Announcements

This poster, available for download in three sizes, helps families who have lost their homes to foreclosure understand the rights and protections their children may receive under the McKinney-Vento Act. Learn more.

This activity teaches students about music, astronomy, and coding by asking them to create a musical solar system. This lesson can be leveled for various grades and skill levels. Learn more.  

This publication helps communities safely and effectively integrate behavioral health crisis response systems. The framework provides practical guidance on reducing legal risk, clarifying roles, strengthening partnerships, and improving coordination between 988 and 911 to ensure people in crisis receive timely, appropriate, and compassionate care. Learn more.

In this webinar recording, presenters cover effective partnerships between schools and community organizations to better serve children and youth experiencing homelessness (CYEH). The webinar provides an overview of statutory requirements that establish a framework for cross-systems collaboration to support the academic and non-academic needs of CYEH; presents effective strategies and tools for building successful partnerships and frameworks that remove barriers to educational and housing stability for CYEH; and highlights promising practices and examples of effective collaboration between school and community partners to address the interconnected issues faced by CYEH. Learn more.

This guide (PDF, 8 pages) provides information and initial action steps for new campus-based substance misuse prevention professionals. Campus-based prevention professionals focus on promoting student well-being, minimizing substance use, misuse, and related harms, and strengthening campus environments through systematic planning, implementation, and evaluation. They also work with partners both on and off campus to address alcohol and drug use and misuse issues with the goal of building a healthy, safe environment for all students. Learn more (PDF, 8 pages).  

This guide describes the signs of mental health conditions in children, explains how parents and caregivers can respond if they have concerns about their children’s mental health, and discusses how childhood mental health disorders are diagnosed and treated. Early treatment can help children manage their symptoms and support their social and emotional well-being. Learn more. 

This tool addresses federal requirements to gather and share reliable, valid, and comprehensive data on children and youth experiencing homelessness (CYEH) while providing context on available data points and their uses. It also includes an editable Homeless Education Data Sheet with space for national, state, and local-level data customization that can be populated to build awareness around the unique experiences of CYEH. Learn more.

This curated database identifies no-cost cybersecurity services and tools to help reduce cybersecurity risk across U.S. critical infrastructure partners and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. Learn more.

This guide (PDF, 28 pages) defines key terms and concepts around cyberbullying and offers practical advice to help parents, caregivers, and youth respond to cyberbullying. It concludes with research summaries providing more information about the topic. Learn more (PDF, 28 pages).

This poster (PDF, 1 page) helps youth understand the McKinney-Vento Act and the rights it may grant them. The poster also describes situations under which a family might be covered under the McKinney-Vento Act. Learn more.  

This guide (PDF, 8 pages) identifies ways that faculty members can contribute to substance misuse prevention efforts and promote the health and safety of the campus community. Because faculty members interact regularly and directly with students, they are uniquely positioned to recognize students in distress from substance misuse and to intervene when they need it most. Beyond supporting students when they are in distress, there are important steps faculty members can take before students develop problems. Effective, evidence-based prevention efforts result in fewer students experiencing substance-related problems and an improved learning environment in the classroom. These efforts are most successful when all members of the campus community, including faculty members, are actively involved. Learn more (PDF, 8 pages)

This resource guide (PDF, 10 pages) provides fire and burn prevention resources to help state, jurisdiction, and local health departments and their partners expand their prevention efforts. Learn more (PDF, 10 pages).

This poster (PDF, 1 page) helps parents understand the McKinney-Vento Act and the rights it may grant their children. The poster also describes situations under which a family might be covered under the McKinney-Vento Act. Learn more.

This Kahoot game tests students computer science knowledge with quiz questions from and about NASA. Learn more.

This webpage provides resources and information about preventing traumatic brain injuries among children. Learn more.

This resource (PDF, 4 pages) outlines a range of actions that  K–12 school communities can take to prevent and address bullying and cyberbullying. A multi-faceted and community-based school program that includes strategies to support student mental health can also help mitigate the impacts of bullying behavior and bolster bullying prevention-related activities. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages).  

This classification system for prior-to-secondary and secondary school courses can be used to compare course information, maintain longitudinal data about student coursework, and efficiently exchange course-taking records. It is based on a five-digit Course Code that provides a basic structure for classifying course content. Additional elements and attributes provide descriptive information about each course. Learn more.  

This guide (PDF, 12 pages) provides college professionals with information to help them learn how to plan, implement, and evaluate effective substance misuse prevention efforts. Learn more (PDF, 12 pages).  

This webinar recording focuses on programs—such as the Secret Service’s Child Safety Outreach Programs and the Department of Homeland Security’s Know2Protect—aimed at creating healthy and safe spaces for children and adolescents. Learn more.

This website provides information about initiatives that encourage youth health and fitness, including the Presidential Fitness Test, the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the new Dietary Guidelines. Beginning fall 2026, schools across the country will administer the Presidential Fitness Test using updated, age-appropriate standards that measure strength, endurance, speed, and agility while encouraging progress and personal improvement.

Learn more.