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This campaign educates and empowers young people, parents, and trusted adults on ways to prevent and combat exploitation and abuse both on and offline; explains how to report incidents of these crimes; and offers support resources for victims and survivors of online child sexual exploitation and abuse.

This podcast episode discusses bullying, school climate, mental health, and other important school safety issues. The episode also covers the National Institute of Justice's research portfolio on school safety.

This toolkit outlines a framework for implementing trauma-informed, resilience-oriented approaches in any school or school district. It utilizes tools, videos, professional development slide decks, and concise instruction to explain the concepts of trauma and toxic stress; offers individual and school-wide strategies for addressing trauma and fostering resilience for students, staff, and families; and offers strategies to assess the impact of these adaptations throughout the school community.

This downloadable report leverages data from additional averted school violence cases since the 2019 Averted School Violence Database report to conduct similar analyses; compares the findings from the new cases to the initial 51 averted cases; and provides overarching lessons learned and recommendations that can be leveraged by school administrators, law enforcement, and communities to enhance school safety and security.

This blog post provides an overview of what cyberbullying is, why it has become such a problem, and how to protect yourself or children from it.

This downloadable fact sheet shares fundamental ventilation steps to promote healthy indoor air quality in schools and supplemental air cleaning strategies.

This downloadable fact sheet provides an overview of indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and four practical, effective ways to improve IAQ.

This webpage offers information and resources on how to talk to children about being online, and how to help them make good decisions and stay safe.

This training is a series of five interactive online modules that offer foundational learning on trauma-informed and victim-centered approaches to human trafficking. 

This video series includes information about sex and labor trafficking, multidisciplinary approaches to serving victims of human trafficking, effective victim services, victims' legal needs, and voices of survivors. It is intended to be used for outreach and education efforts of service providers, law enforcement, prosecutors, and others in the community. Included with the video series are an accompanying discussion guide, Fact Sheets, and posters that can be used to augment trainings and generate discussion.