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OSHS work, programs and resources are organized under the  following program units:

- Well-Rounded  Educational Opportunities 
- Safe and  Healthy Students 
- Education  Technology
- Education  for Homeless Children and Youth 
- Neglected  and Delinquent Youth

Well-Rounded Educational  Opportunities 

The  Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities Unit provides program support and  technical assistance on the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE)  program. Some examples of content support include: college and career guidance  and counseling programs, music and arts programs, STEM subjects, accelerated  learning programs, history, foreign language, environmental education,  promoting volunteerism, and other activities that support a well-rounded  education.

The  Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities Unit also administers the Physical Education  and School Counseling programs. 

- Carol  M. White Physical Education Program  (Discretionary Grants)
- Elementary and Secondary School Counseling  (Discretionary Grants)

Safe and Healthy Students

The Safe and  Healthy Students Unit provides program support and technical assistance on the  Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program. Some examples of  content support include but are not limited to: drug and violence prevention,  school-based mental health services, supporting a healthy, active lifestyle,  preventing bullying and harassment, mentoring and school counseling, school  dropout and reentry programs, and schoolwide positive behavioral interventions  and supports. 

The Safe and Healthy Students Unit administers the School Climate Transformation, Project Prevent, and Promoting Student Resilience grant programs and a number of  interagency agreements. 

- Student Support and Academic  Enrichment Grant Program  (Formula Grants)
- School Climate Transformation  Grant—State Educational Agency Grants Program  (Discretionary Grants)
- School Climate Transformation  Grant—Local Educational Agency Grants Program  (Discretionary Grants)
- Project Prevent Grant Program  (Discretionary Grants)
- Promoting Student Resilience Grant  Program  (Discretionary  Grants)

There are two technical assistance centers that broadly support  the work of the unit:

The  Safe and Supportive Schools TA Center
    The Safe and Supportive Schools Website provides state, district and school  administrators, teachers, school support staff, communities and families with  resources and support to develop rigorous measurement systems that assess  school climate and implement and evaluate programmatic interventions.
The Technical  Assistance Center on  Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports 
The Technical Assistance  Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is established by the  U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs to improve  the capacity of states, districts and schools to establish, scale-up and sustain  the PBIS framework. 

 Another focus of the Safe and Healthy  Students Unit is emergency management and school preparedness. This includes  programs and technical assistance to improve the ability of schools to prepare for and respond to  crises and disasters (natural and man-made). Examples of these programs include  Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence), Readiness Emergency  Management for Schools grants, Emergency Management for Higher Education  grants, homeland security activities; and disaster response coordinated with  FEMA and DHS. Additionally, the unit is in close contact with school security  police chiefs, school resource officers, and emergency first responders. 

- School Emergency Response to Violence  (Project SERV)  (Discretionary Grants)
- Educational Facilities Clearinghouse
- Grants to States for School Emergency  Management Grant Program

There are two technical assistance centers that support the  emergency management and preparedness work:

Readiness and Emergency Management for  Schools Technical Assistance Center 
    The REMS TA Center's primary goal is to support schools, districts, and  institutions of higher education in school emergency management and planning,  including the development and implementation of comprehensive, all-hazards,  high-quality emergency operations plans.   The REMS TA Center disseminates information about school emergency  management and planning to help school communities learn more about developing,  implementing, and revising high-quality emergency operations plans.  In addition, the REMS TA Center helps OSHS  coordinate technical assistance meetings and share school emergency management  and planning information, and responds to direct requests for technical  assistance and training. 
The  Educational Facilities Clearinghouse
    The Educational Facilities Clearinghouse (the Clearinghouse) supports  educational facilities through the provision of technical assistance and  training to public facilities for public pre-kindergarten through higher  education on issues related to educational facility planning, design,  financing, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance.  The Clearinghouse also develops resources and  assembles best practices on issues related to ensuring safe, healthy, and  high-performance public educational facilities, including procedures for  identifying hazards and conducting vulnerability assessments.

Education Technology

 The Education Technology Unit provides program support and technical assistance on  the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program. Some examples of  content support include but are not limited to: providing school personnel with  professional learning tools, building technological capacity and  infrastructure, innovative strategies for delivering specialized or rigorous  academic courses through the use of technology, blended learning projects,  professional development in the use of technology in STEM subjects (including  computer science) and providing students in rural, remote and underserved areas  with resources to take advantage of high-quality learning experiences. The Office of  Education Technology provides support  to States and LEAs.

Education for Homeless Children and Youth

The Education  for Homeless Children and Youth Unit provides resources, program support and  technical assistance aimed at eliminating enrollment barriers and providing  school access and support for academic success for students experiencing  homelessness.

This unit administers the following program: 

- Education for Homeless Children and  Youth - Grants for State and Local Activities

The technical assistance center that supports the work of this unit is:- The  National Center for Homeless Education    The National Center for Homeless Education website has been operated by SERVE  at University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 1998.  It provides State Coordinators for the  Education of Homeless Children and Youth, local liaisons and other homeless  education staff in school districts, and communities and families experiencing  homelessness with resources and information pertaining to all facets of  education for homeless children and youth from pre-school through  post-secondary education. 

Neglected and Delinquent Youth

The  Neglected and Delinquent Youth Unit helps to provide  education continuity for children in state-run institutions and adult  correctional institutions so these children can make successful transitions to  school or employment once they are released. 

This unit administers the following program:

- Prevention and Intervention Programs  for Children and Youths Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At Risk

There is one technical  assistance center that supports the work of this unit:- The  Neglected or Delinquent Education Technical Assistance Center    The Neglected or Delinquent Education Technical Assistance Center has been  operated by American Institutes for Research in Washington, DC since 2002.  It provides State Coordinators for the Title  I, Part D program, State and local agency education directors and grant  contacts, and communities and families with resources and information  pertaining to prevention, intervention and reentry education programs and  activities around the country.

Other Associated Program Work

OSHS also implements several other provisions of the Elementary  and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001:

- Gun-Free Schools Act  (Title IV, Part A,  Subpart 3, Section 4141)
- Transfer of Disciplinary Records  (Title IV, Part A,  Subpart 4, Section 4155)
- Pro-Children Act  (Title IV, Part C)
- Unsafe School  Choice Option  (Title IX, Part E, Section 9532)