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DoD Video: Civil Military Programs for Youth

Find out how the U.S. Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs prioritizes civil military outreach programs to provide leadership, educational opportunities, and community partnerships for youth in this video.

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From IWGYP: Resources to Support Youth Who Have Lost a Caregiver

This webpage provides tools and resources to help families, kinship, and other caregivers; schools and child-serving professionals, and other caring adults support youth who have lost a caregiver.

Share with Youth: Student Loan Debt Relief Is Blocked

Courts have issued orders blocking the student debt relief program. As a result, at this time, Federal Student Aid (FSA) is not accepting applications. Subscribe to FSA for updates.

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Student Loan Forgiveness Scams

With the recent announcement of a one-time federal student loan debt relief plan, the Federal Trade Commission has provided tips on how to avoid student loan scammers.

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Resources for Helping Youth Cope after a Mass Shooting

In response to recent school and other mass shootings, youth.gov has compiled a list of resources to help youth, families, educators, and community members cope with and talk about community trauma, as well as provide psychological first aid and bolster resilience.

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Webinar: DHS Blue Campaign: Human Trafficking Youth Forum

Posted | Jan 27 2023

Date: January 31, 2023, 10:00 am - 4:15 pm ET

During this webinar, caretakers and adults who work with youth will learn how to talk to youth about online safety, gain knowledge of human trafficking trends and how they affect the youth population, and increase awareness of available government resources for youth victims and individuals working with youth. Presentations and panel discussions will focus on:

Youth and online safety
Online human trafficking case study
Human trafficking trends and how they affect the youth population
Criminalization of youth victims
Victim Assistance Program
Available resources for youth and individuals working with youth

Learn more and register.

“Let’s Rise” Initiative

Posted | Jan 23 2023

This webpage offers information on CDC’s Let’s RISE initiative, which seeks to provide actionable strategies, resources, and data to support getting all youth and adults back on-schedule with their routine immunizations to protect everyone from vaccine-preventable disease and disability. Learn more.

Share with Youth: Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities

Posted | Jan 23 2023

This program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars and professionals to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. The program aims to bring together humanities scholars, advanced graduate students, librarians, archivists, museum staff, computer scientists, information specialists, and others to learn about new tools, approaches, and technologies, and to foster relationships for future collaborations in the humanities. Learn more and apply.