Publications

This comprehensive model is designed to help practitioners and policymakers understand how the strategies they choose may be related to a larger context of school safety.

Our 2022 Needs Assessment report highlights what we learned from our survey of grantees and the trainings those results informed.

An NIJ-funded assessment of the relative benefits of broader mental health services yields mixed results, underscoring implementation challenges.

This publication from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides an overview of the literature on school safety in the United States, with a focus on equity.

These guidelines from SAMHSA offer information for the design and development of services that meet the needs of children, youth, and their families experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

This CRS toolkit contains best practices, strategies, and resources for supporting safe and inclusive K-12 educational environments, free of harassment and discrimination.

This NIJ report details the model and best practices for comprehensive school safety determined through four years of research conducted under the NIJ's Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.

This National Institute of Justice (NIJ) report on the state of school policing in the United States examines the current role of police in schools and provides recommendations on how they can better serve the needs of students.

This report commissioned by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) takes a comprehensive look at the state of the research on school violence and includes additional discussions about research on serious violence and studies that were funded by NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.

NIJ-supported researchers have created the first open-source database of U.S. school shootings to better understand the causes of school-related gun violence and identify intervention points.

Our 2021 Needs Assessment report highlights what we learned from our survey of grantees and the trainings those results informed.

This report from the U.S. Department of Education provides focused information and resources to enhance the promotion of mental health and social and emotional well-being among students.

This school safety and crisis resource by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) examines the evidence-based best practices of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) in a K-12 school setting.

This Fact Sheet from whitehouse.gov describes the various federal approaches being taken to address youth mental health and substance use.

This report by the National School Health Collaborative (NSHC) is a systemic review of federal programs, initiatives, and funding streams that support school health work.

Understanding school safety needs and concerns through school superintendents focus group discussions