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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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Tool
Emergency Planning
REMS TA Center Sample Risk Assessment Matrix

Department of Education

This tool for school districts, administrators, and law enforcement helps school communities identify specific risks unique to their school environment through a priority ranking system.

Guidance
Mental Health
Ready, Set, Go, Review: Screening for Behavioral Health Risk in Schools

Department of Health and Human Services, 2019

This guidance is designed to help schools through the process of developing comprehensive screening procedures, as well as provide readily available resources to facilitate the implementation of effective behavioral health screening in schools.

Guidance
Mental Health
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.

Guidance
Mental Health
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.

Organization
Mental Health
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.

Guidance
Mental Health
Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network

Department of Health and Human Services, May 2019

This guidance provides information on services available through the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network, which covers the full continuum spanning mental illness prevention, treatment, and recovery support.

Organization
Mental Health
Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information

Department of Health and Human Services, April 2019

This organization develops guidance and resources on health-related confidentiality to increase access to simple, clear, and actionable educational resources, training, and technical assistance for consumers and their families, and individuals at the front-lines of care.

Tool
Emergency Planning
REMS TA Center Communities of Practice (CoP)

Department of Education

This tool provides information to schools, school districts, institutions of higher education, state education agencies (SEAs), and their community partners to develop high-quality emergency operations plans (EOPs) and implement comprehensive emergency management planning efforts.

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