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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment.
For standards and guidance on submitting a resource to SchoolSafety.gov and to access the resource submission form, please see here.
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Department of Education, 2024
This downloadable package is designed to support school systems and their partners with conducting tabletop exercises for various hazards.
Third Party, 2023
This guide offers advice on how to talk to children about tragic events that they are likely to hear about at school and/or on the news.
Department of Health and Human Services, 2023
This recording of a past event provides information on how to talk to youth about suicide risk, how to identify the warning signs of suicide, risk factors for suicide, and research on interventions for youth suicide prevention.
Department of Homeland Security
This program certifies federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners in the instruction of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management best practices and techniques. It is designed to prepare partners to train their local communities and provides organizations with tools to help mitigate threats and prevent acts of terrorism and targeted violence.
Department of Justice
This webpage provides an overview of sextortion and what parents, caregivers, and youth need to know about this crime.
Other Federal Agency, 2023
This resource provides information and tips to help youth reduce the risks associated with being online.
Department of Health and Human Services, 2023
This classroom activity is designed to supplement programming for middle and high school students by encouraging them to think twice about their use of digital technology.
Department of Homeland Security
This online training educates the public on threatening or potentially concerning behaviors and where to report them, providing an opportunity for intervention to prevent targeted violence from occurring.
Department of Education, and Department of Justice, 2024
This annual report examines the state of school crime and safety. It covers topics such as active shooter incidents, criminal victimization, bullying, safety and security measures, and criminal incidents at postsecondary institutions.
Department of Education, 2024
This brief shares considerations for organizing a state-level response to support schools and districts in recovery from school-based gun violence. It provides considerations for organizing coordination and response teams, planning and implementing the response, and reviewing the response for areas of improvement and providing ongoing support.