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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.
Looking for grants? Visit the Grants Finder Tool to find applicable funding opportunities to help keep your school community safe.
Department of Homeland Security, 2020
Keeping your hands clean is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infectious and other emerging diseases.
Department of Health and Human Services
Learn when and how you should wash your hands to stay healthy.
Department of Health and Human Services
Below you will find a variety of resources to help you learn more about keeping hands clean and preventing illnesses.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
This website provides emergency planning resources, tools, and information to help kids prepare for emergency-related events.
Department of Homeland Security, November 2019
This report identifies 41 incidents of attacks against K-12 schools in the United States from 2008 to 2017. Researchers with the USSS National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) examined the background and behaviors of the attackers and identified a series of 10 key findings and significant commonalities.
Department of Homeland Security
Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and call-to-action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.
Department of Homeland Security
The Technical Resource for Incident Prevention (TRIPwire) is the Department of Homeland Security’s 24/7 online, collaborative information-sharing and resource portal for bomb squads, emergency responders, military personnel, government officials, intelligence analysts, private sector security professionals, and critical infrastructure owners and operators.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
These trainings and awareness products educate on strategies to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate bombing incidents.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
This bombing prevention program focuses on restricting access by malicious actors to explosive materials, chemicals, associated components, and delivery methods. The program also conducts outreach and training to increase awareness of everyday products that individuals can use to make a bomb or other dangerous explosive mixtures and/or devices.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
This webpage provides information on products, training offerings, and resources that help with preparation and response options in the event of a bomb threat.