Connecticut Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Partnership

CT-WSCC-Final-Logo-Abbreviated-1-1Started in 2023, the Connecticut Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Partnership is a five-year, CDC-funded collaboration between the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health. The goal of the project is to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents in communities in CT that are medically underserved and disproportionately affected by chronic diseases and associated risk factors. We support the implementation of evidence-based policies, practices, programs, and services consistent with the WSCC model.

The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model is the CDC’s integrated framework of health and learning. The child is at the center of the model and surrounded by three layers: coordination of policies, processes, and practices in schools; 10 components for organizing school practices; and finally, the community in which the school is situated.

WSCC Model

Learn about the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model.

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Our Tools

Access our existing WSCC Tools geared to helping schools focus on the whole child. 

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Trainings

Learn about past and upcoming professional development and technical assistance focused on incorporating the WSCC model into practices. 

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Recent and Upcoming Events


2025 WSCC Academy

Registration for our 2025 WSCC Academy closed on April 30. If you missed the registration deadline, please contact us at ctwscc@uconn.edu to be added to the wait list.

Fall 2024 Presentations

Our CT WSCC team was busy presenting about our work this fall. These were just some of the conferences where we presented.

  • National Family Engagement Summit
  • New England Superintendent’s Association Conference
  • Connecticut Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
  • National Center for School Mental Health Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health

 

Announcements


UConn Whole Child Project Positively Impacts East Hartford Public Schools

Read about how East Hartford students and staff benefit from WSCC action plans in UConn Today.

Connecting with Legislators

Our team was pleased to present at the recent Moving Beyond Implications Conference, co-sponsored by the Scholars Strategy Network Connecticut Chapter (CT SSN) and UConn Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). The team talked about the importance of developing a continuous improvement plan around whole child efforts, and expanding the capacity of school wellness teams. Watch the presentation!

School Leaders as Neurotransmitters

Read our article in the Journal of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.