By Natalie Hanson, Chico Enterprise-Record, May 9, 2020
Butte County’s Office of Education has gotten a $1 million grant to help students on the Paradise ridge get services for substance abuse and disaster-related trauma.
The Office of Education applied for the 18-month grant, targeted specifically for areas that have experienced disaster, to continue the support process of recovery for ridge schools, students and families. It will focus on four areas for services:
- Substance abuse services for students;
- Case management for students and families;
- Training in youth mental health first aid, suicide prevention and secondary trauma;
- Social emotional learning for students and staff.
“The BCOE School Ties Program has been providing prevention services to students in Butte County, but those services have been mostly limited to preventing vaping and tobacco use,” School Ties and Prevention Services Director Meagan Meloy said. “We are very grateful to be able to meet this expanded need, which is one we have seen growing on our campuses since the Camp Fire.”
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