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CARE Teams

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Together We Care

CT State works to create a community of care to support students to reach their academic goals.

Submit a CARE Referral

Information About Submitting a Referral

If this is an emergency that requires medical, psychological, or police services, call 911. Do not use this reporting form if an immediate response is required.

  • Complete this form if you believe that you or a CT State student would benefit from a connection to support services. Find more student services here.
  • Also, if you are concerned about a member of the college community or observe any behavior that may involve risks to the safety and security of the college community, complete a CARE Referral online (see below for links to campus CARE Referral submission).
  • Submitting this CARE Referral does not result in an immediate response. Once a form is submitted it will be reviewed by the College CARE Team for appropriate action.
  • What is a CARE Team?

    A CARE Team is a multidisciplinary team of campus partners who work collaboratively to support students’ needs and keep the campus community safe. CARE Teams address a continuum of concerns from basic needs to behavioral intervention and threat assessment. The CARE Team assists with any situation that could threaten a student’s well-being or others in the CT State community. The CARE team uses a proactive and educational approach to develop appropriate support and interventions for individuals of concern. The team will also be reactive when necessary to respond to concerns for safety and perceived threats by implementing appropriate resources to address the issue.

    Each CT State campus has a CARE Team with key campus stakeholders. Each CARE Team works to ensure that campuses are provided with the training and resources to respond to student and community safety concerns.

  • What the CARE Team does

    The CARE Team meets throughout the academic year to review the incoming CARE Referrals to assess the situations with a standard rubric and coordinate appropriate action plans. The CARE Team aims to intervene early to help students who are showing signs of distress, in addition to those engaging in more unhealthy or disruptive behaviors. The CT State CARE Team provides a centralized resource for bringing concerns about students to the attention of the people on campus who can best assist these students.

    Purpose of the Campus CARE Team

    • Coordinate a structured method for addressing student behaviors that cause distress in the CT State campus community, including mental health and/or safety issues
    • Assess the whole situation, combining information from various areas across campus
    • Respond by balancing the individual needs of the student and those of the greater campus community
    • Educate the CT State Campus community by creating awareness and providing access to resources for student support

    Campus CARE Teams

    • Comprised of 5 - 10 members including:
      • Chair and Co-Chairs: (depending on the campus title) usually are chaired by the Dean of Students and Faculty, Associate Dean of Student Development or Dean of Students.
      • Core Members include: Campus Safety/Police or Assistant Dean of Campus Operations, Wellness Counselor, Conduct Officer, Guided Pathways Staff member, Members of the Faculty and Accessibility/Disability Coordinator.
        • Wellness Counselor is a member of the CARE Team and attends these meetings to serve as a resource, and in accordance with professional and legal standards, does not share confidential information unless it is a life-threatening situation.
      • They may also include Student Activities, Title IX Coordinator and Veteran Affairs
    • The team meets on a cadence appropriate to their size of campus and number of referrals.

    Asnuntuck Campus Chair
    Tim St. James and Dawn Bryden

    Capital Campus Chair
    Kelly Hope

    Gateway Campus Chair
    LaRue Pierce

    Housatonic Campus Chair
    Josh Williams

    Manchester Campus Chair
    TJ Barber

    Middlesex Campus Chair
    Sara Hanson

    Naugatuck Valley Campus Chair
    Sarah Gager

    Northwestern Campus Chair
    Megan Vo

    Norwalk Campus Chair
    Ruben Barato

    Quinebaug Valley Campus Chair
    Tanaya Walters

    Three Rivers Campus Chair
    Rebecca Kitchell

    Tunxis Campus Chair
    Sydney Lake

  • CARE Referrals

    If this is an emergency that requires medical, psychological, or police services, call 911. Do not use this reporting form if an immediate response is required.

    Complete this form after the situation is over to document the interaction.

    Complete a CARE Referral

    Completing a CARE referral is an essential first step in supporting students in distress on your campus. Complete a referral when you have any concerning observations or interactions with a student or think they need more coordinated support. Referring a student to available resources is a good first step, but many students often need more support to make connections, coordinate appointments and complete needed paperwork. CARE referrals help connect students with support services including basic needs on and off-campus. Basic Needs can include those with housing and food insecurity, transportation, childcare, mental health and disability services. Completing a CARE referral will inform the CARE Team to reach out and offer further assistance in the areas needed.

    Your one piece of information is important to contribute to building the community of support many students need to succeed. The CARE teams connect different pieces of information about students experiencing difficulties to have a larger context for what is happening in students’ lives. This, in turn, allows for better consultation with students to refer them to the most appropriate resources. Maximizing student success and student persistence to graduation are among the goals of our collaboration.

  • How to Respond to Students in Distress

    CT State's CARE Team is sharing a quick reference guide for responding to students in distress.

    Two Page Resource (Download/Print)

    • Download this two-page resource of “How to Respond to a Student in Distress,” (We recommend that you print and have this resource available when working with students print double-sided on one page).

    Instructional Video (View)

    View a brief 4-minute instructional video overview of “How to Respond to a Student in Distress”.

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Marketing Tools

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The marketing tools on this page should be used by CT State employees wishing to represent the college through print or digital communications.

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Letterhead Template

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CT State Letterhead

Letterhead Template

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Please note: The letterhead template may render differently on a mobile device than on a desktop.

CT State Powerpoint example

PowerPoint Template

The CT State PowerPoint template can be used by employees to create branded presentations.

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Agenda Template

Agenda Templates

The CT State agenda templates can be used by employees within Canva. Please note: you will need to create a free personal Canva account to utilize these templates.

8.5”x11” Folded Agenda Template

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Single Page Agenda Template

Trifold Brochures

Trifold Brochure Templates

Trifold brochure templates are available to edit in Canva. Please note: you will need to create a free personal Canva account to utilize these templates.

Blue Cover Trifold Brochure

Teal Cover Trifold Brochure

social media template example

Social Media Templates

Promote events or activities on your campus with social media templates created in Canva. Please note: you will need to create a free personal Canva account to utilize these templates.

Social Media Canva Templates

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Flyer Templates

Promote events on your campus with customizable flyer templates created in PowerPoint. Download the PowerPoint file to view all 14 designs.

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Digital Sign Templates (Landscape)

Promote events on your campus with customizable digital sign templates created in PowerPoint. Download the PowerPoint file to view all 15 designs.

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Guidelines

Brand Guidelines

Branding Guidelines

CT State Brand Guidelines must be followed when designing materials that will represent the college. This document provides detailed information about how to use the college and campus names, logos, emblems, colors, fonts, and more.

View the Guidelines Here
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Typographic Standards

Typographic Standards booklet

CT State Typographic Standards provides designers with guidelines for working with our brand typography to help achieve the most legible, professional and impactful results.

View the Standards Here
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CT State Colors

CT State’s colors are associated with feelings of trust, dependability, and balance — representing a new unified chapter for education in the Nutmeg State. CT State’s colors should be balanced according to the proportions in the below diagram. CT State's blue and black are primary, teal is the main accent color with yellow as a secondary accent color. Pantone or CMYK colors should be used for print materials, with RGB used for digital.

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BLUE
PMS: 2746
CMYK:
100, 98, 9, 4
RGB:
45, 49, 133
HEX:
#2D3185
BLACK
PMS: BLACK C
CMYK:
67, 64, 67, 67
RGB:
45, 42, 38
HEX:
#2D2A26
TEAL
PMS: 3275
CMYK:
80, 0, 50, 0
RGB:
0, 171 , 154
HEX:
#00AB9A
YELLOW

PMS: 123
CMYK:
0, 20, 100, 0
RGB:
255, 204, 0
HEX:
#FFCC00

WHITE

CMYK: 0, 0, 0, 0
RGB:
255, 255, 255
HEX:
#FFFFFF

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CT State-Campus Logos

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Capital

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Housatonic

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Manchester

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Middlesex

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Naugatuck Valley

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Northwestern

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Norwalk

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Quinebaug Valley

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Three Rivers

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Tunxis

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Title IX

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What is Title IX ?

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance…”
— 20 U.S.C.§ 1681

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) prohibits discrimination based on gender in educational programs which receive federal financial assistance. The law allows all students to attend school in an environment free of harassment, sexual misconduct, and discrimination.

While Title IX is well known for its application to athletics, other programs and activities are also included such as recruitment, admissions, financial aid and scholarships; course offerings and access; hiring and retention; and benefits and leave. Title IX also protects all students and employees, regardless of gender identity, from unlawful sexual harassment in school programs and activities. The requirements of Title IX pertaining to sexual harassment also cover sexual violence.

Connecticut State Community College (CSCC) takes our responsibility to address and protect these rights very seriously and is committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex. Pursuant to Title IX, CSCC’s Title IX Coordinator is the designated agent for the college with primary responsibility for coordinating the college’s Title IX compliance efforts, this can include but is not limited to: overseeing the complaint process, addressing patterns or systemic problems, ensuring issues are addressed consistently and in adherence with the procedures, prepare and disseminate informational materials, and coordinate trainings/in-services for faculty and staff.

Any CSCC student or employee can contact the Title IX Coordinator with questions or to file a complaint.

CSCC Title IX Coordinator:
Dr. John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas
VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
johnpaul.chaissoncardenas@ctstate.edu 
860-612-7056

Campus Resources

Find Title IX Resources

Each campus has a campus-based Deputy Title IX Coordinator who is available to support the students on campus, receive complaints, help students navigate the process, and answer questions.

There are campus-based counselors who can provide confidential counseling for students on all twelve of CT State’s campuses. Other free, confidential resources exist in the local communities around our 12 campuses. 

Some CSCU/BOR policies that may be connected to Title IX or have a higher likelihood of being relevant to a Title IX concern are the following:

Definitions of Relevant Terms

Sexual misconduct incorporates a range of behaviors including sexual assault, sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, stalking, voyeurism, and any other conduct of a sexual nature that is nonconsensual or has the purpose or effect of threatening, intimidating, or coercing a person.

Sexual harassment includes requests for sexual favors, sexual advances or other sexual conduct when (1) submission is either explicitly or implicitly a condition affecting academic or employment decisions; (2) the behavior is sufficiently severe or pervasive as to create an intimidating, hostile or repugnant environment; or (3) the behavior persists despite objection by the person to whom the conduct is directed.

Sexual Assault is compelling by force, or the threat of force, the following: (1) Sexual penetration of the vagina or anus, including by a finger or an object; (2) Oral sex; (3) Contact with a person’s genital area, groin, anus, inner thighs, buttocks, or breasts for the purpose of sexual gratification of the actor or for the purpose of degrading or humiliating the victim; (4) Subjecting another to such sexual contact without consent.

Interpersonal Violence occurs when one person uses power and control over another through physical, sexual, or emotional threats or actions, economic control, isolation, or other kinds of coercive behavior. Some types of interpersonal violence are:

Domestic/Family Violence means an incident resulting in physical harm, bodily injury or assault, or an act of threatened violence that constitutes fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury or assault, including, but not limited to, stalking or a pattern of threatening, between family or household members.

Dating/Relationship Violence occurs when one intimate or romantic partner tries to maintain power and control over the other through words and actions that are physically and emotionally abusive. Dating violence can take many forms including physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation, and emotional, sexual or economic abuse.

Sexual Violence is any type of sexual activity that a person does not agree to. It includes sexual assault; sexual exploitation; stalking; sexual harassment; voyeurism; exposure; and sexual activity resulting from emotional coercion.

Consent occurs when all parties are legally able to consent based on their age (16 in CT). The agreement is based on an awareness of the specific sexual behavior in question. This agreement must be active, ongoing, unimpaired and it is able to be withdrawn at any point. Consent is a must for every form of sexual activity every time. A person has the right to withdraw consent even if that person has consented to sexual activity with that individual in the past. It is not valid if there is force, threats, intimidation, or coercion used. Connecticut State Law is clear that having sexual intercourse with someone who cannot consent is rape.

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CT State Website Privacy Notice

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Overview

Connecticut State Community College and its locations, including its central office, (together “CT State”), respect the privacy of individuals as fundamental to its mission.

CT State is committed to protecting personal privacy and keeping personal information secure in its operations, activities and management of information. As a public institution, CT State must balance this commitment with other important commitments, including public accountability and open access to public records.

You should be aware that the CT State may be required to disclose your information in response to a valid legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order, or pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Notice and Directory Information Policy (Board of Regents for Higher Education policy) or the Connecticut Freedom of InformationAct (FOIA). Disclosures may also be necessary to protect CT State’s legal rights or during health or safety emergencies.

Scope

This privacy notice applies to the main CT State website (www.ctstate.edu) and any approved third party application or platform embedded in the website and/or operated by CT State Central Office to conduct its operations, and explains CT State practices concerning the collection, use and disclosure of users’ personally identifiable information and other information.

This privacy notice does not apply to information collected by: (1) CT State outside its website or Central Office approved third-party applications or platforms, (2) through any other site operated by a CT State campus or any third party, or (3) by any third party that may link to or be accessible via the CT State website.

Information Automatically Collected

CT State and its third-party vendors may automatically collect certain information regarding your use of the CT State website, such as your IP address, browser type, session information, the pages you visit and referral websites.

This information is used to create aggregate summary statistics, which are typically used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users,

determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

User information may be shared with third-party vendors to the extent necessary to provide and improve web services or other communications to users. For example, we may use third party tools to generate reports on site usage, web traffic, user behavior, and user interests in order to optimize our website for our visitors. We may also use geographic, demographic, and interest-based reports of our website visitors to create custom audience lists.

We prohibit any third parties who receive user information for this purpose from using or sharing user information for any purpose other than providing services for the benefit of our users.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer (unless you block them). We may use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. A variety of tools are available to control the data collected by cookies, web beacons and similar technologies. For example, internet browsers contain controls to limit how websites you visit use cookies and to withdraw your consent by clearing or blocking cookies.

Other Websites and Cookies

The CT State website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, the content or the cookies set by such sites. Since the cookie policies of these sites change over time, you should determine their policies by visiting the privacy policy pages of these sites directly.

Personally Identifiable Information

CT State and our third-party vendors may collect, through online forms, personally identifiable information that can be used to identify you as an individual including, but not limited to: name, Banner ID, permanent mailing address, telephone number, email address or any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as biometric, medical, educational, financial or employment information. We may also collect other information as described in this privacy notice.

What Do We Use Your Personally Identifiable Information For?

CT State may process personally identifiable information for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, create or meet contractual obligations, legitimately conduct its business operations, or to comply with applicable law. Sometimes, consent will be required for processing your personally identifiable information. In these cases, CT State will ask for your consent to process your personally identifiable information and to share that information with third parties. The processing of personally identifiable information provided to CT State by you or from authorized third parties, for example your high school, another higher education institution, or a national testing service, enables CT State to identify you; engage in processing an application or other submission to CT State; or verify information already provided to CT State.

CT State may use the personally identifiable information we gather from you to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, when you contact us via one of our online contact forms or otherwise; for example, when you send us questions, suggestions, compliments or complaints, or when you request other information.

We may use the information we gather from you when you subscribe through our Website for various program and service updates and notifications.

We may use the information we gather from you for systems administration purposes, abuse prevention, optimization, performance tracking, and analytics, and for other purposes described in this Privacy Notice.

We may provide your information to third parties in circumstances where we believe that doing so is necessary or appropriate to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; or protect our rights and safety and the rights and safety of our users or others.

We do not share, sell, swap, rent or otherwise disclose or authorize any third party to use your personally identifiable information for commercial purposes without your permission.

How Can You Opt Out?

Where participating in a service or receiving communications is optional, you can choose whether you wish to receive promotional emails, SMS messages or telephone calls from CT State but, in some cases, your ability to access or control your personally identifiable information will be limited, as required or permitted by applicable law.

If you want to access the personally identifiable information processed by CT State that is not available directly through the consent and preference management tools provided within the CT State communication or service, contact us at CSCU-DataPrivacy@ct.edu.

Information Protection

CT State uses risk-assessed administrative, technical and physical security measures to protect your personal information. There are reasonable security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Your data will be stored in a secure operating environment that is not accessible without authorization. CT State cannot guarantee the security of information on or transmitted via the internet as no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is one hundred percent secure.

Users Located in the European Economic Area

If you are located in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (the “European Economic Area”), please familiarize yourself with your rights under the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

CT State follows the following GDPR principles in order to protect your privacy:

  • We do not collect any more personal information about you than is necessary;
  • We only use your personal information for the purposes we specify in this privacy notice, unless you agree otherwise; and
  • Other than as we specify in this privacy notice, we do not share your personal information with third parties.

Access to, Change of or Deletion of Your Personal Information

You have the right to access the personal information that is maintained about you by CT State. To the extent such rights are provided to you by applicable law, if you would like to request to review, correct, update, suppress, restrict or delete your personal information that you have previously provided to us, object to the processing of personal information or if you would like to request to receive an electronic copy of your personal information, please contact CT State at CSCU-DataPrivacy@ct.edu. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

How Long CSCU Keeps Your Personal Information

CT State retains personal information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.

The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

  • The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the services to you, for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using our services;
  • Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject, for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them; or
  • Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations.

Children

This site is not directed to children under the age of thirteen, does not sell products or services intended for purchase by children, and does not knowingly collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of thirteen.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

This privacy notice may be amended from time-to-time. Any such changes will be posted on this page.

Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about this privacy notice, please contact us at CSCU-DataPrivacy@ct.edu and provide a brief description of your inquiry.

Effective Date

The effective date of this privacy notice is July 1, 2023.

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