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Resource: Critical Incident Preparedness Toolkit: Assessing Capacity to Respond to Active Assailant Events 

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This self-assessment tool (PDF, 85 pages) is designed to assist public safety and emergency response professionals, school administrators and security professionals, elected officials, and communities in considering potential active shooter scenarios and options for dealing with them. The tool proposes questions to determine an agency’s preparedness status in seven categories, offers guidance to inform next steps, and recommends resources for improving policies and practices to reduce community potential for mass violence, swiftly respond to incidents, and enhance trauma and support services in their wake. Learn more. 

Resource: Incorporating Suicide Prevention Where We Live, Work, and Play 

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This resource describes how essential needs impact suicide risk and provides ways to incorporate suicide prevention where people live, work, and play. Designed for state and territorial suicide prevention professionals and community and organizational leaders, this resource offers information and considerations to address essential needs that can impact suicide risk. Learn more.  

Resource: Transporting Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness 

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This brief (PDF, 12 pages) summarizes the key provisions related to the transportation of children and youth experiencing homelessness (CYEH) included in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, resources for funding transportation, and strategies to support the efficient transportation of CYEH.  Learn more. 

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