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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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New
Fact Sheet
Child Exploitation
Blue Campaign Youth Poster Series

Department of Homeland Security, 2020

These posters aim to help youth understand what exploitation looks like so they can learn to say no and protect themselves and others.
New
Podcast
Targeted Violence
Understanding Firearm-Related Injury and School Violence Series

Department of Justice, 2024

This podcast interview series provides information on the intersection of school safety strategies and firearm-related injury. Episodes cover topics such as youth suicide prevention, anonymous reporting systems, and community engagement.
New
Guidance
Targeted Violence
Safe Storage of Firearms

Department of Justice, 2024

This guide provides information on different types of storage devices and best practices for safely storing firearms.
New
Guidance
Targeted Violence
Safe Firearm Storage: Letter Template

Department of Education, 2024

This customizable letter template is designed for principals and school district administrators to use to provide parents, families, guardians, and caregivers with information about safe firearm storage.
New
Guidance
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Delivering Services in School-Based Settings: A Comprehensive Guide to Medicaid Services and Administrative Claiming

Department of Health and Human Services, 2023

This guide provides direction to State Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies and Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to deliver school-based services in a manner that allows LEAs to obtain all the payments for which they can qualify, to then increase access to covered services for enrolled students. This guide also offers possible financially sustainable solutions for State Medicaid/CHIP agencies and LEAs, while acknowledging that behavioral health services, and other medical conditions can be complex and may also require community-based resources outside of schools for effective treatment.
New
Fact Sheet
Mental Health
Talking with Your Teen About Vaping

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This brochure details the risks associated with vaping and the importance of having conversations with children and adolescents to help them avoid substance use.
New
Guidance
Mental Health
Reducing Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This guide discusses effective programs and policies to prevent vaping among youth and young adults, challenges to reducing e-cigarette use and vaping, and program and policy implementation strategies that can be used to address these challenges.
New
Video
Child Exploitation
Carter's Story: Blue Campaign Youth Animated Video Series

Department of Homeland Security

This animated video series raises awareness of how to keep young people safe while playing online video games and provides tips to parents and adults working with youth on how to recognize signs of human trafficking.
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