Date and time: October 21, 2024, 2:00–3:00 pm ET
This webinar will cover basic cybersecurity considerations for local educational agencies, state educational agencies, and postsecondary communities; data breaches, including detection, prevention, notifications, and communications; and considerations for evaluating the cybersecurity protections offered by vendors.
Date and time: October 18, 2024, 2:00 pm ET
This webinar presents a study design and corresponding analytic methods that enable a more nuanced understanding of the potential synergy occurring between intervention components of a hypothetical multilevel intervention promoting mental health in school systems.
Multilevel interventions are essential for addressing complex societal challenges, such as systemic racism in educational institutions, but they present unique evaluation challenges. These interventions inherently operate across multiple levels of influence, such as schools and families, with components that often interact. Traditional study designs typically assess these interventions as a package, making it difficult to disentangle and understand the synergistic effects of the individual components.
This free educational program allows students in grades K-12 to take images of Earth from space using a camera aboard the International Space Station. Use EarthKAM as a teaching tool to study subjects ranging from geography to art to meteorology.
This new webpage—available in both English and Spanish—includes suicide-related data, warning signs, ways to prevent suicide, and information about SAMHSA’s suicide prevention initiatives.
This program is designed to provide Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts the opportunity to earn a patch from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) by engaging in anti-drug activities in celebration of Red Ribbon Week (October 23–31, 2024). The purpose of the Patch Program is to empower young people to engage with their community through drug-free activities and strengthen their anti-drug beliefs.
This toolkit can help K–12 schools and partners in law enforcement and in the community create tailored approaches to addressing anonymous threats of violence, including those received on social media. The toolkit outlines steps that school leaders can take to assess and respond to anonymous threats and better prepare for and prevent future threats. It also highlights how K–12 schools can work with law enforcement and community partners in addressing these threats.
This new podcast and video series centers the voices of students in school climate improvement efforts. Created in collaboration with students across the country, this resource collection explores how students experience school practices and supports that are intended to build safe and supportive learning environments. Featured resources offer insight and recommendations for how school communities can improve the many aspects of school climate, working in collaboration with students.
Designed to serve Spanish-speaking communities, this new webpage offers confidential and anonymous access to a comprehensive list of certified substance use and mental health treatment facilities, certified community behavioral health clinics, opioid treatment programs, buprenorphine practitioners, and healthcare centers across the United States and its territories.
Up to $20 million in grants are now available for national out-of-school time organizations to expand local work-based learning opportunities, job training, and career pathways for underserved youth after school and during the summer.
These demonstration grants will help these organizations partner with state or locally operated affiliate organizations to serve historically marginalized and underserved youth, ages 14 to 21.
Through partnerships with the workforce system, out-of-school time organizations introduce youth to career-related services, including work-based learning experiences and occupational skills training. They also provide paid employment opportunities that help youth gain foundational skills for success in post-secondary education and employment. The program also encourages partners across the workforce system to provide supportive services, such as transportation and emergency assistance, to address the needs of participating youth.
This resource (PDF, 28 pages) helps teachers educate students about the role Veterans have played in defending and preserving our nation.
Explore this guide to learn about mental health, mental disorders, treatments, prevention, and public health research on youth mental health.
This toolkit includes resources to support promotional, outreach, and social media activities for recognizing National Adoption Month in November.
This document describes the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) of 1974, providing background on the federal legislation that established national standards for the custody and care of youth in the juvenile justice system. The act’s purpose was to protect children and youth in the justice system, address delinquent behavior, and improve community safety. The document provides a brief history of the JJDPA, and it notes how the JJDPA works, authorizing a federal framework for youth justice and providing critical federal funding to states in order to promote the prevention of delinquency and to support compliance with the JJDPA core requirements. The document also highlights the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program (OJJDP) and its role in implementing the JJDPA. The document emphasizes the importance of the JJDPA as well as its impact on the modern juvenile justice system.
Application Deadline: December 3, 2024
DOL seeks applications that propose to serve youth that have been historically underserved and marginalized as part of its Workforce Pathways for Youth initiative. Applicants must be out-of-school time non-profit (501(c)(3)) organizations. Learn more and apply.
This web application provides an opportunity for users to interact with new 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data. Users can explore the data by topic or question. Learn more.
This research-driven activity challenges students to explore potential landing sites on the surface of Mars to determine which sites best meet the criteria for human exploration. Students will use authentic NASA data in the form of 3D maps and graphical data overlays in Mars Trek, an interactive portal to explore the red planet.
This guide (PDF, 20 pages) offers practical guidance on engaging people with lived experience in the grant review process. The guide provides a wide range of considerations for programs and federal leaders to reflect on as they seek to improve their work around equity in notice of funding opportunities (NOFOs). Learn more (PDF, 20 pages).
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). NDEAM honors the impactful contributions of disabled Americans to our country and economy. Learn more.
This resource (PDF, 46 pages) is the first homelessness prevention framework released by the federal government. The guide is designed for a wide range of partners, including local, Tribal, and state governments; nonprofits, funders, systems, providers, and advocates of housing, health, human services, justice, education, employment, child welfare, and emergency services.
The framework:
This webpage contains Spanish language youth financial literacy activities and lesson plans. These classroom activities can be completed within a single class period, and each activity comes with a teacher guide and supporting student material. Learn more.