STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
1310 Lyon Street B-6
Columbia, South Carolina 29204

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Authorized Programs and Activites

* Age appropriate and developmentally based violence and substance abuse prevention programs;

* Professional development and training for school personnel, parents and community members in drug and violence prevention;

* Expanded mental health services related to illegal drug use and violence:

* Conflict resolution and peer mediation programs;

* Alternative education programs;

* Counseling, mentoring, referral services and other student assistance practices and programs;

* Activities that involve families and community prevention providers in setting clear expectations against violence and illegal use of drugs;

* Emergency intervention services following traumatic crisis events;

* Establishing or implementing a system for transferring suspension and expulsion records;

* Developing and implementing character education programs;

* Establishing and maintaining a school safety hotline;

* Community service and service-learning projects;

* Conducting a national background check for all employees;

* Programs to train school personnel to identify warning signs of youth suicide;

* Programs for students faced with domestic violence or child abuse; and

* School security, including surveillance cameras and other technology, security personnel, and supporting safe zones of passage.

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