Office of Safe and Supportive Schools

The Office of Safe and Supportive Schools (OSSS) addresses; - the health and well-being of students - school safety, security, and emergency management and preparedness. OSSS administers, coordinates, and recommends policy as well as administers grant programs and technical assistance centers addressing the overall safe and health school community. Safe and supportive schools are critical to the well-being of the whole school community as well as the academic success of students. The Department of Education provides schools, school districts, and state education agencies with resources aimed at creating and nurturing positive school climates; preventing school violence; and protecting the whole school community through school safety, security, and emergency management and preparedness planning. The program offices, grant programs, and technical assistance centers all respond to the recommendations put forth by the Federal Commission on School Safety and serve practitioners as they work to continually protect their school community students, staff, and families.