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Step 3 to Success for Youth – Get Married Before Having Children

Taking a holistic approach to teaching the benefits of healthy relationships and choices, including marriage, to achieve a brighter future.

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National Runaway Prevention Month: Shining a Light on Runaway and Homeless Youth Issues

Each November, FYSB joins youth-serving organizations, youth advocates, and other partners to observe National Runaway Prevention Month (NRPM), a public-awareness campaign designed to “Shine a Light” on the experiences of runaway and homeless youth, and spotlight prevention resources.

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November Is National Adoption Month: Engaging Youth Voice in Permanency Planning

The importance of youth being engaged in their own permanency planning

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Step 2 to Success for Youth: Get a Full-Time Job

Step 2 of the Success Sequence Series

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Happy Birthday ECD! The Journey is Just Getting Started!

ACF's Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) is committed to engaging partners in meaningful ways and bringing unlikely partners together to push our thinking and engage in shared learning and shared action for shared impact.

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Step 1 to Success for Youth– Graduate from High School

Success Sequencing: High School Diploma, full-time job, and marriage before children

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Safe Return to School Puts Kids First

ACYF programs can most effectively serve the holistic needs of young people when we partner with public and private schools, local community and faith-based educators, and their parents by putting kids first on their safe return to school.

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Success Sequence = Optimal Health for Youth

The success sequence is a proven formula to help young people thrive and become self-sufficient. 

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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Today, on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we celebrate the substantial national progress resulting from this foundational framework.

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The Community’s Role in Reducing the Impact of Domestic Violence in Times of Emergency

Ways organizations can prepare to respond to victims of domestic violence.

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