Are you interested in learning what resources federal, state, and local groups offer to help youth successfully transition to adulthood and independence? Would you like to network with others like you who are working on this topic – without leaving your desk? Do you want to better understand the range of supports that are available to transition-age youth – from workforce development, to behavioral and physical health, to housing, and more?
The Solutions Desk/Helping Youth Transition is here and has critical resources to help you in your work with youth.
What does the Solutions Desk have to offer?
Join the Community!
The Helping Youth Transition Community of Practice webinars take place on the third Wednesday of every month at 2:30 P.M. (ET). To learn about upcoming webinars, join the Solutions Desk community at http://www.solutionsdesk.ou.edu/component/contact/36/2.html. Webinar invitations and call-in information is sent to members through the Solutions Desk LISTSERV.
In February, the webinar will focus on education issues surrounding transition age youth. Register here.
Check out past webinars
Are you interested in reviewing materials from past webinars hosted by the Helping Youth Transition Community of Pracice? Go to http://www.solutionsdesk.ou.edu/community-of-practice.html to see resources on
These resources are supported by a partnership of Federal agencies – the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs – that support youth programs and services, including
The Solutions Desk is made available through a partnership between the Children’s Bureau in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs.
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