This book provides a practical framework for creating a comprehensive screening process for staff and volunteers. It is the updated version of NRMC’s Staff Screening Tool Kit, 3^rd Edition

This was developed with input from the National Center for Safety Initiatives, the NCYS-endorsed background check provider.

These guidelines provide an in-depth look at the details that make up criminal background checks for staff and volunteers, as well as addressing other important steps in the screening process. Much of the information was derived from the findings of the U.S. PROTECT Act of 2003.

This publication provides a framework and easily-understood strategies for youth-serving to prevent child sexual abuse.

Darkness to Light (D2L) has been a leader for almost two decades by providing low-cost, online and on-site training to increase awareness of child sexual abuse.  D2L also funds research on child sexual abuse and makes this information available for free on their website.

These are among the first guidelines developed by a state education department that specifically address how school design can prevent opportunities for sexual abuse at school.

The REMS-TA Center is operated under contract with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools.  It provides free, online training programs with certifications of attendance.

The Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP) addresses one-on-one interactions, social media and electronic communications, travel: local and team, locker rooms and changing areas and massages, rubdowns and athletic training modalities.

This free program teaches online safety and digital citizenship to K-12 students, parents and educators. Originally created in the 1990s in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, it is one of the oldest online safety programs for youth.

The Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) was originally known as the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines. It is an evidence-based model for conducting threat assessments in K-12 schools.  CSTAG has been widely adopted nationwide and was recognized as an evidence-based program by the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices in 2013.

These guidelines provide a continuous improvement framework that allows schools to begin with a baseline of security strategies and then improve and integrate them over time, as resources permit.

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of critical knowledge needed to understand, prevent, prepare for and respond to catastrophic acts of violence.

With approximately 1,000 workplace violence fatalities annually, the U.S. Department of Labor recognizes as a risk for all organizations and provides a framework for creating a workplace violence prevention program.

The REMS-TA Center is operated under contract with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools.  It provides free, online training programs with certifications of attendance.

This 2001 study of U.S. schools by Harris Interactive updates its earlier study from 1993 and shows the extent to which large numbers of students continue to be sexually harassed through bullying, teasing, or touching.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is a comprehensive, school-wide program that involves the entire school community through interventions and classroom activities, changing the climate of the school and the social norms regarding bullying.

This free program teaches online safety and digital citizenship to K-12 students, parents and educators. Originally created in the 1990s in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, it is one of the oldest online safety programs for youth.