The C.O.R.E. Institute invites K–12 and higher education administrators to schedule a direct demonstration of how C.O.R.E. utilizes the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) to help connect critical stakeholders before, during, and after a school or campus-based critical incident. These demonstrations may be conducted on-site at your district, campus, institution, or agency, or through a scheduled virtual presentation for your leadership team. The purpose is to provide administrators and public safety partners with a practical overview of how a C.O.R.E./HSIN-supported coordination model can strengthen prevention, response, reunification, continuity, and recovery.

Today’s school and campus safety environment requires more than isolated emergency plans, locked doors, camera systems, or individual agency readiness. Critical incidents demand a coordinated regional approach that connects education leaders with law enforcement, fire/EMS, emergency management, public health, behavioral health, infrastructure partners, private sector resources, faith-based organizations, nonprofit partners, and other community stakeholders. No single district, campus, institution, police department, emergency management office, or community partner can carry this responsibility alone. C.O.R.E. exists to help build the trusted relationships, secure information-sharing pathways, and operational coordination needed to support prevention, response, reunification, and recovery.

HSIN provides a secure, trusted information-sharing and collaboration environment that allows approved stakeholders to communicate, exchange information, maintain situational awareness, and coordinate mission-related activity across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries. Through C.O.R.E.’s use of HSIN, school and higher education leaders can better understand how a secure platform may support:

Prevention planning and threat assessment coordination Cross-discipline stakeholder communication Secure sharing of preparedness resources Real-time coordination during critical incidents Reunification and family assistance planning Recovery operations and continuity support After-action improvement and policy refinement

C.O.R.E. representatives can meet directly with your leadership team, safety personnel, and selected partner agencies at your location. This format allows your team to discuss local needs, current safety structures, regional partner relationships, and how a HSIN-supported coordination model could strengthen your existing prevention, response, and recovery framework.

C.O.R.E. can also provide a scheduled virtual presentation for administrators and selected stakeholders. This format is designed for executive-level review, leadership briefings, regional planning discussions, or early exploration before a more detailed implementation conversation.

Each demonstration will focus on four essential elements of school and campus safety:

Participants will see how a C.O.R.E./HSIN-supported model can help connect stakeholders before an incident occurs. This includes shared planning resources, threat assessment coordination, facility walkthrough documentation, training calendars, behavioral health pathways, emergency contact structures, and partner directories. The goal is to help administrators move from isolated preparedness to shared situational awareness and early intervention.

2. Stakeholder Relationship Building

Participants will learn how C.O.R.E. emphasizes the critical relationship-building necessary to support coordinated and collaborative resources, response, and recovery before a critical incident occurs. Effective prevention, response, and recovery depend on trusted relationships among school leaders, higher education administrators, law enforcement, fire/EMS, emergency management, public health, behavioral health providers, transportation partners, infrastructure partners, business and industry leaders, faith-based organizations, nonprofit partners, and other community stakeholders. C.O.R.E. helps districts and institutions identify the right partners, clarify roles, establish communication pathways, strengthen trust, and build a coordinated stakeholder network that can be activated when needed. The goal is to ensure that when a crisis occurs, stakeholders are not meeting for the first time under pressure. They already understand one another’s roles, resources, authorities, limitations, and operational responsibilities.

3. Response

Participants will see how HSIN-supported coordination can assist during a critical incident by helping authorized partners share information, coordinate resources, access plans, communicate updates, and support a common operating picture. The goal is not to replace local command, 911, radios, or existing emergency procedures. The goal is to strengthen the coordination layer that allows multiple agencies and stakeholders to work together more effectively when seconds count.

4. Recovery

Participants will see how C.O.R.E. can use HSIN to support reunification, Family Assistance Centers, behavioral health coordination, continuity of operations, facility restoration, resource support, documentation, and after-action improvement. The goal is to help districts and institutions recover with structure, compassion, accountability, and confidence.

The demonstration is recommended for:

At the conclusion of the demonstration, participants will have a clearer understanding of:

What HSIN is and how it can support secure stakeholder coordination, communication, training, and collaboration How C.O.R.E. uses HSIN to organize and guide prevention, response, and recovery partners How schools and higher education institutions can identify the right internal and external stakeholders What information, plans, resources, and protocols should be organized before a crisis How administrators can begin preparing for participation in a C.O.R.E./HSIN-supported coordination model Whether an on-site follow-up, stakeholder meeting, live exercise, or implementation discussion would be beneficial.