Battle Ground Public Schools is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for students, families, and staff. In October 2023, Battle Ground Public Schools (BGPS) was awarded funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education).

The Battle Ground Project AWARE is designed around the two project goals:

• To increase knowledge, awareness, and prevention of youth behavioral health issues through training opportunities for students, staff, and community members.

• To enhance student supports through a multi-tiered, interconnected systems framework (ISF) to connect youth to needed school-based behavioral health services.

Over the next five years, the district will utilize the grant resources to develop a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated program to advance wellness and resilience in education settings for school-aged youth.

OSPI Project Aware

Erick Suksdorf
AWARE Assistant Director
360-885-5440
Email Erick

Katie Peterson
AWARE Project Grant Secretary
360-885-5365
Email Katie

Tamra Scheetz
Director of Instructional Interventions
360-885-5471
Email Tamra

Care Solace mental health and substance use resources

Battle Ground Public Schools is partnering with Care Solace to provide access to their network of providers and services. Care Solace can connect you with providers accepting all forms of medical insurance and a sliding scale option for those without insurance.

You can access Care Solace services in three ways:

• Call 888-515-0595 at any time. (Multilingual support is available 24/7/365.)

• Search anonymously to get matched with care providers at caresolace.com/battlegroundps

• Contact your school psychologist or counselor and they will submit a referral on your behalf.

Please note, Care Solace is not an emergency response service. If you or someone you know may be having a mental health crisis or a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988.

Suicide and crisis lifeline – dial 988

No matter what problems you are dealing with, we want to help you find a reason to keep living. By calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255) you’ll be connected to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area, anytime 24/7.