The School Health Professional Grant (SHPG) Program was created to increase the presence of school-based health professionals (school nurses, school counselors, school social workers and school psychologists) within secondary schools. The purpose of the SHPG is to improve prevention, early intervention, and health care services and programs, in an effort to reduce the risks of marijuana and other substance use by secondary school students.

The Colorado School Counselor Corps Program schools have shown a decrease in their dropout rates as indicated by newly released data for Fiscal Year 2009-10.