The School Community Intervention & Prevention (SCIP) Program (scipnebraska.com) has announced the hiring of Nick Schickert as their new School Coordinator. Nick will serve as the School Coordinator for Regions 3, 4 and rural Region 5.
Nick received his Bachelor or Arts in English language arts and endorsement in secondary education from Doane University. Before joining SCIP, he worked as a middle school speech and drama teacher for Gretna Public Schools and as a human rights committee liaison for a program-approved service agency in Colorado. In his position with SCIP, Nick will work with existing public and private schools who have implemented SCIP, as well as recruit additional schools and agencies. He joins Tessah Fulk, School Coordinator for Regions 1, 2 & 6 and Sarah Bolton, School Coordinator for Lincoln and Lancaster County.
SCIP is a program designed to bring together families, school and the community to support student behavioral and emotional health. SCIP’s mission is to provide effective prevention education for schools, families and communities, equipping schools with early intervention tools for students with behavioral health concerns so they may achieve healthy and productive lives.
SCIP is funded (16% or $50,000) from the Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success States grant (5H79SP083671-02) & (55% or $168,837.71) from the Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (1B08TIO88119-01 through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, contracted through the NE DHHS, Div. of Behavioral Health. SCIP also receives (3% or $10,000) in state funding and (26% or $82,110) of funding from non-governmental sources, including United Way of Lincoln Lancaster County.
SCIP is a program of Lincoln Medical Education Partnership (lmep.com), 4600 Valley Road, Lincoln. To find out more about SCIP, visit their website at scipnebraska.com or call (402) 327-6843.