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Preventing Terrorism and Targeted Violence

Protecting the American people from terrorist threats is the reason DHS was created, and remains our highest priority.

  • CP3 Research Compendium

    This resource compendium offers prospective applicants a non-exhaustive list of resources for informational purposes only.

  • Logic Model

    The logic model is used by the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3). This documentation provides guidance on creating a program logic model, including a downloadable template and an example template to illustrate how to define inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact.

  • Exploring the Use of Three-Digit Call Lines

    Three-digit helplines provide communities with an outlet to help them gain access to available information about relevant and local intervention resources. 

  • Promising Prevention Practice

    The Center of Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) provides partners with financial and technical
    assistance to improve the national capacity to prevent terrorism and targeted violence. CP3 offers a
    range of support, including educational resources, funding opportunities, and technical advice, to
    help communities develop their own prevention strategies tailored to their unique needs.

  • Best Practices for Safe Conduct at Academic Institutions

    To ensure peaceful protests and safe conduct on educational campuses during First Amendment-protected activities, DHS recommends institution leadership take proactive steps to prepare the campus ecosystem, communicate policies and procedures, and respond by taking both a whole-of-community, human centric approach and enforcing campus policies, as necessary.

  • Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Practice

    The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has created this prevention resource to provide education on behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) and its benefits in targeted violence and terrorism prevention (TVTP).

  • Preventing Targeted Violence Saves Lives — and Money

    This publication illustrates estimated costs of targeted violence and compares those costs to those of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program, which supports training programs to help people headed down a path toward violence.

  • Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Fiscal Year 2024 Report to Congress

    Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Fiscal Year 2024 Report to Congress

  • Federal Campus Safety Resources

    The federal government maintains a broad range of campus safety resources that you can draw on based on your needs. This fact sheet provides additional information on these resources and includes email addresses to request any services or information you might require.

  • Resources for Swatting and Hoax Threats

    The resources attached help swatting calls and hoax threats and provide proactive steps to take to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a related incident.