Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative Ss Hsi Evaluation

Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative Ss Hsi Evaluation The goal of the safe schools healthy students initiative (ss hsi) is to link school systems with community based services and prevention activities into one community wide approach to violence prevention and healthy child development. pinellas county, florida was awarded 2.5 million in grant monies over three years. The outcome evaluation assesses (1) specific outcomes important to the initiative, (2) whether outcomes change over time, and (3) the association between key outcomes and planning, programs, and other activities in ss hs initiative schools and communities. the ss hs cross site evaluation is based on a two tiered approach: (1) a broad study of.

Ppt Safe Schools Healthy Students Ss Hs Initiative Powerpoint Pr He safe schools healthy students (ss hs) initiative is a unique program that supports collaborative planning and implementation of targeted programs and services to foster safer schools and healthier students. established by congress in 1999 as a joint program of the u.s. departments of education, health and human services, and justice, ss hs. Evaluation of the safe schools healthy students (ss hs) initiative overview the safe schools healthy students (ss hs) initiative is an ambitious federal effort to improve the health and well being of children and adolescents. the initiative focuses on integrated prevention and treatment programs,. An independent evaluation of the impact of ss hsi found that fewer students reported that they had experienced violence (7 percent decrease since grant awards); fewer students reported that they had witnessed violence (4 percent decline); 96 percent of school staff said the ss hsi had improved school safety; and nearly 80 percent of school staff said the program had reduced violence in their. Abstract. the safe schools healthy students (ss hs) initiative offers a unique opportunity to conduct large scale, multisite, multilevel program evaluation in the context of a federal environment that places many requirements and constraints on how the grants are conducted and managed. federal programs stress performance based outcomes, valid.