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Helping America's Youth - Resources for Caring Adults
The AmeriCorps Member Longitudinal Study
Results from a longitudinal study of AmeriCorps members demonstrate the early impacts of national service on members' civic engagement, education, employment, and life skills.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
This sourcebook reviews the effectiveness of violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; mentoring, and offers a comprehensive directory of resources.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Binge Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12-20: 2002 and 2003 Update
This report on binge alcohol use among persons aged 12-20 is collected from 2002 and 2003 data.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health—Volume I. Practice Guide
This report focuses primarily on promotion of mental health and on prevention and early recognition of psychosocial problems and mental disorders and includes tips for parents on enhancing relationships with their children during middle childhood and adolescence.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Celebrating America's Youth: The Facts Are Positive
This booklet gives statistics that show with the right support and guidance youth are more inclined to reach their fullest potential; this support results in youth participation in community, volunteer, civic, religious, and extracurricular activities.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Child Delinquency Bulletin - Risk & Protective Factors of Child Delinquency
This bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Delinquency Series focusing on four types of risk and protective factors: family, peer, school and community.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Justice
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Collaborative Capacity Instrument: Reviewing and Assessing the Status of Linkages across Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Child Welfare Services & Dependency Courts
This tool is intended to be used as a self-assessment by State (or local jurisdiction) alcohol and other drug service and child welfare service agencies, and dependency courts who are preparing to work with each other or who want to move to a new level of cooperation after some initial efforts.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Comparison Matrix of Science-Based Prevention Programs: A Consumer's Guide for Prevention Professionals
The Science-Based Prevention Program Comparison Matrix presented in this document is a table listing some 150 substance abuse and other problem behavior prevention programs that have been rated according to their effectiveness by five Federal agencies.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Depression among Adolescents
This is a report on depression among adolescents, as well as treatment received by adolescents experiencing depression, and any illicit drug use.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
The Exchange: “Linking Education and Employment for Better Futures”
This publication explores how youth-serving agencies are linking education and employment to help runaway and homeless youth.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
The Exchange: “Tribal Programs Harness Cultural Strengths to Improve Conditions for Families and Youth”
This publication looks at how some programs address T ribal issues, with a discussion of the key components of effective Tribal programs and articles on the innovative use of host homes to serve runaway Tribal youth, Tribal mentoring children of prisoners programs, and Tribal domestic violence shelters.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Fact Sheet: Understanding Youth Violence
This fact sheet provides an overview of youth violence in the United States and strategies to prevent it.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Focus on Prevention
This guide was developed to help a wide range of groups and communities move from concerns about substance abuse to proven and practical solutions.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
FYSB Update: “Collaborating To Promote Positive Youth Development at the State and Local Levels”
The update summarizes FYSB’s (Family Youth Services Bureau) Positive Youth Development State and Local Collaboration Demonstration Projects, which encourage collaboration among State, local or Tribal agencies and communities to increase opportunities for positive youth development.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Information Packet: Mental Health Care Issues for Children and Youth
This information packet presents facts and statistics, a review of policies and legislation, best practice tips and identification of model programs, helpful web sites, and a current bibliography.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Information Packet: Mentoring
This information packet contains facts about mentoring that may serve as a guide for further exploration, the need, and benefit of having a mentoring program available for children when other aspects are missing from their daily lives.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Measuring Violence-related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
This compendium provides research and prevention specialists with a set of tools to evaluate programs to prevent youth violence.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action
Published as an outcome of the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, this document describes strategies for preventing suicide.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
National 4-H HEADQUARTERS USDA Mission Mandates
This pamphlet describes the purpose of the 4-H’s (head-heart-hands-health), and covers three mission mandates: Science, Engineering and Technology – tied to agricultural and environmental issues; Healthy Lifestyles – tied to human health and well-being; and Citizenship – tied to the activities of people with institutions and government for the common good.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Network Self-Assessment Tool. FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
This self-assessment tool is designed to assist State Lead Agencies of Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Projects in assessing their current local and/or regional network capacity.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Parents, Speak Up! A Guide for Discussing Abstinence, Sex, and Relationships
A publication explaining the importance of parents talking with their teenager about abstinence, sex, and relationships.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Permanence for Young People Framework
This framework guides child welfare agencies to help young people achieve and maintain permanent family relationships and proposes six key components of identifying and supporting permanent family relationships for young people in out-of-home care.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents
This State-of-the-Science Consensus Statement outlines the current state of knowledge regarding adolescent violence and related health-risking social behavior and identifies directions for future research.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Promoting Connectivity and Education for Children and Youth in Care
The report discusses the importance of fathers to children, as well as the importance of staying connected to family for children in care.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Promoting Positive Youth Development: An Investment in Youth & Communities
This booklet defines positive youth development, explains why it is needed, who’s promoting it, and what can be done to help.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Putting Positive Youth Development into Practice: A Resource Guide
This brochure addresses strategies for positive youth development, concentrates on young people’s strengths rather than their problems, and rebuilding communities while linking the two together.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use among American Indian or Alaska Native Youth
The report highlights the risk and protective factors for substance use among American Indian and/or Alaska Native Youth.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence
The guidelines offer recommendations related to school efforts to prevent unintentional injury, violence, and suicide, including a social environment that promotes safety; a safe physical environment; health, counseling, psychological, and social services for students; appropriate crisis and emergency response; involvement of families and communities; and staff development to promote safety and prevent unintentional injuries, violence, and suicide.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Smart Stats: A Data Book
A resource for parents and caregivers containing information, facts, and statistics about the Too Smart To Start awareness program which addresses the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of 9 to 13 year-olds about the harmful effects of alcohol.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Supporting Your Adolescent: Tips for Parents
The booklet, available in English and Spanish, offers parents a framework for understanding their adolescent children and recognizing signs that a teen might need help, and provides information on locating community resources to assist youth.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Teen Chat: A Guide to Discussing Healthy Relationships
This pocket-sized teens’ booklet encourages teens to wait, think and talk before getting into sexual relationships.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Title V Community Prevention Grants Program -2002 Report to Congress
This report describes effective prevention efforts such as research-based strategies to reduce risk factors for delinquent behavior, and to enhance protective factors.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Justice
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Too Smart To Start Implementation Guide
The guide provides strategies to raise awareness of underage alcohol use among parents and other adults in your community and to design your local Too Smart To Start initiative.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
The Transition Years: Serving Current and Former Foster Youth Ages 18-21
This study describes available services, and current barriers to serving the older youth population.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
What is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families
This booklet, created for family members of those dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs, answers questions often asked by families of people entering treatment and offers a resources section with a list of support groups.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
This report on youth violence reviews research on where, when, and how much youth violence occurs, what causes it, and which of today’s many preventive strategies are genuinely effective.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
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