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Community Support Resources

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Connect with experts in communities across the country to access available resources and services, including security assessments, educational tools, and physical security enhancements. Access extensive educational materials, for both organizations and individuals, to provide your organization with best practices for keeping your community safe. Community support tools are available for educators, law enforcement, health care practitioners, behavioral and mental health professionals, faith-based organizations, affinity organizations, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.

Each set of resources below is searchable by keyword. You can also filter the results to see the resources most relevant to different stakeholder groups (key audience) and which department/agency/office provided the resource, as well as filter by subcategory.

All the information in the Prevention Resource Finder is government-owned or sponsored.

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    Department of Homeland Security CP3 Regional Prevention Coordinators

    Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has Regional Prevention Coordinators (RPCs) across the United States to help establish and support prevention efforts at the local level. RPCs help to deliver CP3’s trainings, connect prevention practitioners, and build networks that can support local prevention efforts. RPCs also help to keep CP3 informed of local efforts, innovative approaches, and techniques used to engage the community in prevention activities and share promising practices within their networks.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Field Staff
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3)
    Key Audience(s):
    Education, Faith-Based Organizations, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:
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    Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Forces & National Joint Terrorism Task Force

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) & National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) serve as our nation's front line of defense against terrorism, both international and domestic. These task forces develop relationships within law enforcement and public safety officials in communities before a crisis by conducting frequent trainings to maintain the specialized skills of investigators, analysts, and crisis response teams.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and Terrorism
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    Key Audience(s):
    Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:
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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Violence Prevention in Practice Resources

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed resources to help states and communities take advantage of the best available evidence to prevent violence. This includes technical implementation guidance, tools, tip sheets, and resources to implement violence prevention plans including planning, partnerships, policy efforts, strategies and approaches, adaptation, implementation, and evaluation to prevent violence. 

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    Key Audience(s):
    Education, Health Care, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:
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    Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks

    This in-depth FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) publication consolidates academic research and operational expertise focused on preventing acts of targeted violence, with a focus on identifying, assessing, and managing the threat of targeted attacks.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    Key Audience(s):
    Education, General Public, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:
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    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Active Shooter Preparedness Resources

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Active Shooter Preparedness Resources provide products, tools, and resources to help prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident. These resources are focused on behavioral indicators, potential attack methods, emergency action plan development, actions that may be taken to increase probability of survival, and how to quickly recover from an incident.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Active Shooter Guidance
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
    Key Audience(s):
    Education, Faith-Based Organizations, General Public, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Human Services, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:

  • Domestic Extremism: No One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Disengagement from Extremism Activity or Beliefs, Study Finds

    National Institute of Justice (NIJ) supported research notes stark division in extremism disengagement pathways for persons with and without prison experience.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
    Key Audience(s):
    General Public, Law Enforcement
    Last Updated:

  • Research in Brief – Community Policing Strategies to Prevent Violent Extremism

    This report presents the findings and methodology of research that examined issues in the use of community policing strategies to prevent violent extremism.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and Terrorism
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
    Key Audience(s):
    General Public, Law Enforcement
    Last Updated:

  • Understanding Domestic Radicalization and Terrorism

    Understanding why and how people radicalize, as well as what can be done to prevent radicalization or intervene during the process, are key to countering violent extremism.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and Terrorism
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
    Key Audience(s):
    General Public
    Last Updated:

  • The National Counterterrorism Center Terrorism Prevention Brochure

    This Brochure offers law enforcement and public safety personnel an overview of terrorism prevention and how to get involved in mitigating radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization to violent extremism.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources, Targeted Violence and Terrorism
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
    Key Audience(s):
    General Public, Law Enforcement
    Last Updated:

  • Office for Partnership and Engagement

    The Office for Partnership and Engagement (OPE) includes both the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Academic Engagement who support engagements with critical partners at all levels of government. OPE also seeks to build, deepen, and operationalize relationships with the academic community on how to prevent targeted violence and terrorism.

    Categories:
    Community Support Resources
    Dept/Org/Agency:
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for Partnership and Engagement (OPE)
    Key Audience(s):
    Education, Faith-Based Organizations, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
    Last Updated:
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