Clark CARES: Collaborate, Assess, Resource, and Engage Students

Clark CARES team will provide an outlet the college community to report any concern related to the well-being of a Clark student. We do this to support retention, completion, close the opportunity gap for students and enhance campus safety.

The CARE process exists to support students as they face a variety of barriers to their success and well-being by collaborating with the reporter and through partnerships. This could include connecting students to the appropriate department, institutional process, identify college and/or community resources for assistance.

The college has a CARE Team that may be convened in the CARE process for situations that call for a heightened level of coordination and response. The core membership of this team consists of: Associate Director of Care & Community Standards, Dean of Student Engagement, Student Engagement & Community Standards Manager, Counseling, Safety & Security, and Instructional leadership. There may be times where additional campus officials might be involved. The team meets biweekly and the information shared within this group is considered private. The purpose of sharing CARE reports is to determine how best to coordinate appropriate support to the student. Additional information may be made available by CARE team members’ respective offices.

CARE team members are trained in using the NABITA (National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment) tools. For more information, please visit nabita.org.

To learn more about Clark CARES team or to submit a referral visit the Student CARE Process (clark.edu) page. Email: clarkCARES@clark.edu