Handle With Care
It Service And Computer Repair
Why pick this one
Handle With Care coordinates Tennessee school, law enforcement, and mental health responses to children exposed to trauma, with notices sent before the next school day.
Best for
- Tennessee communities establishing a Handle With Care program
- Schools supporting children exposed to violence, crime, or abuse
- Law enforcement agencies implementing confidential school notifications
- Communities coordinating school-based trauma-focused mental health support
Look elsewhere if
- IT service or computer repair needs
- Individual mental health treatment outside a school-community program
- Requests for general emergency response services
Specialties
- trauma-sensitive school curricula
- trauma-focused mental health referrals
- law enforcement-to-school Handle With Care notifications
- school-based trauma interventions
Certifications
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- Tennessee Dangerous Drugs Taskforce
- Tennessee Drug Endangered Children
What makes them different
- Tennessee statewide coordinator support for starting Handle With Care in a community
- Confidential child notifications sent from law enforcement to schools with only the child's name and the words “handle with care”
- Program model connects law enforcement, schools, and mental health providers
- Schools can provide space for specialized trauma therapists
- Required stakeholder meetings evaluate academic achievement, truancy, and disciplinary reports
- Response time
- Information is forwarded to the school before the school bell rings the next day
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 4144 Haywood Rd Ste A, Mills River, NC 28759-5810
- Phone
- +18288903165
- Website
- https://tnhandlewithcare.org/contact
- evangeline.watanabe@tn.gov
Services
- community stakeholder coordination
- training for law enforcement, schools, and mental health providers
- school trauma-response program implementation
- on-site counseling program support