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From IWGYP: Resources to Help 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.

From CDC: New YRBS Data Summary and Trends Report, 2011-2021

CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011-2021 is now available. This report provides a first look at key YRBS data and includes a decade of adolescent health trends.

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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.

From DoD: Civil Military Programs for Youth Video

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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Webinar: Planning and Practice: Work-Based Learning for Deaf Youth

Posted | Mar 28 2023

Date: April 20, 2023, 2:00 pm ET

In this webinar, experts will share tips and strategies for developing and sustaining work-based learning (WBL) programs for deaf youth. Presenters will discuss the benefits of work-based learning, including improved communication skills, problem-solving skills, self-confidence, post-secondary outcomes, sustained long-term employment. Learn more and register.

Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration Initiative (Funding Opportunity)

Posted | Mar 28 2023

Grants.gov deadline: April 11, 2023
JustGrants deadline: April 25, 2023

With this solicitation, OJJDP will fund jurisdictions to close and repurpose youth detention and correctional facilities, reinvest cost savings to expand community-based alternatives to youth incarceration, and assess and respond to the economic impact of closures on facility staff and surrounding communities. Learn more and apply.

Resource: Core Youth Outcomes in Youth of Color

Posted | Mar 27 2023

This infographic (PDF, 3 pages) provides data related to disparities among youth experiencing homelessness and those contemplating running away. The data are framed by the RHY Program’s four core outcome areas: safe and stable housing, education and employment, social and emotional well-being, and permanent connections. The infographic can be used to support program implementation, development of materials, grant development, and applied research. Learn more.