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

For standards and guidance on submitting a resource to SchoolSafety.gov and to access the resource submission form, please see here.

Looking for grants? Visit the Grants Finder Tool to find applicable funding opportunities to help keep your school community safe.

Guidance

Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool

Department of Health and Human Services, 2012

The HECAT is an assessment tool to help school districts, schools, and others conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of health education curricula based on the National Health Education Standards and characteristics of an effective health education curriculum.

Tool

Assessing Capacity for Bullying Prevention and Implementing Change

Department of Health and Human Services, 2017

These tools enable state health departments to assess their current capacity to address bullying and determine any gaps and needs.

Training Program

Bullying Prevention Training Course

Department of Health and Human Services, 2016

This training provides guidance on how to take a public health approach to bullying prevention through the use of long-term, community-wide prevention strategies.

Training Program

Bullying Prevention Training Module

Department of Health and Human Services, 2016

This training module presentation is a research-based resource that can help you lead bullying prevention efforts in your local community.

Guidance

Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools (6th Edition)

Third Party, 2023

These updated guidelines provide best practices specifically for securing K-12 school facilities, including elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. The PASS School Security Checklist also allows users to assess the current state of safety and security efforts in their school or district compared to nationwide best practices.

Guidance

The Role of Districts in Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice, September 2019

The District Guide serves as a complement to the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (School Guide) and provides information that can assist school districts in fulfilling both their individual and shared emergency planning responsibilities.

FEMA Grants

Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency

These grants support grantees develop and sustain capabilities at the state and local, tribal, and territorial levels and in our nation’s highest-risk transit systems, ports, and along our borders to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate terrorism and other high-consequence disasters and emergencies.

Webpage

Physical Security Resources

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

This webpage offers free tools, trainings, informational materials, and additional resources to prevent, protect against, respond to, and mitigate security incidents.

Guidance

Security of Soft Targets and Crowded Places Resource Guide

Department of Homeland Security

This guidance helps raise awareness of the capabilities that are available to support risk mitigation. The guide provides an easy to use method to quickly find information on a wide range of free capabilities that can be incorporated into the security practices of organizations of all sizes.

Tool

SITE ASSESS

Department of Education

This mobile app, designed specifically for education agencies, allows personnel to walk around buildings and grounds and examine their safety, security, accessibility, and emergency preparedness.