The resources listed below are intended to assist schools and communities in developing and enhancing school crisis and emergency management plans. The list in not exhaustive, nor is inclusion intended as an endorsement by the Virginia Department of Education.
A. FEDERAL RESOURCES
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
http://www.fema.gov
U. S. Department of Education, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.org
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
http://www.usdoj.gov/cops
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
http://www.samhsa.gov/cmhs/htm
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
http://www.samhsa.gov/csap/index.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Adolescent and School Heath (DASH) - www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash
Division of Violence Prevention - www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov.Appendix E: Resources
B. NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 442
Boulder, CO 80309-0442
(303) 492-1032
www.colorado.edu/UCB/Research/cspv
Community Policing Consortium
1726 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Publications - 1-800-421-6770
www.communitypolicing.org
National Association of Elementary School Principals
1615 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3483
(703) 684-3345
www.naesp.org
National Association of Secondary School Principals
1904 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
(703) 860-0200
www.nassp.org
National PTA
330 North Wabash Avenue
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60611-3690
1-800-4PTA
www.pta.org
National Law-Related Education Resource Center
www.abanet.org/publiced/nlr.
National Safe Schools Resource Center
www.nwrel.org/safe/index
National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org.Appendix E: Resources
National School Safety Center
www.nssc1.org
National Youth Gang Center
www.iir.com/nygc
Partnerships Against Violence Network (PAVNET)
www.pavnet.org
C. VIRGINIA RESOURCES
Center for School-Community Collaboration, Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.vcu.edu/eduweb/grants/cscc
Virginia Department of Education
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/
Virginia Department of Emergency Services
http://www.vdes.state.va.us
Virginia Effective Practices Project
http://www.jmu.edu/cisat/vepp
Virginia State Police
http://www.vsp.state.va.us
Virginia Youth Violence Project
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/centers/youthvio/.
D. ONLINE DOCUMENTS
Annual Report on School Safety, 1998
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/AnnSchoolRept98
Bullying Prevention Kit
http://www.jmu.edu/cisat/vepp
Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools
http://www.ncjrs.org/jjvict.htm
Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools,
Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings
http://www.ncjrs.org/jjdp.htm
Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools: An Action Guide
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/actguid/index
Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn
Manual to Combat Truancy
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Truancy
Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn�t, What�s Promising
http://www.ncjrs.org
Safe and Smart: Making the After-School Hours Work for Kids
www.ed.gov/pubs/SafeandSmart