View web page By U.S. Secret Service | January 25th, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016 – 2020, a comprehensive report examining 173 incidents of targeted violence and highlighting the observable commonalities among the attackers. The report’s release coincides with a webinar presentation tailored to community leaders and stakeholders. Over 20,000 participants have registered for the event, including government officials, police, school officials, workplace security...

View web page By Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) | January 24th, 2023 Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its “Partnering to Safeguard K-12 Organizations from Cybersecurity Threats” report with a supporting toolkit. The report provides recommendations and resources to help K-12 schools and school districts effectively reduce their risk in the evolving, disrupting, and damaging cybersecurity threat landscape. It also provides insight into the current threat landscape and the K-12 community’s capacity to prevent and mitigate...

View original article By Kentucky Youth Advocates | November 16th, 2022 Featuring the latest county-level data for key measures of child well-being Louisville, KY – For optimal well-being, children need thriving communities that support strong families, good health, protection from harm, economic security, and a high-quality education. The 2022 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book features the latest data on 16 measures of child well-being, showing whether outcomes for children across the Commonwealth have improved, worsened, or stayed the same over a five-year period....

From the desk of Lee Ann Morrison, Research Fellow, and Justice and Law Enforcement, Kentucky Center for School Safety EILA credit is approved for these sessions. Sessions will run from 4:00-6:00 (EST) Session 1 – Tuesday, November 15 (Role of SRO) Session 2 – Tuesday, December 6 (Building Effective Relationships )Session 3 – Tuesday, January 24 (Role of SRO) Session 4 – Tuesday, January 31 (Building Effective Relationships) Save the Date –2023 Safe Schools and Communities Conference,June 21 – 22, Richmond, KY...

Shared by Regina M. Dawson, KDE via KYGUID ListServ The Compassion Resilience Toolkit for Schools is a flexibly implemented set of evidence-informed resources to build awareness of compassion fatigue and strategies to increase compassion resilience in adults from a system and individual perspective. The resources include activities for large group, small group or team-based use as well as for individual reflection. Included in the 12 sections are activities for leaders and staff on realistic expectations, setting compassionate boundaries, building a workplace culture of compassion, self-care strategies, and links to...

From the desk of Patricia Greer, Kentucky Center for School Safety Resource Center Director The Kentucky Center for School Safety is proud to announce this year’s Kentucky Safe Schools Week,“CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT”  is set for October 16-22, 2022. This year’s theme is “Create a Ripple Effect” and the focus will be on the fact that no act is ever too small to make an impact. When you create a difference in someone’s life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them...