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Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools
Department of Health and Human Services
This guidance assists high schools and school districts in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health, including ways to implement a multifaceted suicide prevention program that responds to the needs and cultures of students.
Parents for Healthy Schools: A Guide for Getting Parents Involved from K-12
Department of Health and Human Services
This guidance provides an overview of a healthy school environment with a focus on the school nutrition environment and services, physical education and physical activity, and managing chronic health conditions in schools; an overview of the framework for engaging parents in school health; and suggestions for how to use the resources.
National Coordinating Committee on School Health and Safety (NCCSHS)
Department of Health and Human Services, October 2018
The National Coordinating Committee on School Health and Safety (NCCSHS) provides guidance to bring together federal agencies and national organizations to support programs in our nation's schools that promote healthy, safe and academically successful students.