The Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice are collaborating on this initiative. These services and activities target both youth’s development of the social skills and emotional resilience necessary to avoid drug use and violent behavior and the establishment of school settings that are safe, disciplined, and drug free. In addition, funds are available from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for the provision of School Resource Officers in collaboration with the local law enforcement entity. Eligible applicants are local education agencies that demonstrate an integrated, comprehensive community strategy that has at least six general elements. These elements are school safety, alcohol and other drug and violence prevention and early intervention programs, school and community mental health preventive and treatment intervention services, early childhood psychosocial and emotional development programs, educational reform, and safe school policies. The plan must be developed by a partnership comprising the education agency, local public mental health authority, local law enforcement agency, family members, students, and juvenile justice officials. Appended application forms; explanations of additional requirements; definitions; and lists of resource organizations, web sites, and materials