The Office of School Safety has shared the following message and resources for school districts. Visit the
OSS website for more information on the office and the resources and services it provides to school districts.
It’s Easier Than You Think to Apply for a Digital Mapping Grant!
The Wisconsin Legislature has replenished 2021 Wisconsin Act 109 digital mapping grant funds, with an additional $2.5 million added to this opportunity. With additional funding, OSS continues to seek applications from Wisconsin public, private, charter, and tribal schools interested in obtaining digital mapping data. The grant announcement is available here: School Safety Grants.
Intimidated by grants? Never completed a grant application before? No problem! OSS is hosting a webinar series to help. We have one remaining webinar scheduled for the 2023-2024 school year: Monday June 10, 2 – 3:30 PM. Click here to register.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact OSS Grants Specialist, Jacob Dorff at schoolsafetygrants@doj.state.wi.us.
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BTAM Training Opportunities Still Available!
Registration is still available for several of the Behavior Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) trainings set around the state. This high quality, full day, no cost training course is designed to provide multi-disciplinary teams (school administrators, school mental health professionals, security personnel and law enforcement) with an understanding of why threat assessment is an important part of violence prevention in schools. Topics include the following: how threat assessment fits in the framework of comprehensive school safety, overview of research and findings related to threat assessment, investigative themes and core concepts of threat assessment, key aspects for creating school-based threat assessment teams and process, how to determine the appropriate response to concerning behavior, and potential strategies for threat management. Training will involve lecture, discussion, and tabletop scenarios. This training course was revised and updated in 2023. Staff that attended previous OSS training courses are encouraged to attend. We encourage teams to sign up early as this is one of our top requested trainings. The following is a list of dates and host sites in order of occurrence. Registration links are available on the OSS website Training Opportunities page. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Threat Assessment Coordinator, Sue Williams (williamssl@doj.state.wi.us).
- Thursday, May 2, School District of West Salem- West Salem
- Friday, May 3, Mauston High School- Mauston
- Tuesday, May 14, Wausaukee School District- Wausaukee
- Wednesday, May 15, Borders Inn and Suites- Shawano
- Tuesday, June 11, Hudson High School- Hudson
- Wednesday, June 12, Chippewa Falls High School- Chippewa Falls
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Upcoming Training Opportunities with National School Safety Partners
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- April 30th: Virtual Training on School Bombing Incidents
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) invites you to join a four-hour Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents (UPSBI) course.
Through lectures and exercises, participants are presented with information necessary to recognize and assess threats to determine school response actions; evacuation and shelter-in-place considerations. See course flyer for more information.
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- New Dates Added! Live Virtual Presentations on Targeted Violence Prevention
The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) has updated their list of virtual training events, adding new opportunities to attend live virtual presentations on preventing targeted violence. Expert researchers will share findings and implications from decades of research on targeted violence and offer strategies for preventing acts of violence. Click here to learn more and register.
Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment (intended for school administrators, educators, and other school safety stakeholders):
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- Wednesday May 8, 2024
- Thursday July 11, 2024
- Thursday September 12, 2024
Preventing Mass Attacks in Our Communities (intended for law enforcement and other community safety stakeholders):
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- Wednesday June 5, 2024
- Wednesday August 7, 2024
- Tuesday October 1, 2024
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Know2Protect is a national public awareness campaign developed by the Department of Homeland Security to educate and empower children, teens, parents, trusted adults and policymakers to prevent and combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA).
With the objectives of education, prevention, and intervention, this resource offers:
- Access to resources to raise awareness of online CSEA, and training for communities to educate themselves and others.
- Strategies to help prevent children and teens from becoming victims of online CSEA.
- Tools for reporting online enticement and victimization.
- Response and support resources for victims and survivors of online child sexual exploitation and their supporters.
- Resource for Assessing Anonymous or Social Media Based Threats
Kenosha Unified School District has created an assessment template for virtual or anonymous threats. District school safety staff collaborated with OSS and the National Threat Assessment Center to develop this helpful tool, and we are sharing it with their permission.
Virtual/Anonymous Threat Assessment Checklist
- Cybersecurity Resources for K-12 Schools
Cyberattacks and online threats on K-12 schools and school districts are an increasingly widespread problem and can expose sensitive and confidential data, disrupt school operations and learning, and have substantial financial impacts. Learn how to protect against these threats with SchoolSafety.gov’s new cybersecurity infographic. This newly-released resource highlights information on the K-12 cyber threat landscape and strategies and resources school personnel can use to prevent and protect against cyberattacks and digital threats. DOWNLOAD THE INFOGRAPHIC. For additional cybersecurity resources, visit SchoolSaf4ety.gov’s cybersecurity topic page. If you have any questions, please contact us at SchoolSafety@hq.dhs.gov.47
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