Additional Resources

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*
• Meharry Medical College*
• University of California, Berkeley: Center on Culture, Immigration, and Violence Prevention*
• University of California, Riverside: Southern California Academic Center of Excellence on Youth 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.