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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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Department of Health and Human Services, December 2021
This guidance provides ideas on how to get school communities vaccinated and maintain safe, in-person learning all year long.
Department of Health and Human Services, December 2021
This U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory offers recommendations for supporting the mental health of children, adolescents, and young adults. The Advisory includes essential recommendations for the institutions that surround young people and shape their day-to-day lives—schools, community organizations, health care systems, technology companies, media, funders and foundations, employers, and government.
Department of Health and Human Services, November 2021
This guidance provides recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines for children and teens.
Department of Health and Human Services, September 2021
As K-12 schools resume in-person learning, school administrators must be prepared to respond quickly when someone with COVID-19 has been in the school or at a school event. In these instances, case investigation and contact tracing serve as important strategies for reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Department of Homeland Security, August 2020
This report, the third in a yearly series, provides an analysis of mass attacks that occurred in public spaces in the United States between January and December 2019.
Department of Health and Human Services, August 2021
Useful guidance for coping with the mental health effects of widespread public health crises like COVID-19.
Department of Health and Human Services, May 2021
Download a webinar recording from the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC) that offers guidance on reopening schools for students, educators, and parents.
Department of Health and Human Services, May 2021
This Virtual Learning Session is designed to support school and district leaders, educators, student support personnel and other professionals to promote safe, supporting learning environments throughout a variety of in-person, virtual, and hybrid learning situations.
Department of Health and Human Services, April 2021
New information about the youth mental health crisis, as well as additional recommendations and considerations to keep in mind for schools bringing students back to in person learning in a way that prioritizes everyone's mental health and wellness.
Department of Health and Human Services, July 2020
This resource provides educators, administrators and other school personnel with guidance on supporting student and staff mental health as the school year begins.