.FEMA’s Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools Toolkit provides several resources to help schools plan & prepare for emergency events. Examples of resources include:

✔️Training materials
✔️Sample exercises and drills
✔️Checklists

go.dhs.gov/4HS

Schools are critical partners in supporting the #MentalHealth and well-being of students. Use SAMHSA’s 988 program to find resources & information that can help strengthen your suicide prevention and mental health crisis services: go.dhs.gov/ZRT

🏫 Educators: Looking to boost #SchoolSafety and foster a positive #SchoolClimate ?

Dive into valuable strategies and resources with this newly released infographic by SchoolSafety.gov:
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#GrantSpotlight : The Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding to support physical security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack. Find more info from FEMA: go.dhs.gov/4Jg

.Bureau of Justice Assistance’s next Knowledge College webinar explores the correlation between student engagement & #SchoolSafety . Register for this 4/24 event & learn more about strategies to improve engagement & the use of cultural intelligence & trauma-informed responses: go.dhs.gov/J9V

Teachers: Looking to create an inclusive classroom this year? CDC’s Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool includes checklists to help you identify your health education curriculum’s culturally responsive and inclusive characteristics. bit.ly/3CCiNK0

🗣️Expressed or Implied Threat: Communicating a spoken or written threat to commit a crime that could harm people or damage a facility, such as a school.
Learn more signs of suspicious activity from Homeland Security’s “If You See Something, Say Something®” campaign: go.dhs.gov/ZWL

.COPS Office’s School Violence Prevention Program provides funding to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, & their public agencies to improve security at schools through evidence-based school safety programs & technology. Learn more & apply: go.dhs.gov/43v

Understanding the issues concerning suicide and mental health is an important way to take part in suicide prevention, help others in crisis, and change the conversation around suicide.

If you or someone you know exhibits any of these, seek help by reaching out to 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

#SchoolSafety Personnel: Review your school’s safety plan with these simple steps:

1️⃣Visit our Safety Readiness Tool
2️⃣Take the assessment
3️⃣Receive a personalized action plan

go.dhs.gov/ZvH

Encourage responsible internet use and teach students about online safety. Want to learn more about how to keep students safe from online threats? Visit know2protect.gov. #ChildSafety #K2P

School leaders, staff, and #educators can help reduce trauma's effects on children by:

➡️Recognizing trauma responses
➡️Accommodating & responding to traumatized students
➡️Referring children to outside professionals when necessary

More from National Child Traumatic Stress Network: nctsn.org/trauma-informe…

Keeping firearms locked, unloaded, and stored separately from ammunition in secure storage can significantly reduce the risk that children & teens would use the firearm to hurt themselves or others. Read more about safe storage in this fact sheet: go.dhs.gov/ooZ

Students report higher levels of school engagement when teachers demonstrate a variety of strong classroom management skills & make classroom content useful & relevant to them. Explore classroom management approaches from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health: go.dhs.gov/4Hi

Online child sexual exploitation is a growing crisis that demands our immediate attention. Know2Protect is a new campaign that combats this issue head-on and raises awareness about this crime. Visit know2protect.gov to learn more. #ChildSafety

#Know2Protect is dedicated to making the online world a safer place for children and teens. Together We Can Stop Online Child Exploitation™. Join the fight today by visiting know2protect.gov

🚌Bus & parent drop-off loops should be separate
🅿️Visitor parking should be in view of the administration & main entry

Learn more Crime Prevention through Environmental Design basics that can help deter threats to #SchoolSafety : nasbe.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/2019/01/Minnic…

NEW: Today, DHS launched Know2Protect, a public awareness campaign empowering adults and children to combat child online sexual exploitation and abuse. A kid’s online conversation can take just 19 seconds to turn dangerous.

Get involved & learn more: know2protect.gov

#SchoolSafety training may be focused on preventing an issue before it becomes a threat or responding to a threat/crisis when it arises. National Institute of Justice provides an overview of four common training topics and what the evidence says about their efficacy: go.dhs.gov/JkV

.OJP OVC offers a Vicarious Trauma Toolkit to aid professionals in lessening the personal physical, emotional, & mental impact that can occur when working with individuals exposed to traumatic events. go.dhs.gov/Zvh