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12 Despite the pandemic preventing in-person meetings, the Seminary's School Counseling and Mental Health Initiative continued to forge ahead. To date the initiative has: • Hired a full team with one research assistant and two student assistants. • Received letters of support from the Colorado Department of Education and Colorado Department of Higher Education. • Met with school administrators and school districts to develop partnerships. • Established partnerships with a large Christian K-12 school and a major metro school district and are working to secure partnerships with an additional private school and another major metro area school district. • Begun plans to conduct its first focus group with a public school partner. • Applied for access to a restricted federal database on suicide to utilize in research. As believers it is imperative that we provide hope to those who are hurting. Denver Seminary is grateful to be able to work to reduce the impact of mental health issues on students, families, school staff, and our communities. One thing that is really encouraging is professors making the time for active feedback. . . . When you have professors who check in and care, it encourages people to persevere through all the obstacles that are going to come up when pursuing a graduate degree." Student, Arrison Stanfield, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Biblical & Theological Studies DENVER SEMINARY FINDS NEW WAYS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WORLD ''