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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.
The Safety Readiness Tool assists users in evaluating their school’s safety posture across ten elements and provides a tailored Action Plan with options for consideration, aligned resources, and grant opportunities specific to their individual school’s needs.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Office of Partner Engagement (OPE) offers a variety of resources, including instructional and informational pocket cards, active shooter incident reports, active shooter response brochures and pamphlets for law enforcement and civilians, and feature-length videos and documentaries to help viewers prepare for and respond to an active shooter threat.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) K-12 School Security Guide Product Suite is designed to provide K-12 districts and campuses with resources, tools, and strategies to improve school physical security. It includes a guide, web-based tool, and accompanying trainings to help school personnel assess vulnerabilities, strengthen security, and better protect against targeted violence and other threats.
This product from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), DHS, and FBI provides a list of observable behaviors that could help determine whether individuals are preparing to engage in violent extremist activities.
The U.S. Secret Service’s (USSS) National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) conducts research, training, and consultation on threat assessments and the prevention of targeted violence. NTAC publishes research examining all forms of targeted violence and produces guidance for establishing prevention programs. Law enforcement and public safety stakeholders are encouraged to leverage the free resources and research on the NTAC website. These resources examine attacks against government facilities and personnel, law enforcement, K-12 schools, colleges/universities, workplaces, and mass attacks in public spaces.
The Department of Labor (DOL) provides information, guidance, and training on assessing hazards in different settings and developing violence prevention plans for individual worksites. By assessing worksites, employers can identify methods for reducing the likelihood of incidents occurring and keep their employees safe.
The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) First Responder Toolbox is intended to support coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government officials and with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks. The toolbox includes best practices, fact sheets, and other resources to provide general awareness of, and consideration for information related to terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures, to increase awareness and understanding.
Do not report suspicious activity to the Department of Homeland Security. Instead, notify local law enforcement.