TUPE Tiers of Support
TUPE offers a tiered systems of support to ensure students throughout Santa Clara County, receive the appropriate level of intervention needed to prevent substance-use. TUPE interventions are identified based on student risk behavioral data obtained through the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS).
TUPE Tier I
TUPE Tier I offers universal prevention strategies on campus that include:
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Certification and enforcement of tobacco-free campus
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Monitoring of youth risk behaviors and resilience data through the administration of the California Healthy Kids Survey biannually for grades 7th, 9th, and 11th (CHKS Survey)
TUPE Tier II
TUPE Tier II is a comprehensive Tobacco-Use Prevention Education program built upon a foundation of county-wide collaboration with schools, community-based agencies and partners focused on health and effective tobacco use prevention. Tier II provides students in grades 6-12 with the knowledge and skills needed to be tobacco-free and focuses on the development of Santa Clara County’s next generation of tobacco-free advocates who represent a diverse cross section of our priority populations.
TUPE Tier II offers prevention and interventions strategies that include:
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Providing intervention for those most at risk
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Empowering youth through tobacco-focused youth development
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Maintaining and enforcing tobacco-free policy
Current Tier II participating school districts include Campbell Union, Sunnyvale Elementary, East Side Union High School, Santa Clara County Office of Education Alternative Education, and Milpitas Unified.