Project AWARE

About Project AWARE

ExternalCommunity Supports

Professional Development

Project AWARE

Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education

Rensselaer and Lansingburgh CSD

Internal School Supports

Youth Resiliency Toolkit

Community Partners

Project AWARE Internal School Supports

• Behavioral Specialist Classroom Support
• Digital Citizenship/Social Media Curriculum
• Project Based Learning
• Restorative Practices
• Social-Emotional Lessons and Staff Coaching
• Social Emotional Learning Programs

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• Staff Summer Professional Development Institute
• Student Centered Approaches
• Trauma-Informed Staff Coaching

• Youth Empowerment Groups

Project AWARE Youth Resiliency Toolkit (YRT)

• Project AWARE resource created for over 125 New York State Schools
• "Roadmap" to help schools in their journey to support students mental health
• Best practices for implementing mental health programs in schools
• Enhancing staff knowledge and practices to support student mental health

• Project AWARE will provide technical assistance and guidance on YRT implementation across New York State

Project AWARE Community Advisory Committee

• Rensselaer County Probation
• Rensselaer Public Library

• RCDMH
• Rensselaer PD
• START Children's Center
• St. Anne's Institute

• St. Catherines
• St. Paul's Center
• St. Peter's Crime Victims Services
• Unity House

• Boys & Girls Club Lansingburgh & Rensselaer
• Circles of Mercy
• City of Rensselaer
• CoNCERNS-U
• Families Together NYS
• Fidelis
• Healthy Alliance
• NYSED
• OMH
• PRIDE Center
• Questar III BOCES

About Project AWARE

• 5-Year Federal Grant: Rensselaer and Lansingburgh CSD (2023-2028)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)
• Create mental health programs in schools to reduce suicide and increase resilience
• Develop a Youth Resilience Toolkit that provides model practices to implement mental health programs and supports in school districts across New York State
• Partners:

Brockport Research InstituteNYS Education DepartmentNYS Office of Mental HealthRensselaer County Department of HealthSAMHSA

Project AWARE External Community Supports

• Office of Mental Health (OMH) - Satellite Mental Health Program - Student Counseling
• PRIDE Center LGBTQ+ Youth Group
• Rensselaer County Department of Mental Health

Too Good for Drugs/Violence ACTIVE Parenting Program Group Counseling

• St. Annes - Group/Individual/Family Peer Advocacy (CFTSS)
• St. Catherine's - Family Engagement Specialist - whole child support
• START Center - student counseling to support attendance challenges

Project AWARE Professional Development

• Creating Suicide Safe Schools
• Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals
• Healthy Alliance/Unite US
• Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
• Northern Rivers Mobile Crisis
• Psychological Safety

• Restorative Practices

• Suicide Awareness and Prevention
• Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth
• Systems of Care (SOC)
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
• Trauma Informed Training
• teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) Instructor Training

• Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
• YMHFA Instructor Training