State partner resource guide
The Office of School Safety partners with these state departments
and institutions to offer comprehensive resources for school safety
School safety means providing physical and psychological safety for all students, staff, and families. It helps everyone feel like they belong and supports their wellbeing by creating a positive and connected school environment. School safety also works to prevent harm, like bullying, threats, self-harm, drug use, and violence. Schools follow the National Incident Management System to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond, and recover from emergencies, in collaboration with community partners.
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Colorado Office of School Safety fosters secure and positive learning environments for all Colorado students (pre-K through higher education) by providing essential tools and resources to schools and communities. This is achieved through its three units: Colorado School Safety Resource Center, Grants, and the Crisis Response Unit, along with many other valuable resources.
- Grants available for school safety
- Crisis Response
- Resource Center
- OSS No-cost custom trainings
- Upcoming prescheduled trainings
- Annual training events
- Resource Library
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) is to improve the safety of the community, the quality of services to crime victims, and the effectiveness of services to offenders. DCJ offers some programs to schools as listed below:
- Human Trafficking
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Council reports
- The Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives
- The Sex Offender Management Board
The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) provides services across the state through their Troop Offices. Troopers are trained to deliver the Pillar Program in Colorado schools.
The Colorado Department of Education supports school safety through prevention and promotion efforts that prioritize school climate improvement strategies, including bullying and violence prevention, mental health promotion, student engagement and dropout prevention efforts, and student and staff skill-building through a Multi-Tiered System of Supports. CDE provides guidance, funding, data, and professional development opportunities in these areas. For more information, please visit our Safe School Webpage.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) supports student health and safety through the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the Office of Suicide Prevention, the Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education, and the Communities that Care substance misuse prevention program. It also includes Smart Source, an inventory of school health best practices that schools and districts use to help inform programs and policies to improve student health, and the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) — the state’s most comprehensive survey on the health and well-being of middle and high school students, and results help state and local organizations better understand the youth they serve and support youth in making healthy choices.
The Colorado Department of Higher Education supports students, advocates and develops policies to maximize higher education opportunities for all. Our vision is that all Coloradans will have an education beyond high school to pursue their dreams and improve our communities. We support school safety through a variety of programs such as our Healthy Minds and Hunger Free Campus designations, support institutional policies and committees such as those under Title IX, and manage grant programs that promote student success.
Colorado Department of Human Services
CDHS supports people and families by connecting them with assistance, resources and support at every stage of their lives. We serve Coloradans through bold and innovative health and human services. And together, we empower Coloradans to thrive.
Office of Children, Youth and Families
The Office of Children, Youth and Families is responsible for the coordination of quality and effective services for Colorado’s most vulnerable children, youth and their families. The office supervises Colorado's child welfare system and operates the state's youth services system, as well as several other programs."
- Safe2Tell provides students, parents, and community members a safe and anonymous way to report information about any issues that concern their safety or the safety of others.
- Colorado School Safety: A Legal Manual
- Smartphones in Schools: Results from Fall 2024 Survey
- Connect Effect