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/Behavioral Health, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 03/23/2023
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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: 03/23/2023
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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/Behavioral Health, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 05/23/2023
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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: 03/23/2023
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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/Behavioral Health, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 03/23/2023
Department of the Treasury Domestic Violent Extremism Financing Resources

The Domestic Violent Extremism (DVE) landing page is a collection of reports and assessments on DVE activity that serve as a resource for private and public sector entities seeking to develop an understanding of DVEs, their foreign counterparts, and associated financial activity. The resources are intended to enhance the identification and analysis of financial activity associated with domestic terrorists and their foreign counterparts, as well as enhancing engagement with financial institutions on domestic terrorist financing. Financial institutions in particular may use these in developing their financial crime risk assessments or enhancing their own Anti Money Laundering /Counter Terrorist Financing monitoring systems. They can also support federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement in analyzing DVE financial activity in their investigations, and other government and non-government organizations that are supporting a range of terrorism and violence prevention efforts.

Categories:
Community Support Resources, Threat Identification and Assessment Guidance
Dept/Org/Agency:
Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
Key Audience(s):
Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 05/11/2023
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency De-Escalation Series for Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) De-Escalation Series for Critical Infrastructure Owners and Operators contains four products to assist in recognizing the warning signs of someone on a path to violence: assess if the situation or person of concern is escalating; de-escalate the situation currently taking place; and report the situation through organizational reporting or 9-1-1 for immediate threats.

Categories:
Community Support Resources, Prevention and Preparedness Training
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, Mental/Behavioral Health, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 03/23/2023
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Regional Directors

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Regional Offices work to improve the delivery of behavioral health services. Regional Directors collaborate with federal partners and lead behavioral health initiatives across every level of government that advance prevention, treatment, and recovery. Connect with SAMHSA regional offices for technical assistance that advances behavior health in communities and engaging target audiences.

Categories:
Community Support Resources, Field Staff
Dept/Org/Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Key Audience(s):
Education, Faith-Based Organizations, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Mental/Behavioral Health, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 03/23/2023
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Protective Security Advisors

Protective Security Advisors (PSAs) within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) assist critical infrastructure owners and operators, houses of worship, schools, and other organizations with conducting physical security assessments, enhancing emergency action planning, supporting incident coordination, and providing access to training and exercise resources. For more information or to contact your local PSA, please contact central@cisa.dhs.gov.

Categories:
Community Support Resources, Field Staff
Dept/Org/Agency:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Key Audience(s):
Education, Faith-Based Organizations, General Public, Law Enforcement, State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Government
Last Updated: 03/23/2023
Federal Bureau of Investigations Local Threat Management and Active Shooter Coordinators

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a Threat Management Coordinator (TMC) and Active Shooter Coordinator in each Field Office who serve as the point of contact at the local level for threat assessment and threat management-related matters, and the FBI’s active shooter program. All TMCs receive advanced training, mentoring, continuing education, and support from the FBI’s national-level Behavioral Threat Assessment Center. If you are interested in learning more about ways to build a threat assessment and management team or for active shooter information, connect with local FBI field offices nationwide.

Categories:
Community Support Resources, Field Staff
Dept/Org/Agency:
Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Key Audience(s):
Law Enforcement
Last Updated: 03/23/2023

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