MCCC STOP Violence

On request from the school board, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc. will partner with Pike County School District, Pike County Sheriff, and Morehead State University (subrecipient) to implement a Pike County School Violence Prevention Initiative that not only strengthens school capacity for violence assessment, reporting, and response, but also creates and models a culture of safety and inclusion among teachers and students. The project will establish behavioral threat assessment and intervention teams that include law enforcement, school resource officers, behavioral health personnel, school staff, and community stakeholders; train at least 90% of school-based therapists (SBTs) on the Psychosocial Evaluation Threat Risk Assessment and 50% of teachers on the Ask Suicide Screening Questionnaire across all participating schools; and review and adjust behavioral threat assessment protocol to incorporate lessons learned and feedback to improve threat identification and response effectiveness by 15% year over year. The project will host one student assembly at each school with teachers, SBTs, and at least 60% of students on bullying prevention, suicide prevention, and intervention in mental health crises; implement and begin Green Dot/It's My Space programming in Pike County middle and high schools; and facilitate collaboration between trained school personnel and existing student councils or clubs to embed long-term safety and wellness strategies into school culture. The project will conduct at least two training sessions for SBTs and teachers to ensure ongoing competency and adherence to safety protocols; provide one-on-one support and counseling for students exposed to or experiencing violence; host a joint training seminar annually for the Sheriff's Department, school resource officers, and SBTs on evidence-based intervention and response to student violence; and host quarterly project management team meetings to engage stakeholders in continuous quality improvement.