Announcements

This resource (PDF, 1 page) offers information about the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children, which provides critical financial assistance to children with qualifying disabilities and limited resources. The infographic explains social security’s definition of disability, describes program eligibility, and shares how to apply for SSI. Learn more (PDF, 1 page). 

This Peer Education Portal is a webpage where students, leaders, peer educators, and student health advocates are invited to share their school’s prevention education program with campuses nationwide. Learn more. 

In this activity, students will experiment with the conditions that affect how much groundwater certain types of soil can absorb. This activity is designed for students in grades 5–12 and for informal education environments. Learn more. 

In this video, astronaut Sultan Alneyadi tours the plant growing facilities astronauts use to conduct experiments on how plants grow in microgravity. This video explores the process of photosynthesis and how it impacts plant growth and food production in space. Educators can use this STEMonstration and the accompanying classroom connection (PDF, 10 pages) to help students explore photosynthesis and predict how changing the variables of light, water, or carbon dioxide in the photosynthesis process might impact the health of a plant. Learn more. 

In this activity, students will experiment with identifying different types of soil and testing soil pH levels. This activity is designed for students in grades 5–12 and for informal education environments. Learn more. 

This educator guide provides resources to help students use the engineering design process to construct, test, and analyze a prototype parachute designed to slow the descent of an egg and minimize the force of impact when landing. The guide contains student sheets, background information, steps of the engineering design process, tips for capturing digital video and using a video analysis app, a scoring rubric, physics formulas, and additional resources. Activity materials for grades 3–4 and 5–12 are provided. Learn more. 

Date: September 27, 2023, 1:00–2:00 pm ET 

This webinar will discuss the Participatory Systems Change for Equity framework, which is an approach to systems transformation that centers the expertise of those most impacted by child-, youth-, and family-serving systems to understand and interrupt inequitable system conditions. This session will review how the Participatory Systems Change for Equity framework can help schools, districts, counties, states, or other community-serving agencies reimagine how to transform systems in partnership with communities to promote equity, opportunity, and well-being. Learn more and register. 

Application deadline: December 1, 2023, 11:59 pm ET 

This opportunity aims to provide support for an intensive, supervised (mentored) career development experience in violence prevention research leading to research independence. Applicants must propose a research project that addresses one of these research priorities:  

• Cross-cutting violence prevention 

• Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) 

• Child abuse and neglect 

• Youth violence  

• Intimate partner violence (teen dating violence) 

• Sexual violence 

Applicants are also encouraged to address the following:  

• Multiple forms of violence impacting young people 

• Firearm-related behavior, crime, injuries, and deaths among young people 

• Social or structural conditions that contribute to violence and health inequities across population groups 

Learn more and apply. 

September is Child Welfare Workforce Development Month (CWWDM). CWWDM celebrates the work of child welfare and social work professionals, leaders, and students. This webpage features CWWDM materials, including posters, certificates, a schedule of events, infographics, activities, and more. Learn more. 

This fact sheet (PDF, 9 pages) provides tips for how K-12 schools can apply the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) approach to reducing and removing opportunities for criminal behaviors at public schools. The fact sheet also discusses how schools can incorporate CPTED principles into emergency operations plan (EOP) development. Learn more (PDF, 9 pages). 

This fact sheet (PDF, 10 pages) provides tips for how institutions of higher education (IHEs) can apply the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) approach to reducing and removing opportunities for criminal behaviors at colleges and universities. The fact sheet also discusses how IHEs can incorporate CPTED principles into emergency operations plan (EOP) development. Learn more (PDF, 10 pages). 

This updated tool provides an opportunity for administrators, faculty and teachers, and other personnel at schools, districts, and institutions of higher education to assess their capacity to create and maintain a high-quality emergency operations plan (EOP). Users will receive a customized downloadable report upon completion of the tool. Learn more. 

This webpage features materials for CDC’s Empower Vape-Free Youth Campaign. The campaign encourages middle and high school educators to speak with students about the risks of e-cigarettes and nicotine addiction. The campaign also provides resources for educators to help students avoid or quit vaping. Materials include fact sheets, conversation cards, videos, resources for youth, and more. Learn more.

This report identifies social, emotional, behavioral, educational, mental, physical, and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report examines strategies for addressing the challenges the pandemic introduced for children and families in marginalized communities, and provides recommendations for programs, supports, and interventions to counteract the negative effects of the pandemic on child and family well-being. Learn more.  

This webpage shares tips for parents on providing healthy snack options that give young people important nutrients and help satisfy hunger between meals. Learn more. 

The brief (PDF, 5 pages) shares how colleges and universities can collaborate with schools to build comprehensive mental health systems. Specific strategies to accelerate advancement of K-12 school mental health systems are provided. Learn more (PDF, 5 pages). 

This resource (PDF, 8 pages) focuses on involving youth and young adults in community-based public health campaigns to improve health literacy and reduce health disparities. Organization-level recommendations are provided. Learn more (PDF, 8 pages). 

This webpage shares how parents and caregivers can help their children develop healthy habits to last a lifetime. The webpage explores these questions: 

• Why is it important for my child to stay at a healthy weight? 

• How do I know if my child is at a healthy weight? 

• What if my child is overweight or has obesity? 

Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 20 pages) provides tips to organizations and leaders serving young people and families about building developmental relationships with the youth they serve. Learn more (PDF, 20 pages). 

The Move Your Way® campaign provides free tools and resources to promote key messages from the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans — including fact sheets, posters, videos, and interactive tools. This webpage provides links to the following resources: 

• Campaign materials for young people, parents and caregivers, health care providers, and more 

• A Community Playbook containing tips and resources to help community organizations implement the Move Your Way campaign at the local level 

• A Partner Promotion Toolkit with video, social media, newsletter content, and more to promote the campaign across networks 

Learn more.