Announcements

May is National Adolescent Health Month (NAHM). This annual observance emphasizes the importance of building on young people’s strengths and potential, encouraging meaningful youth engagement in adolescent health activities, and highlighting key topics in adolescent health. The 2023 NAHM themes are: 

• Week 1: Expand sexual and reproductive health information and services 

• Week 2: Promote self-care to support mental health 

• Week 3: Celebrate ways that communities support youth 

• Week 4: Equip adults to support adolescent health 

Learn more. 

Date: March 29, 2023, 11:00 am ET 

In this webinar, participants will learn about teachers’ use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in their instructional practices and implications for supporting adoption of ICT in the classroom. The session will focus on results from the 2018 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS). ICILS is a resource for understanding the role of technology in teaching and learning, particularly considering the rapid shift to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more and register. 

Application deadline: May 1, 2023 

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund national mentoring organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth who are at risk or high risk for juvenile delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Funding is encouraged to support new mentoring matches, but can also support existing mentoring matches through program completion. Learn more and apply (PDF, 28 pages). 

Application deadline: March 31, 2023 

This program will provide intensive training and technical assistance (TTA) to competitively selected local jurisdictions to improve community supervision practices, produce better outcomes for youth and communities, reduce recidivism, and improve public safety. Local, regional, or Tribal community supervision agencies are eligible to apply. Learn more and apply (PDF, 3 pages). 

Application deadline: April 11, 2023  

This program supports projects designed to address and prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in rural communities. 

Funds may be used to: 

• Identify, assess, and appropriately respond to child, youth, and adult victims and work with a network of partners within a rural community to provide legal services, health services, and basic provisions to victims 

• Establish and expand nonprofit, nongovernmental, State, Tribal, Territorial, and local government victim services in rural areas or rural communities to child, youth, and adult victims 

• Increase the safety and well-being of rural women and children by dealing directly and immediately with issues of violence 

• Develop, expand, implement, and improve the quality of sexual assault forensic medical examination or sexual assault nurse examiner programs 

Learn more and register.  

In celebration of Women’s History Month in March, this webpage explores data on the learning experiences of female students throughout their education careers and the characteristics of female teachers and faculty. Learn more. 

March is National Nutrition Month. During this month, youth, young adults, and adults are invited to learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical activity habits. Learn more and register. 

Date: March 28, 2023, 1:00–2:00 pm ET 

In this webinar, participants will learn about ways that Tribal governments and Native-serving organizations are designing and funding the nurturing of students for school, college, career, and community life. Learn more and register. 

This report (PDF, 64 pages) summarizes findings from a series of focus groups conducted with youth and young adults, as well as interviews with relevant stakeholders, about their personal experiences with authentic engagement and the perceived barriers to implementing authentic engagement. The report includes a list of the most common barriers identified by the Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency (QIC-EY) Youth Engagement Advisory Council. Learn more (PDF, 64 pages). 

This podcast features conversations between those with lived experience in child welfare and agency leaders about how they shared knowledge and power to build trusting relationships. These podcasts highlight the successes and challenges of sharing power in child welfare and how deeper engagement of people with lived experience can improve child welfare policy and practice and, ultimately, create better family, child, and youth outcomes. Learn more. 

This webpage contains campaign materials to enforce safe seatbelt use and highlights the dangers of not wearing a seat belt. The page contains social media content, graphics and infographics, videos, banners, TV ads, and more. Learn more. 

This brief (PDF, 9 pages) explains the role of Medicaid in schools. It outlines how Medicaid is used to fund various school-based health care and support services and discusses limitations on Medicaid payment for school-based services. Learn more (PDF, 9 pages). 

This guide provides a roadmap for college- and university-based prevention professionals to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, from students to administrators, to address campus-wide drug misuse issues. The webpage contains an accompanying report, a video series featuring prominent members of the prevention field, a PowerPoint presentation, and additional resources. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 12 pages) is designed to teach community college professionals how to plan, implement, and evaluate effective drug misuse prevention efforts on their campuses. Learn more (PDF, 12 pages). 

This webpage contains a new data file release from the 2020-21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), which provides information about U.S. public and private elementary and secondary schools and their staff. This information is collected through school, principal, and teacher surveys, and information can be linked across each survey. The page also contains reports about the following topics: 

• Teacher and principal demographics 

• School climate 

• Job satisfaction 

• Working conditions 

• Staff education, training, and certification 

• Experiences of early career teachers 

Learn more. 

Application deadline: April 27, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET  

This program funds local education agencies (LEA) to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization by providing skills-based human trafficking training and education for school staff and students. The LEA must work in partnership with a non-profit or nongovernmental organization and consult with local law enforcement to develop a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol.  

The following activities are required under the HTYPE Demonstration Program:   

1. Provide human trafficking education that equips educators and other staff to identify and respond to signs that students are at high risk of or are currently experiencing human trafficking  

2. Deliver student human trafficking prevention education that is designed to build student resilience to labor trafficking and sex trafficking by strengthening student knowledge and skills   

3. Train qualified individuals to implement and replicate project activities throughout the school district or identified target area(s)   

4. Establish and implement a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol (HTSSP)  

Learn more and apply.   

This video explores the Capacity Building Center for States’ commitment to promoting racial equity, intersectionality, and reducing disparities for children, youth, and families through shared vocabulary. The resources introduced in the video help build understanding, encourage consistency, and support clear communication. This video can be used to help child welfare professionals build a shared language with a common understanding of terms. Learn more.  
 

Grants.gov deadline: April 5, 2023, 11:59 pm ET  
JustGrants deadline: April 19, 2023, 8:59 pm ET  

With this solicitation (PDF, 28 pages), OJJDP seeks to provide funding for the development and implementation of training and technical assistance for child abuse professionals. Applicants should submit proposals that support efforts to develop and operate a Children’s Advocacy Center Model national training and technical assistance program for child abuse professionals to enhance the coordinated multidisciplinary investigation and response to child abuse and increase the quality of intervention and treatment services available to child abuse victims. Learn more and apply.  

This webpage provides resources to help reconnect adopted children with their cultural roots in meaningful ways. Learn more.  

This fact sheet (PDF, 3 pages) outlines information and resources to support schools and institutions of higher education in their recovery planning efforts in the immediate aftermath of a community-wide disaster. Learn more (PDF, 3 pages).