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School Safety Resources

Resources for school safety and violence prevention, useful for safe school planning and implementation.

Safe Schools and Violence Prevention

California Healthy Kids Resource Center External link opens in new window or tab.

California Operation Lifesaver Rail Safety External link opens in new window or tab.

Center for Mental Health in Schools External link opens in new window or tab.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) External link opens in new window or tab.

Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF)

National School Safety and Security External link opens in new window or tab.

School Violence Prevention External link opens in new window or tab.

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention External link opens in new window or tab.

Other Violence Prevention

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence External link opens in new window or tab.

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence External link opens in new window or tab.

National Crime Prevention Council External link opens in new window or tab.

Search Institute External link opens in new window or tab.

Prevention of Hate Violence

Institute for Advancing Unity External link opens in new window or tab.

Planet Tolerance for Kids External link opens in new window or tab.

Simon Wiesenthal Center External link opens in new window or tab.

Southern Poverty Law Center External link opens in new window or tab.

The Museum of Tolerance External link opens in new window or tab.

Surveys and Statistics

California Healthy Kids Survey External link opens in new window or tab.

California Student Survey External link opens in new window or tab.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention External link opens in new window or tab.

Monitoring the Future Study External link opens in new window or tab.

Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Crime Data External link opens in new window or tab.

Questions:   Coordinated School Health and Safety Office | 916-319-0914
Last Reviewed: Friday, December 28, 2018
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