Department of Health and Human Services

This webpage shares guidance on how to design, implement, and enhance a parent partner program as a strategy for engaging families through peer mentoring and support. The Navigator supports child welfare administrators, staff, and family leaders through essential steps of planning and implementing successful parent partner programs and provides tips ...

This podcast episode features a discussion between a father and a child welfare agency administrator about how to make family engagement easier. The podcast explores how authentic engagement of people with lived experience can benefit parents, agencies, and improve outcomes for families, children, and youth. Learn more.  ...

This toolkit (PDF, 32 pages) provides guidance to a wide range of individuals on preventing and responding to an overdose. The toolkit also emphasizes that harm reduction and access to treatment are essential aspects of overdose prevention and provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications and how ...

This consumer guide (PDF, 24 pages) offers people with past or current problematic substance use a straightforward exploration of the roles, values, and work environments of professional peer specialists. This guide is a comprehensive resource that will help readers understand who professional peer specialists are, what they do in various ...

These checklists are designed to help families with children prepare for an emergency. Parents and other caregivers can learn which items to consider including in an emergency kit and how to turn this task into a fun game for the family. Checklists are available for families with children or pets ...

The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) is seeking school-based health center (SBHC) providers to help validate a checklist of LGBTQ+ supportive practices. This work is part of an HHS-funded study on enhancing services and supports for LGBTQ+ high school students who access SBHCs. Learn more.  ...

In this webinar series (PDF, 2 pages), presenters will share strengths and experiences around uplifting and supporting Native youth. The series is designed for Tribal health educators, teachers, parents, prevention specialists, and other adults who share a passion for improving the lives of Native youth. Webinar topics include:  Sexual Health 101: ...

This four-part webinar series seeks to deepen practitioners’ ability to provide healing care to transitional-aged young people who access mental health and community-based services. Through generative conversation, expert panel discussions, active learning experiences, and the exploration of tangible action steps, participants will expand their existing orientation to their work with ...

ACF invites young people to get involved with We Think Twice™ by becoming a We Think Twice Insider. We Think Twice™ is a movement designed with teens, for teens, to help young people make healthy decisions, set goals, manage money, improve leadership skills, look out for their mental health, and ...

This infographic (PDF, 3 pages) describes what human trafficking is, how to prevent it in school communities, and what to do to support students affected by the crime. Additional resources are provided. Learn more (PDF, 3 pages).