Announcements

This webpage provides resources on how the school system identifies, responds, and provides support to children, youth, and families exposed to domestic violence. The page also offers support to parents and caregivers who may be victims of domestic violence. Learn more.  

This site invites users to submit input on how to implement OJJDP’s current priority areas (PDF, 6 pages). This page is just one way that individuals and organizations can share feedback on the Office’s priorities – OJJDP has also been hosting a series of listening sessions and town halls with stakeholders, national partners, and youth throughout summer 2022. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 24 pages) highlights patterns of juvenile court referrals of more than 160,000 youth born in 2000. It also describes the demographic and case processing characteristics of youth referred to juvenile court. Learn more. 

Episodes one and two of the new five-part podcast series entitled Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers are now available. The first episode features a discussion of Rhode Island’s approach to kinship support services and the second episode focuses on Washington State’s approach to providing kinship support services. Topics discussed in the two episodes include but are not limited to: 

• Why kinship caregivers should be treated differently by agencies and caseworkers, and the specific challenges kinship caregivers face. 

• How to strengthen relationships between caseworkers and kinship caregivers. 

• Differences in formal and informal kinship caregivers and the differences caseworkers may have to navigate when working with each. 

• Cultural considerations caseworkers and others should be aware of when working with rural Latinx communities and families. 

Episodes are available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and SoundCloud.  

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of drug court and other problem-solving court program models for adults and youth alike. The document provides information on available guidance, programs, and research resources with hyperlinks to current training and technical assistance providers and relevant documents. Learn more. 

This study examined whether the proportion of children and adolescents who are at risk for mental disorders is similar over time. Findings can be used for community-level planning to support the mental health of children and adolescents and provide prevention and intervention services when needed. Learn more.  

This article offers healthy ways for children and teens to cope with stress. It addresses sources of stress for adolescents and teens and how to recognize the signs of stress, provides stress management tools for teens, and discusses how parents or guardians and psychologists can help. Learn more. 

This tool is available for schools to estimate how they can reduce virus particles, including COVID-19 particles, in classrooms year-round. The tool shows how simple methods, including running HEPA air purifiers, increasing the use of outdoor air in HVAC systems when possible, and running exhaust fans, can reduce virus particles. Learn more. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide nearly $1 billion in additional funding to schools to support the purchase of American-grown foods for their meal programs. The $943 million boost from the Department is provided through USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation. Funds will be distributed by state agencies to schools across the country, so they can purchase domestically grown foods for their meal programs. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 71 pages) uses data from the 2019 School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) to show the relationship between bullying victimization and other variables of interest, such as: 

• the reported presence of gangs, guns, drugs, alcohol, and hate-related graffiti at school; 

• select security measures;  

• student criminal victimization; and 

• personal fear, avoidance behaviors, fighting, and weapon-carrying at school. 

Learn more. 

SchoolSafety.gov offers a collection of tools and resources for K-12 leaders, staff, and other members of the school community to assist in their safety and security planning efforts. Examples of such tools and resources include the following: 

• Grants Finder Tool: Supports K-12 schools and districts in more easily locating and determining the applicability of funding opportunities to keep school communities safe 

• Safety Readiness Tool: Assists users in evaluating their respective school’s safety posture across ten elements and provides a personalized action plan with options for consideration 

• State Information Sharing Tool: Enables schools to locate and access state-specific school safety programs, contacts, and opportunities 

• Resource Library: Provides actionable resources, guidance, training, and fact sheets that can be filtered by audience, intended application, topic, and more 

• Calendar of Events: Features upcoming webinars, training sessions, and conferences for school safety personnel, administrators, educators, and parents 

Learn more.  

This article (PDF, 131 pages) reviews the literature on non-financial interventions for improving college access and success ranging from discreet and narrowly defined interventions to comprehensive and multifaceted programs and systemic-level solutions. Learn more. 

This Views from the Field article reviews data collection processes and findings from a study conducted every three years between 1979 and 2021, which focused on the nature and scope of campus efforts to address drug and alcohol misuse. The page explores ongoing progress in the field revealed through the study, areas of remaining concern, and next steps for anyone seeking to truly address campus drug and alcohol misuse and related problems. Learn more. 

This study (PDF, 65 pages) provides new information about the experiences of LGBTQ people who have attended four-year college or graduate school using data collected from the nationally representative Access to Higher Education Survey. Information about campus climate, experiences of belonging, discrimination, violence, mental health, educational aspirations, and sources of financial support were explored for LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ people ages 18 to 40. Learn more.  

This report (PDF, 16 pages) is the third in the Some College, No Credential (SCNC) report series, which seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of U.S. adults who left postsecondary education without receiving a postsecondary credential and are no longer enrolled. The report identifies the levels of opportunity within each state for re-engaging SCNC students in the postsecondary attainment pipeline by tracking SCNC student outcomes annually (e.g., “Re-Enrollment” after stop-out, completion of “First Credential,” and “Perseverance” as indicated by continuous enrollment beyond first re-enrollment). Learn more. 

This study examines the association between food insecurity and perceived health, perceived stress, and social determinants of health concerns among elementary school teachers serving predominantly low-income children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more. 

This page discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), a major predictor of suicidal thoughts and behavior, among college and university students. A collection of resources (PDF, 1 page) for students who self-injure is provided in addition to an outline of the roles that students, administrators, and campus staff in support roles (e.g., campus physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, residence hall staff) can play in mitigating risk for NSSI. Learn more.  

This podcast recording and transcription highlights Captain Jeffrey A. Coady, Psy.D., Acting Director of Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). During the interview, Dr. Coady discusses the following:  

• The four elements of a modern substance use prevention system 

• How colleges and universities can emphasize primary prevention messaging to all segments of the campus population 

• Ways in which colleges and universities can collaborate with their surrounding communities on a number of high-profile awareness campaigns 

 Learn more.  

This FAQ (PDF, 6 pages) provides answers and examples of allowable uses of Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) for supporting students’ mental health and substance use disorder needs. The examples are not exhaustive, but they are intended to illustrate a wide range of evidence-based best practices for meeting the growing and diverse mental health needs of today’s students. Learn more (PDF, 6 pages). 

This website offers an overview of the different types of firearm injuries, prevalence of firearm injuries — including among teens and young adults, and consequences of firearm violence. The page also provides guidance on defensive gun use, firearm violence prevention, and safe firearm storage. Learn more.