Duluth, Hermantown and Proctor Initiative

Welcome!

Have you heard? The Duluth, Hermantown and Proctor school districts have received a grant from the Federal Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative! 

What is it?    It's a program designed to promote healthy childhood development and create a safe environment where all students in the community can learn, grow, and succeed. It includes violence and substance use prevention and provides education and prevention activities from pre-school through high school graduation.  It's a collaboration between our school districts, St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services Department, Duluth, Hermantown, and Proctor Police Departments, St. Louis County Sheriff's Department, St. Louis County Juvenile Justice authorities, Community Mental Health and other community organizations. The initiative uses programs and services with proven track records to provide our students with safer school environments.

The goals of this initiative are:

• To reduce youth violence and substance abuse in schools and communities
• To provide age-appropriate, pre k-12 mental health services to students
• Address substance abuse prevention and intervention
• To increase the number and range of services that address early childhood development
• To provide safe school environments
• To provide clear and appropriate school policies
• To support and Connect Schools and Communities
• To increase parent and community involvement in the schools
• To sustain and enhance ongoing community collaboration among school districts, local law enforcement, juvenile justice, public mental health and the surrounding community.

Activities and Programs Include:

• Positive Social Skill Development
• Truancy Program
• Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention Curriculum
• Mentoring
• Pre-K-12 Mental Health Services
• School Resource Officers
• Cultural Activities
• Security Systems
• Nutrition Programs
• After-School Programs
• Early Childhood Social and Emotional Programs

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant will help us reduce barriers to learning and teach our children positive social skills that will accompany them throughout their lives and enable them to make wise choices.