* Number of kids affected? Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention 100 Community Place, 1st Floor Crownsville, MD 21032 410-697-9338 Participating School Districts. “Handle With Care was designed to do just that. “The initiative is a wonderful partnership in which timely notifications from law enforcement alert educational professionals of potentially life altering incidents that might otherwise go unknown,” said James Hawley with NY-NJ HIDTA. The new program, "Handle With CARE" (HWC), aims to provide a safe and supportive academic enviroment for children that have been exposed to "adverse childhood experiences" (ACEs). Coordinator Notification Report. The “Handle With Care” Model: If a law enforcement officer encounters a child during a call, that child’s information is forwarded to the school before the school bell rings the next day. https://salud-america.org/toolkit/start-handle-with-care-for-traumatized-kids Number of notices sent? The premise of Handle With Care is to mitigate the negative effects of trauma on children. Please indicate School Resource Officer involvement in school mental health team. The Handle with Care program also fulfills a mandate of the Act, 158.4416(5)(d): “Collaborating with the Department of Kentucky State Police, the local sheriff and the chief of police to create procedures for notification of student-involved trauma.” Handle with Care is a new program where law enforcement agencies notify Manatee County schools whenever a child goes through something traumatic. Coordinator Notification Report Home; Handle With Care. The notice is sent in a confidential email and/or text notification to the child’s school before the start of the school day with these three words: “Handle With Care.” To date, 992 schools have registered for the ‘Handle with Care’ program. Skip to content. Click here to watch the recording. The Handle with Care program involves SAPD officers sending a confidential notification to the child’s school alerting staff to “handle the student with care.” There are no details of the incident released. The notification simply says "handle with care," but it can be labeled high priority. HWC Coordinator Name * Email * Month Reporting * County Reporting * City . *For ... ©2021 Handle With Care… Please join our panel of Handle with Care partners to hear about our experience and how to start Handle with Care in your area. Only three word message, “Handle with Care” along with the students’ name, age, and school are provided. The school implements individual, class and whole school trauma-sensitive curricula so that traumatized children are “Handled With Care".