

COVID-19

• COVID-19 Support & Guidance
• COVID-19 FAQ Remote Counseling and Student Support Services
  
• COVID-19 Mental and Behavioral Health Statewide Resource List

We all constantly update our websites with the most recent resources in order to serve ESCs & LEAs! Click the icons or links below to visit our sites.

Rod Pruitt, Title IV Part A School Safety Coordinator

Nancy Galle, Title IV Part A School Safety Consultant

Taylor Marshall, Intern

Email: rpruitt@esc14.net
Website: https://www.esc14.net/page/t4si
Location: 1850 State Highway 351, Abilene, TX, USA
Phone: 325-675-8600

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