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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment. 

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Bullying and Cyberbullying
Respond to Bullying: Stop Bullying on the Spot

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice

This webpage outlines steps adults can take to quickly and consistently respond to bullying behavior.
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Bullying and Cyberbullying
What You Can Do

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice

This webpage offers tips for parents, educators, and other members of the community on what they can do to help prevent and respond to bullying.
Fact Sheet
Bullying and Cyberbullying
Bullying Prevention and Preparedness Modelling

Department of Justice, 2023

This document outlines key takeaways, additional resources, and discussion questions from a recorded webinar on upstream practices that help schools reduce instances of bullying.
Fact Sheet
Threat Assessment and Reporting
Anonymous Reporting Systems Response Skill Building

Department of Justice, 2023

This document outlines key takeaways, additional resources, and discussion questions from a recorded webinar about coordinated approaches to tip reporting scenarios and the interface between threat assessment teams and triaging tips.
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Targeted Violence
Guns in the Home: Keeping Kids Safe

Third Party

This article provides information on the dangers of having an unlocked, loaded gun in the house and offers advice for keeping children safe by properly securing and storing firearms.
Guidance
Mental Health
Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit – Spanish Version

Department of Health and Human Services, 2024

This toolkit, designed to augment overdose prevention and reversal training, provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications, including naloxone and nalmefene, and how to respond to an overdose. It also contains appendices for specific audiences, including people who use drugs (PWUD), people who take prescription opioids, first responders, healthcare practitioners, and others. It is intended to provide guidance to a wide range of individuals on preventing and responding to an overdose and emphasizes that harm reduction and access to treatment are essential aspects of overdose prevention.
Guidance
Cybersecurity
Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Justice, Other Federal Agency, and Third Party, 2023

This guide outlines phishing techniques malicious actors commonly use and provides guidance for both network defenders and software manufacturers. It is designed to help reduce the impact of phishing attacks in obtaining credentials and deploying malware.
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Targeted Violence
Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022 

Department of Education, and Department of Justice, 2023

This annual report examines crime occurring in schools and colleges and covers topics such as victimization, bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, the presence of security staff at school, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of personal safety at school, and criminal incidents at postsecondary institutions. It presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population from an array of sources.
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