School and Community Services
October 2022
21st Century Began After School Programming
Homer Center/Leechburg- Angela Calabrese
Indiana- Samantha Nichols
Penns Manor/United- Dorinda Hutchinson
Sites Opened October 3, 2022, All Grants Opened on time
Continue to hire staff weekly to ensure safety for districts and children. Staff is needed for Penns Manor, United, and Leechburg.
Process of purchasing curriculum and other materials.
Family Focus Program
Providing families with parenting support, early childhood education, and parent and child time by bringing families together to provide activities.
PPT/ELECT
Providing visits in the schools, at home, at ARIN, and in the community.
Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness/ Foster Care
Staff is available to provide training on the programs and how they can support the students.
If you have students or groups in your districts that need or want to do community services projects, please contact Sarah Schroth. sschroth@iu28.org
Social Worker/ LPC
Freeport- 2
Penns Manor- 1
Purchase Line -1
United- 1
Adult Education
Classes are at ACCL and Career Links in both Armstrong and Indiana Counties
Help support adults, 18 and older for HISET Equivalency Exam
ESL Classes are also offered at the Indiana Career Link Site
School Safety
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration is advising the public of an alarming emerging trend of colorful fentanyl available across the United States. In August 2022, DEA and our law enforcement partners seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 18 states. Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” in the media, this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people.
“Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working to stop the trafficking of rainbow fentanyl and defeat the Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the vast majority of the fentanyl that is being trafficked in the United States.”
National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security
In less than a month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will host the inaugural National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security on November 1-3, 2022. The Summit will convene school safety experts, practitioners, and leaders from across the country to discuss current threats in school safety and explore research-informed strategies for addressing security challenges and risks in K-12 schools.
There is still time to register for this virtual event. The Summit is open to anyone with a passion for improving school safety and there is no cost to attend. If you are interested in attending, please sign up here.
The Summit is designed to foster a nationwide dialogue on school safety, as well as equip school stakeholders and personnel with resources, training, and expertise to apply in their local school settings and communities. Each day will consist of two-hour sessions held from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET that will include keynote remarks, one-on-one interviews, and panel discussions centered around the themes of violence prevention (Day 1); cybersecurity and online behavior (Day 2); and physical security (Day 3).
We hope you can join us for this special event. To learn more about the Summit, please visit cisa.gov/national-school-safety-summit. If you have any questions, please contact the CISA School Safety Task Force at SchoolSafety@hq.dhs.gov.
If you have already registered for the 2022 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security, there is no need to sign up again. Additional details will be provided to all registrants ahead of the event.