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CDC Resources
CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
DASH strives to prevent serious health risk behaviors among children,
adolescents, and young adults. The division also offers many resources on
preventing violence in schools.
National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence (ACEs)
CDC has established 10 ACEs to serve as models for youth violence
prevention. ACEs monitor youth violence, support the development and
application of effective youth violence prevention programs, foster
collaboration between academic researchers and communities, and mobilize and
empower communities to address youth violence. Funded Centers are:
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Columbia University Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center
Johns Hopkins University Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
University of California, Berkeley: Center on Culture, Immigration, and Violence Prevention
University of Illinois College of Medicine: Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
University of Hawaii: Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center
Virginia Commonwealth University Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence;
National Youth Violence
Prevention Resource Center
The Resource Center is an online source for information and materials
gathered from institutions, community-based organizations, and federal
agencies working to prevent violence among our nation's youth. The Center's
website, toll-free hotline, and fax-on-demand service offer access to
information about prevention programs, publications, research and
statistics, and fact sheets.
Other Federal Resources
Afterschool.gov
Afterschool.gov is a one-stop website connecting the public, and particularly
afterschool providers, to federal resources that support children and youth during
out-of-school time. A great range of resources is included on Afterschool.gov, including
issues that face America's youth, and information about starting and operating an afterschool
program. Afterschool.gov includes resources from a variety of federal agencies, including a searchable
database of federal funding sources.
Department of Education
The Department of Education seeks to ensure equal access to education and
promote educational excellence nationwide. The agency provides a variety of
resources on school safety and youth violence prevention that are
appropriate for parents, teachers and school administrators.
Helping America's Youth
Helping America's Youth is a nationwide effort to raise awareness about
the challenges facing our youth, particularly at-risk boys, and to motivate caring
adults to connect with youth in three key areas: family, school, and community.
As the leader of the Helping America's Youth effort, Mrs. Laura Bush is highlighting
programs which are effectively helping America's young people.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
This service offers an extensive source of information on criminal and
juvenile justice, providing a collection of clearinghouses supporting all
bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, and the Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center.
National Youth Gang Center
The proliferation of gang problems in large and small cities, suburbs, and even
rural areas over the last two decades led to the development of a comprehensive,
coordinated response to America's gang problem by the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The OJJDP response involves five major components,
one of which is the implementation and operation of the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC).
The purpose of the NYGC is to assist policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their
efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources,
practical tools, and expertise towards the development and implementation of effective gang
prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.
National Gang Center
The National Gang Center is a collaborative effort between the Office of Justice Programs'
Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
This web site features the latest information about anti-gang programs and links to a wide
range of resources.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Protection
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides
national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to
juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports state and community
efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and
intervention programs. OJJDP also seeks to improve the juvenile justice
system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and
provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of
juveniles and their families.
Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now Campaign
The Stop Bullying Now website lists information and resources on how to
identify and prevent bullying in schools. The site is produced by the Health
Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
Additional Online Resources
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association and MTV are encouraging young people
to become proactive in identifying the warning signs of violent behavior in
themselves and their peers.
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
The Center for the Prevention of School Violence serves as a resource and
think tank for efforts that promote safer schools and foster positive youth
development. The Center provides information and technical assistance to
stakeholders involved with safe schools and youth development.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
University of Colorado at Boulder
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence works from a
multidisciplinary platform on violence to bridge gaps between the research
community, practitioners and policy makers. An
Information House
collects research literature on the causes and prevention of violence and
provides direct information. In 1996, the Center initiated a project to
identify violence prevention programs that met high scientific standards of
program effectiveness and could provide the foundation for developing a
national violence prevention initiative. The results,
Blueprints,
describe 11 practical and effective violence prevention programs that have
effectively reduced adolescent violent crime, aggression, delinquency, and
substance abuse. Another 18 programs have been identified as
promising
programs.
Children's Defense Fund
Education and Youth Development Division
The goal of Children's Defense Fund's Education and Youth Development
Division is to give every child a safe start in life. The Division does so
by identifying and promoting programs and policies that keep children out of
trouble, protect them from violence, and provide them with a safe and
productive learning environment.
Children's Safety Network
National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
The Children's Safety Network provides resources and technical assistance to
maternal and child health agencies and organizations seeking to reduce
unintentional injuries and violence toward children and adolescents. This is
one of four Children's Safety Network Resource Centers funded by the
Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
National Alliance for Safe Schools
This website promotes the National Alliance for Safe Schools and its central
goal: to make schools' educational environments safe and orderly.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data facilitates and encourages
research in criminal justice. It does so by preserving and sharing data
resources and providing specialized training in quantitative analysis of
crime and justice data.
National Mental Health and Education Center
This public service program of the National Association of School
Psychologists provides resources for safe-school programs and crisis
response and offers information on current issues and programs.
National School Safety Center
The Center provides training materials on school crime prevention and
safe-school planning to educators, law enforcers, and other professionals
who work with youth. Educational information is also provided for parents.
The Prevention Institute
Urban
Networks to
Increase
Thriving
Youth through Violence Prevention
Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth through Violence Prevention (UNITY) is a
national initiative designed to strengthen and support cities in preventing violence before
it occurs and to help sustain these efforts.
Youth Violence: Prevention Training and Outreach
American Medical Association
Connecting the Dots to Prevent Youth Violence: A Training and Outreach Guide
for Physicians and other Health Professionals was developed to help
physicians and others discuss youth violence with professional and community
groups.
Page last modified: July 11, 2008