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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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Mental Health
AlcoholFX Mobile App

Department of Health and Human Services

This free, science-based mobile app teaches students ages 10 to 12 how alcohol can harm their brains if they drink. The app is only available on tablets.
Fact Sheet
Mental Health
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Alcohol

Department of Health and Human Services, 2021

This fact sheet for teens provides facts about alcohol. It describes short- and long-term effects and helps dispel common myths. It also can be used by prevention professionals, educators, health care providers, and others who come in contact with teens on a regular basis.
Fact Sheet
Mental Health
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Cocaine

Department of Health and Human Services, 2018

This fact sheet for teens provides facts about cocaine. It describes short- and long-term effects, lists signs of use, and helps dispel common myths about cocaine.
Guidance
Mental Health
Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit

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.
Webpage
Mental Health
FindSupport.gov

Department of Health and Human Services

This website is designed to help people identify available resources, explore information about various treatment options, and learn how to reach out to get the support they need for issues related to mental health, drugs, or alcohol.
Webpage
Targeted Violence
Supporting Safe Schools

Department of Justice

This webpage provides information related to federally available grant funding, technical assistance, and resources to help schools and school districts deploy school resource officers.
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