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S.A.F.E. Program
Student Assistance and Family Empowerment Program

Young People Face Challenging Issues

• violence                                      

• grief and loss

• divorce and family problems

• lack of self-esteem

• cultural conflicts

• drug and alcohol abuse

• pregnancy

• cult and gang involvement

• child abuse

• conflict leading to violence

For all these problems we have a solution that works.  In 1987, the Student Assistance and Family Empowerment Program was established.  A S.A.F.E. CORE TEAM delivers the program, which includes the S.A.F.E. Coordinator, administrators, counselors, Learning Resource Specialist, teachers and staff working with high-risk students and their parents.

The S.A.F.E. Program

• Provides support for high-risk students and their parents.

• Identifies high-risk students and their parents.

• Develops prevention programs that build resiliency skills in students and reduces high risk-behavior.

• Develops Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) curriculum (LMS classes).

• Deals with student crisis in the schools.

• Provides training to the school team to work with these difficult issues.

• Offers programs and resources for parents.

• Creates partnerships with hospitals, treatments centers, agencies, and the community to provide additional support.

How Students Can Get Help         

• For life threatening issues call 911.

• The key to getting help for the S.A.F.E. Program is to contact a S.A.F.E. Coordinator at your campus. 

• Referrals to S.A.F.E. usually arrive by: parents referring their children, students referring themselves, other students referring their friend, teachers and other school personnel referring students.

Warning Signs     

• Academics problems 

• Hyperactive, erratic, mood swings 

• Skipping school or suspended school 

• Sadness, depression or withdrawal 

• Home or legal problems or changes in friends

• Lack of concentration or motivation

• Disruptive, defiant, violent, Sleepy, disoriented, stumbling

• Slurred speech, red eyes or pupils