SCSS History
In 1999 the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) introduced the Safe Communities ~ Safe Schools initiative to learn more about what types of challenges Colorado schools face and to assist schools in creating safer learning environments. The initiative was made possible by The Colorado Trust and several other key Colorado Partners.
CSPV developed the Safe Communities ~ Safe Schools (SCSS) Model to assist each school in designing an individualized safe school plan. The goal of this model was to create and maintain a positive and welcoming school climate, free of drugs, violence, intimidation and fear — an environment strongly supported by the community where teachers can teach and students can learn.
This original SCSS project was made possible by the support of several key Colorado educational and political agencies that served as Partners of the Initiative:- The Colorado Trust
- Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB)
- Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE)
- Colorado Attorney General's Office
- Colorado Department of Education
- Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ)
- Colorado Education Association
- Colorado Federation of Teachers (CFT)
- Coors Brewing Company
- Front Range and Metro Denver Safe and Drug-Free School Coordinators
- Center
for the Study and Prevention of Violence University
of Colorado at Boulder
