Safety

This resource is designed to help child welfare teams build shared understanding of psychological safety, its connection to safety science, and the conditions associated with psychologically safe teams. Users can engage in individual reflections, team activities, and discussion to explore strategies for fostering psychological safety on their team. Learn more.   ...

This report (PDF, 42 pages) presents a synthesis of select findings from National Institute of Justice-supported research projects on public mass shootings, including school mass shootings, and identifies areas of need and interest for future research and recommendations.  Learn more. 

This program provides qualified college or university students in intelligence or cybersecurity career paths the opportunity to work alongside highly skilled intelligence or cybersecurity professionals at DHS, gain hands-on technical experience, interact with experts and peers at professional development events and expand their professional network at national conferences. The program ...

This lesson plan contains student activities and teacher prompts to help teens make healthy choices about cannabis use. Learn more. 

This quiz tests players' knowledge on what causes drug overdoses and how to save a life using naloxone. Learn more. 

Application deadline: April 30, 2024  OVC is providing funding to print and disseminate copies of the resources in the Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials. These materials were designed to support children and youth during their involvement with the justice system as a victim or witness to a crime. They are ...

This guide aims to help parents understand and identify the current medications and popular nonapproved substances teens are misusing. The guide describes the problem of drug misuse among teens, where and how they are getting drugs, and misconceptions of prescription drug use. Learn more (PDF, 60 pages).  ...

Grants.gov Deadline: April 29, 2024, 11:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: May 6, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for research and program evaluation projects focusing on the intervention and prevention of intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States. This solicitation has two categories:  Research on ...

This toolkit (PDF, 32 pages) provides guidance to a wide range of individuals on preventing and responding to an overdose. The toolkit also emphasizes that harm reduction and access to treatment are essential aspects of overdose prevention and provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications and how ...

This nine-segment podcast series seeks to examine the roles and perspectives of first responders, marginalized communities, legal systems, and the role of OJJDP in the opioid crisis. The podcast series is a product of the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (OAYI), which supports juvenile and criminal justice systems to address the ...