Resource
Organizations
American School Health Association
Supports comprehensive school health programs
to protect and improve the well-being of children and youth.
Center
for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Provides information and assistance to
groups preventing adolescent violence, including links to violence
research sources and technical training.
Center
for the Prevention of School Violence
Provides information, program assistance,
and research about school violence prevention.
Children’s
Defense Fund
Offers helpful resources for parents,
community leaders, and school administrators seeking to understand
and reduce youth violence in schools and communities.
Connect
for Kids
Helps concerned adults become more informed
about various youth issues. Contains a searchable index of information
on topics including school safety and crime and violence.
Food
and Nutrition Services (FNS)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) increases food security and reduces hunger in partnership
with cooperating organizations by providing children and low-income
people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education
in a manner that supports American agriculture and inspires public
confidence. FNS's Eat
Smart. Play Hard™ and Team
Nutrition campaigns provide resources materials for teachers,
students, parents, and school nutrition professionals.
Hamilton
Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence
Serves as a national resource to test
the effectiveness of school violence prevention methods and to develop
more effective strategies. The Institute's goal is to determine
what works and what can be replicated to reduce violence in America's
schools and their communities.
Institute
for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Promotes interdisciplinary research into
the causes and prevention of violence, engages in the design and
implementation of community-based programs, and trains teachers,
law enforcement personnel, and other professionals on the principles
and practices related to violence prevention.
Join
Together Online
Provides national news updates and up-to-date
research findings on substance abuse and gun violence.
Leadership
to Keep Children Alcohol Free
Founded by the NIAAA and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, and spearheaded by more than 30 Governors’ spouses,
this national effort focuses on preventing alcohol use by 9- to
15-year olds.
National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
Provides original research, surveys, and
reports on substance abuse and prevention.
National
Crime Prevention Council
Enables people to create safer and more
caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence
and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur.
National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
Provides extensive information on drug
abuse and addiction, specific drugs, treatment, and news in the
substance abuse prevention field.
National
Network of Regional Educational Laboratories
Conducts research into various education
initiatives and provides technical assistance through a national
network of regional education research and development centers.
The Safetyzone
The Safetyzone is a clearinghouse for information and material related to school safety.
National School Safety Center
Provides school safety information and
violence prevention resources. Provides information, links, and
identifies strategies and programs which support safe schools for
school children worldwide.
National
Youth Gang Center
Expands and maintains information on gang-related
research and proper responses to gangs.
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Serves as a central source of information
on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research,
and statistics on violence committed by and against children and
teens. A collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and other federal agencies.
Partnership
for a Drug-Free America
Collaborates with community and corporate
partners to deliver national anti-drug advertising campaign and
other forms of anti-drug media communication, aiming to decrease
demand for drugs by changing societal attitudes that support, tolerate,
or condone drug use.
Partnerships
Against Violence Network
Provides a "virtual library"
of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data
from seven different Federal agencies.
Prevention
Institute
Presents methodologies and strategies
to strengthen and expand primary prevention practice.
The
Public Health Training Network: CDC & U.S. Department of Education
Collaborate to Help Schools Prepare for Possible Terrorism Webcast
The purpose of this Webcast, which was originally broadcast
in May 2002, was to encourage and enable state and local education,
health, emergency management, law enforcement, and homeland defense
agencies to jointly assure that schools are prepared to respond
to possible biological, chemical, and radiological terrorism.
Ready
Campaign
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s
Ready.gov is a citizen preparedness Web site that educates the public
on how to be prepared in case of a national emergency.
Students
Against Destructive Decisions
Prevents underage drinking and drug use
by focusing attention on the potentially life threatening consequences
of destructive decisions involving issues such as not wearing a
safety belt, smoking, steroid use, violence, and suicide.
"Take
A Stand. Lend A Hand. Stop Bullying Now!"
This campaign strives to educate more Americans
about how to prevent bullying and youth violence. Developed by HHS'
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in partnership
with more than 70 health, safety, education and faith-based organizations,
the campaign features a Web
site with information and resources for both children and adults. |
