Through California Department of Education's County Technical Assistance (CTA) Tier 2 Grant for Tobacco-Use Prevention Education, The LACOE TUPE Tier 2 Consortium meets grant requirements of implementing a comprehensive approach in preventing or reducing youth tobacco-use. Key components include: prevention, intervention, and cessation services targeting students, school staff, family, and the greater community.

The LACOE TUPE Tier 2 Consortium is a partnership of eighteen school districts serving 178 middle and high schools throughout the county. Participating school districts include:

Tobacco Grant Program Funds

The Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Unit at the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) provides technical, specialized, consultative, advisory, and planning services. Through the Department of Justice (DOJ) Tobacco Grant, the TUPE unit provides professional learning to School Resource Officers (SROs) and school staff to support LEAs in order to facilitate the development of quality tobacco-use prevention, intervention, and enforcement strategies. The TUPE unit serves as a resource to LEAs by conducting workshops, trainings, presentations, and meetings free of charge to LEAs in the Los Angeles County area.

Goals

• Build capacity of school Security Resource Officers (SROs) by providing professional development addressing best practices and procedures, new and emerging information on devices, proper disposal, and successful enforcement of school tobacco-policies.
• Provide professional training opportunities for school staff and SROs on the latest research, preventive curricula, intervention services, current trends of tobacco products and usage, and youth engagement.
• Facilitate successful collaboration and coalition building among Department of Justice- Tobacco Grant Program grantees in Los Angeles County.