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Guidance
Targeted Violence
Safe Storage of Firearms

Department of Justice, 2024

This guide provides information on different types of storage devices and best practices for safely storing firearms.
Guidance
Targeted Violence
Safe Firearm Storage: Letter Template

Department of Education, 2024

This customizable letter template is designed for principals and school district administrators to use to provide parents, families, guardians, and caregivers with information about safe firearm storage.
Guidance
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Delivering Services in School-Based Settings: A Comprehensive Guide to Medicaid Services and Administrative Claiming

Department of Health and Human Services, 2023

This guide provides direction to State Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies and Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to deliver school-based services in a manner that allows LEAs to obtain all the payments for which they can qualify, to then increase access to covered services for enrolled students. This guide also offers possible financially sustainable solutions for State Medicaid/CHIP agencies and LEAs, while acknowledging that behavioral health services, and other medical conditions can be complex and may also require community-based resources outside of schools for effective treatment.
Fact Sheet
Mental Health
Talking with Your Teen About Vaping

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This brochure details the risks associated with vaping and the importance of having conversations with children and adolescents to help them avoid substance use.
Guidance
Mental Health
Reducing Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This guide discusses effective programs and policies to prevent vaping among youth and young adults, challenges to reducing e-cigarette use and vaping, and program and policy implementation strategies that can be used to address these challenges.
Video
Child Exploitation
Carter's Story: Blue Campaign Youth Animated Video Series

Department of Homeland Security

This animated video series raises awareness of how to keep young people safe while playing online video games and provides tips to parents and adults working with youth on how to recognize signs of human trafficking.
Training Program
Child Exploitation
Blue Campaign Youth Professional and Caretaker Training

Department of Homeland Security

These training videos highlight what human trafficking is, why youth are vulnerable, how youth professionals and caretakers can help prevent the crime, and how to recognize and report human trafficking.
Fact Sheet
Cybersecurity
Resources for Individuals on the Threat of Doxing

Department of Homeland Security, 2024

This infographic defines what doxing is, outlines proactive steps individuals can take to prevent themselves from doxing, and recommends steps that can be taken to protect individuals who are victims of doxing.
Training Program
Child Exploitation
SOAR for School-Based Professionals

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This training equips those serving middle and high-school aged students to better understand the issues surrounding human trafficking and its impact on youth. It describes possible indicators of human trafficking in youth and how to identify protective factors to support youth at highest risk.
Guidance
Child Exploitation
Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol Toolkit

Department of Health and Human Services, 2022

This toolkit helps schools and school districts plan, develop, and implement a human trafficking school safety protocol (HTSSP). The purpose of an HTSSP is to identify students that may be experiencing trafficking or may have an increased risk for trafficking; ensure educators and other staff comply with mandatory reporting laws; ensure the safety of students, educators, and other staff when reporting human trafficking and other forms of violence; and connect students to service providers and/or programs intended to reduce further exposure to violence and victimization.
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