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Youth Engaged 4 Change (YE4C) is accepting applications through September 19, 2021, for the Editorial Board to create informative, empowering, and authentic content.

Request for Proposals

P3 Round 5 (FY 2021)

Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3) gives local, state, and Tribal governments flexibility to innovate to improve the outcomes of disconnected youth, offering waivers of federal requirements that impede effective and integrated service delivery. It also offers the ability to blend funds from multiple federal programs, eliminating the need to account for and report on them separately.

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Reports and Recommendations for Core Components

New evidence is available on the core components of youth programs that prevent externalizing behavior and promote social skills. Core components are the parts, features, attributes, or characteristics of an intervention that research shows are associated with its success.

Vaccines for Youth

Resources on COVID-19 Vaccination for Youth

The youth.gov webpage on COVID-19 has been updated with the latest resources on COVID-19 vaccinations for children, youth, and young adults. Resources are available for families, caregivers, physicians, community-based organizations, and more.

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CDC Recommendations: COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens

CDC recommends everyone 12 years and older should get a COVID-19 vaccination to help protect against COVID-19. Widespread vaccination is a critical tool to help stop the pandemic. Getting your child or teen vaccinated can bring you one step closer to enjoying the activities you miss. Children 12 years and older are able to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.

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Announcements

Resources: Crisis Helplines

Posted I Sep 10 2021

If someone's life is in danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. We have shared crisis support services for specific needs.

Resource: Anniversaries and Trigger Events

Posted I Sep 10 2021

This webpage shares how anniversaries of disasters and other trigger events may renew symptoms of emotional distress in survivors and provides tips to help cope with renewed stress as an anniversary approaches or when trigger events suddenly occur.

Report: Building Co-Regulation Capacity to Support Positive Development for Youth with Foster Care Experience

Posted I Sep 10 2021

This report builds from a body of work that describes how self-regulation can be applied as a framework for promoting health and well-being for youth through co-regulation.

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Opportunity Youth

Adolescent Health

Afterschool Programs

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Youth

Bullying Prevention (stopbullying.gov)

Children of Incarcerated Parents

Civic Engagement

Dating Violence Prevention

Employment

Expectant and Parenting Young Families

Family Engagement

Financial Capability & Literacy

Gang Involvement Prevention

Homelessness and Runaway

Juvenile Justice

LGBT

Mentoring

Positive Youth Development

Pregnancy Prevention

Preparedness & Recovery

Substance Use/Misuse

Suicide Prevention

Trafficking Prevention

Transition & Aging Out

Violence Prevention

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Opportunity Youth

Opportunity youth are young people who are between the ages of 16 to 24 years old and are disconnected from school and work.

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Education, Employment & Training, Program Development, Reconnecting Youth

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Health and Nutrition

Adolescent Health

Adolescence is an important time for promoting health and preventing disease.

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Afterschool Programs

Afterschool programs serve children and youth of all ages.

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Youth

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Native Youth

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Youth

More than 2.1 million American Indians and Alaska Natives are under the age of 24.

Youth affected by bullying

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Bullying

Bullying Prevention (stopbullying.gov)

stopbullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on what...

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Children of Incarcerated Parents

It is important that communities create a coordinated system of supports for children of...

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Civic Engagement

More than half of teenagers report participating in youth volunteer work, form of civic...

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Dating Violence Prevention

Teen dating violence can be prevented through reducing risk factors, fostering protective...

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Disabilities can be an important part of a young person’s identity and can contribute to their...

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Teen motor vehicle crashes can be prevented, and statistics indicate that annual teen fatal...

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Employment

Nearly all young people hold at least one job between ages 18 and 25. There are many advantages...

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Expectant and Parenting Young Families

The needs and wellbeing of expectant and parenting young people are an ongoing priority.

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Family Engagement

Family engagement is essential in promoting healthy development and achievement of youth.

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Financial Literacy

Financial Capability & Literacy

Financial capability and literacy is “the capacity, based on knowledge, skills, and access, to...