Social Worker. Community Collaborator. Trainer. \;
Alise Mnati\, MSW\, LMSW: is a licensed social worker with two decades of experience in non-profit\, public education\, and law enforcement working with under-resourced youth and their families. She has worked with dozens of school districts to improve educational attainment and school safety for educators and learners. \; Together with John Van Dreal\, she implemented the Salem-Keizer Cascade Threat Assessment Model in Northeastern Washington\, supporting 59 public school districts across 7 counties. She trained and coordinated educators on identifying and assessing threatening behavior\, along with multi-agency teams serving in a consultative role to schools.
Alise is an accomplished facilitator\, training throughout the nation to school districts and youth-serving agencies. She is a certified trainer in several evidence-based programs and a former National Associate Trainer for the Boys &\; Girls Clubs of America. Alise enjoys training and coaching both schools and community agencies in providing recommendations on behavioral threat assessment\, threat management\, and resource development for students of concern. \;She has personally procured over $12 million in state and federal grant funding for school districts and communities to implement youth violence prevention and intervention models. She has also been a strategic contributor to state legislation and district policies supporting student mental wellness\, behavioral threat assessment\, and restorative practices. \; Alise currently lives in the greater Phoenix area with her husband and two children. In addition to being a training consultant on the Salem-Keizer Cascade Threat Assessment System\, she also works full-time for the Airway Heights Police Department.