Services
Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students offers supportive services to students as well as services to the school district.
Connecting Students and Families to the Safe Schools Programs
- Contact the main office in your child's school (ask for the Safe Schools Coordinator)
- Contact the Safe Schools Coordinator directly
- Call the Utica Safe Schools office at 792-2205
- Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students: Direct Services to Students
- Utica Safe Schools Healthy Students: Support Services to School District
Supportive Services to Students
- Short term individual counseling
- Separation anxiety
- teasing
- bullying
- exclusion
- moving
- divorce
- new siblings
- Group activities
- Aggression reduction
- Pro-social skills
- Recreation
- Homeless assistance (per McKinney-Vento Act)
Services Offered to School District
- Coordinate and facilitate prevention/intervention services to students and their families
- Complete Child and Adolescent Needs (CANS) Assessment on at-risk youth to identify appropriate and effective service referrals
- Work with school support teams to develop student service plans that enhance academic success and social emotional well-being
- Provide follow-up services and support for students and families with community agencies
- Make appropriate referrals to community agencies
- Support ongoing collaboration to promote and enhance programs which are identified as removing barriers to academic achievement
Our services are FREE to all Utica and Rome City School District students and their families.