The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Supportive Schools administers the REMS TA Center to serve two critical functions aimed at helping education agencies, with their community partners, manage safety, security, and emergency preparedness programs. We build the preparedness capacity (including prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts) of schools, school districts, institutions of higher education (IHEs), and their community partners at the local, state, and Federal levels. We also serve as the primary source of information dissemination for schools, school districts, and IHEs for emergencies via the REMS TA Center Website.

We invite you to join us in this national campaign that brings awareness to the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. Find toolkits, resources, information, ang graphics to use to communicate about immunization to your school community during August and throughout the year.

Health and social, emotional, and psychological well-being is a core component before, during, and after possible emergencies, including prevention, response, continuity of operations, and recovery planning. Consider the trauma and stress caused by the pandemic, as well as its long-lasting effects on your whole school community, including students, staff, families, and partners.

The REMS TA Center is pleased to introduce a new type of publication: TA Snapshots. We continually respond to direct requests from school administrators and staff, district administrators, state education agency and regional education agency personnel, educators, parents, students, school safety leaders, and community partners on a variety of topics within school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. Such inquiries have resulted in the creation of TA responses and snapshots.

Watch presentations from experts in the field of school safety at any time. Recent topics include ensuring continuity of feeding and food distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic with guest presenters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state education agencies and supports for students and families experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic with guest presenters from the National Center for Homeless Education.

With Summer comes extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires, lightning, floods, and tornadoes. Schools can plan for these natural hazards using publications and other free products on our Natural Hazards Resources Page.