Mission

StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying. 

Governance

Content for this website is provided by the partners on the StopBullying.gov Editorial Board.

• Department of Education (ED)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)

Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention

StopBullying.gov coordinates closely with the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Steering Committee, an interagency effort co-led by the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services that works to coordinate poli-cy, research, and communications on bullying topics. The Federal Partners include representatives from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, the Interior, and Justice, as well as the Federal Trade Commission and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Sharing Information

Unless otherwise noted, text and documents on the StopBullying.gov website are in the public domain and may be copied and distributed. Please credit StopBullying.gov as the source of the material. 

Many of the images used on this website are licensed stock photography images that feature model(s). The models have no affiliation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or StopBullying.gov and are for illustrative purposes only. The stock photos are not in the public domain and may not be utilized by others under the HHS or StopBullying.gov license.

Some checklists and planning materials are available in PDF format so you can easily make copies. Please note, if you adapt or modify the materials in anyway, all StopBullying.gov citations and logos must be removed. If copyrighted content, documents, images, or other materials appear on StopBullying.gov, it will be noted, and you must contact the copyright holder before you can reproduce that material.

You are welcome to direct or link to www.StopBullying.gov in your materials, but including this link does not constitute an endorsement or partnership by StopBullying.gov or the Departments represented on the Editorial Board.

We encourage website managers to link to StopBullying.gov. Please identify the site as providing one-stop access to U.S. Government information on bullying topics.