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Youth Violence Prevention

The Federal government is committed to reducing school violence. The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative is an unprecedented collaborative grant program designed to prevent violence and substance abuse among our Nation’s youth, schools, and communities. The Initiative is supported by three Federal agencies—the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (through SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services), the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Through grants made to local education authorities, the SS/HS Initiative provides schools and communities across the United States with the benefit of enhanced school and community-based services in an effort to strengthen healthy child development, thus reducing violent behavior and substance use. Since 1999, over 150 communities have received and benefited from SS/HS grants. Find out more.

Updated 09/15