Mitigating the Threat of School Violence as the U.S. "Returns to Normal" from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Department of Homeland Security Public Awareness Bulletin Mitigating the Threat of School Violence as the U. [...] “Returns to Normal” from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) manages the department-wide processes for coordinating and executing the intelligence cycle at both the federal and local levels. [...] Department of Homeland Security Part I: Potential Risk Factors and Indicators for Targeted Violence in Schools CP3 works with local communities to create local prevention frameworks that prevent individuals from radicalizing to Radicalizing to violence is the process violence and intervene with individuals who already have – wherein an individual comes to believe or are in the pr ocess of – radica. [...] Department of Homeland Security PART II: COVID-19 and Increased Exposure to Potential Risk Factors To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, many schools across the U. [...] The reduced access to services coupled with the exposure to additional risk factors suggests schools – and the communities in which they are located – will need to increase support services to help students adjust to in-person learning as they cope with the potential trauma associated with the pandemic response.