Preventing Terrorism and Targeted Violence
Protecting the American people from terrorist threats is the reason DHS was created, and remains our highest priority.
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First Amendment Activity at Academic Institutions
To ensure peaceful protests and safe conduct on educational campuses during First Amendment-protected activities, DHS recommends institution leadership take proactive steps to prepare the campus ecosystem, communicate policies and procedures, and respond by taking both a whole-of-community, human centric approach and enforcing campus policies, as necessary.
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Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Practice
The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has created this prevention resource to provide education on behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) and its benefits in targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP).
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Preventing Targeted Violence Saves Lives — and Money
This publication illustrates estimated costs of targeted violence and compares those costs to those of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program, which supports training programs to help people headed down a path toward violence.
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Invent2Prevent Other Digital Graphics
Download this year’s I2P ready-to-use digital graphics (website graphics, rotational information slide, and email signature).
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Invent2Prevent Social Media Shareables
Help amplify the incredible work of Invent2Prevent students by downloading social media graphics designed to spread awareness. These visuals spotlight their valuable contributions to preventing targeted violence and terrorism, inspiring change in schools and communities nationwide.
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Partnerships Resource Guide
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Partnerships team developed this comprehensive resource guide, leveraging resources across the federal government.
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Federal Campus Safety Resources
The federal government maintains a broad range of campus safety resources that you can draw on based on your needs. This fact sheet provides additional information on these resources and includes email addresses to request any services or information you might require.
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Resources for Swatting and Hoax Threats
The resources attached help swatting calls and hoax threats and provide proactive steps to take to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a related incident.
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Enhancing Behavioral Threat Assessment and Case Management Capabilities
Through federal grant funding and technical assistance, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has supported the development of dozens of behavioral threat assessment and management teams (BTAMTs) in communities across the United States. Based on this work and engagement with experts, researchers, and practitioners, this Prevention Resource outlines how behavioral threat assessment and case management models may benefit by adopting a public health-informed approach to targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP). It also summarizes emerging practices in case management techniques to build practitioner capacity at all levels of violence prevention. A case study describes how these recommendations can be put into practice.
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Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Partner Resource Guide
This list of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resources provides a comprehensive overview of targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP) funding, technical assistance, regional contacts, training, and educational materials to help keep your community safe. Provided by the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3).