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Connect with experts in communities across the country to access resources and services for keeping your community safe, including security assessments, educational tools, and physical security enhancements.

Find ideas and best practices regarding a range of threats and challenges, including violence against K-12 schools, campuses, faith-based organizations, churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship, health care providers, and other infrastructure; bullying; substance abuse; domestic violence; race-based violence and hate crimes; active shooters; bomb threats; financial crimes; cybersecurity threats, and much more. 

Community support tools are available for educators, law enforcement, health care practitioners, behavioral and mental health professionals, faith-based organizations, affinity organizations, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.

Each set of resources below is searchable by keyword. You can also filter the results to see the resources most relevant to different stakeholder groups (key audience) and which department/agency/office provided the resource, as well as filter by subcategory.

All the information in the Prevention Resource Finder is government-owned or sponsored.

  • Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence & Analysis, National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Office

    The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Office provides law enforcement and homeland security partners with resources and training to assist in identifying and preventing targeted violence and mass casualty incidents, including terrorism. NTER is the program and training lead for the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) to assist partners in identifying, reporting, and sharing suspicious activity. NTER’s Master Trainer Program certifies federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners in behavioral threat assessment and management to assist local communities in building capacity to prevent terrorism and targeted violence.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and Terrorism
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)
    Key Audience(s):
    Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
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  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Power of Hello Campaign

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Power of Hello campaign assists security and non-security personnel easily identify observable suspicious behaviors. Its basic principle is that simply saying “Hello” can prompt a casual conversation with individuals to help determine if there is a potential for nefarious action. The product leverages an “OHNO” approach – Observe, Initiate a Hello, Navigate the Risk, and Obtain Help – to prompt individuals to observe and evaluate suspicious behaviors, recognize, and mitigate potential risk, and secure help.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Public Awareness Campaigns
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
    Key Audience(s):
    K-12 Schools/Colleges/Universities, Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, General Public, Health Care, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Department of Homeland Security If You See Something, Say Something® Campaign

    Informed and alert communities play a critical role in keeping our country safe. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) If You See Something, Say Something® campaign partners include state, local, tribal, and territorial governments who are essential to increasing awareness about how to report suspicious activity to prevent acts of violence and provides guidance to the public on how to report suspicious activity.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Public Awareness Campaigns
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
    Key Audience(s):
    K-12 Schools/Colleges/Universities, Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, General Public, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation Resource Booklet for Reproductive Health Care Providers and Their Staffs

    This booklet from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in coordination with other partners on the National Task Force on Violence against Reproductive Health Care Providers, contains information about proactive security measures to reduce risk and prevent violence against reproductive health care personnel and facilities.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division (CRT), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    Key Audience(s):
    Health Care
    Last Updated:

  • Department of Justice Hate Crimes Website

    The Department of Justice created this website as a centralized portal for all its hate crimes resources for law enforcement, media, researchers, victims, advocacy groups, and other interested organizations and individuals.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Discrimination/Hate Crimes Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ)
    Key Audience(s):
    General Public
    Last Updated:

  • Raising Awareness of Hate Crimes and Hate Incidents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    On May 20, 2022, the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a new guidance document with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), aimed at raising awareness of hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guidance provides an overview of the rise of hate crimes and hate incidents during the pandemic, including a surge of hate crimes and hate incidents against Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, and several steps that law enforcement, government officials, and others can take to raise awareness of increased hate crimes and incidents, and to use increased awareness as a tool for the prevention of and response to hate crimes.

    Categories:
    Evidence-Based Research, Community Support Resources, Discrimination/Hate Crimes Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
    Key Audience(s):
    General Public, Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, Health Care, K-12 Schools/Colleges/Universities, Law Enforcement, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Department of Justice United States Attorney’s Office: Preventing Terrorism and Targeted Violence Fact Sheet

    This fact sheet provides an overview of the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) functions and outlines how through engagement with local communities (e.g., schools, houses of worship, private industry), USAOs help stakeholders prevent, reduce, prepare for, and respond to acts of terrorism and targeted violence.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA)
    Key Audience(s):
    K-12 Schools/Colleges/Universities, Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, General Public, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks Guide

    This guide supports community planning for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTAs), which includes leveraging expertise and capabilities across communities to help prepare for attacks. The guide outlines how to design collaborative planning teams and identify threats.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
    Key Audience(s):
    Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency What To Do – Bomb Threat Guidance

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) What To Do – Bomb Threat Guidance outlines in-depth procedures for either bomb threats and unattended or suspicious items along with additional planning and resource information that will help you prepare and react appropriately during these events, including incident in which multiple or mass threats are received.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
    Key Audience(s):
    K-12 Schools/Colleges/Universities, Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, General Public, Health Care, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Targeted Violence and Terrorism Tabletop Exercise Packages

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Tabletop Exercise Packages (CTEP) provide a range of downloadable exercise packages to assist organizations conduct exercises on their own. Includes all the scenarios, discussion questions, and templates that can be tailored to the organization’s needs. Available scenarios cover a range of targeted violence and terrorism-related topics including active shooters, vehicle ramming, improvised explosive devices, and more.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
    Key Audience(s):
    K-12 Schools/Colleges/Universities, Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:
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Do not report suspicious activity to the Department of Homeland Security. Instead, notify local law enforcement.