This starter kit (PDF, 10 pages) seeks to help child support agencies, grant recipients, and other stakeholders:
Identify and recruit individuals with lived experience
Determine equitable compensation for people with lived experience
Engage respectfully and effectively with people with lived experience
This infographic (PDF, 3 pages) provides tips to districts and schools on developing an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), discusses how schools can train staff and faculty on emergency preparedness, and offers guidance on emergency planning efforts. Additional resources are provided. Learn more (PDF, 3 pages).
This archived webinar features information on federal school safety training and technical assistance (TTA) centers and how they can support members of the K-12 community. The session focuses on resources related to school safety, school climate, and student mental health supports. Use the password SchoolSafety1 to access the recording. Learn more.
This fact sheet (PDF, 8 pages) provides caseworkers with an overview of current and historical issues affecting child welfare practice with American Indian and Alaska Native families, practice implications, and cultural considerations. Learn more.
This report (PDF, 34 pages) presents findings on the key operational characteristics of substance use and mental health treatment facilities, use of pharmacotherapies, language assistance services, and suicide prevention assistance services. Learn more.
This brief (PDF, 8 pages) outlines findings from an evaluation of Restoring Promise, an initiative to transform housing units for young adults in prison. Findings reveal how Restoring Promise’s approach to culture transformation significantly reduces prison violence and the use of restrictive housing (commonly referred to as solitary confinement). Learn more (PDF, 8 pages).
This training is designed to help education agencies learn about preventing and addressing adult sexual misconduct (ASM) in the school setting to protect students. After completing this course, participants will be able to:
Define ASM
Recognize ASM in a school setting
Identify when reporting potential ASM in a school setting is required
Describe the federally recommended six-step planning process for addressing and preventing ASM
This webpage defines adult sexual misconduct (ASM) in schools and shares strategies for preventing and addressing ASM and aiding and abetting. Additional resources are provided. Learn more.
This Spanish model standards guidance document (PDF, 42 pages) outlines model standards for substance use disorder, mental health, and family/youth peer support certification.
Este documento delinea el modelo nacional de normas en el área del consumo de sustancias, la salud mental la familia así como también la certificación de apoyo entre pares jóvenes.
This webpage provides information on a network of ASL behavioral health care services and resources for young people and adults who are deaf and hard of hearing. The webpage is part of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Learn more.
This archived webinar focused on providing emergency preparedness support to students experiencing homelessness. The webinar discussed:
Criteria for a student to be considered a homeless child or youth under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Educational rights of students who are experiencing homelessness and the responsibilities associated with ensuring their needs are met
Unique emergency operations plan (EOP) considerations for students experiencing homelessness
Relevant resources to be used by local homeless education liaisons, school safety leaders, planning team members, community partners, and other individuals who have an interest or role in school emergency management planning
This webpage describes best practices for employers who employ minors under the age of 18. The labor practices include:
Train management
Distribute resources
Build trust
Provide different nametags
Post warnings
Use signage
Spotlight hazards
This brief (PDF, 14 pages) helps collaborative teams (e.g., child welfare, public health, courts, substance use disorder (SUD) and mental disorder treatment staff, other community partners) formally assess existing policies to determine whether, and to what extent, they contribute to disproportionate and disparate outcomes for the families being served. Learn more (PDF, 14 pages).
This animated video offers those who work with, coach, teach, or care for adolescents a brief introduction to co-regulation support rooted in evidence-informed strategies to foster self-regulation in youth. From their middle school years through young adulthood, youth need trusted adults to help them build self-regulation. Learn more and watch.
This activity shows students in grades 5—8 how to make their own recycled paper embedded with seeds at home. Students can plant the paper in soil and sprouts will appear within weeks. Detailed directions and an instructional video are provided. Learn more.
This toolkit (PDF, 105 pages) provides background and actionable resources about how educators can text parents and caregivers as an effective strategy for reducing chronic absenteeism. The toolkit is designed to help district leaders and staff:
Consider goals and priorities for using text messaging to communicate with parents about student absences.
Understand the attendance data collection procedures and information technology (IT) infrastructure needed to implement a texting strategy.
Consider whether the text messaging strategies used in the Parent Messaging Study are feasible to adopt and implement.
Set up a text messaging system using the district’s student information system and (if appropriate) a short messaging service (SMS) vendor.
Learn more (PDF, 105 pages).
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Capacity Assessment Tool (ACECAT) (PDF, 17 pages) helps health agencies inventory their capacity to address and prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This resource is a companion piece to the ACECAT that provides concrete steps to completing the ACECAT asynchronously. Learn more.
This toolkit (PDF, 20 pages) describes and defines adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), offers strategies for preventing ACEs, and discusses public health officials’ role in policy development around ACEs. The toolkit also offers guidance to public heath officials on developing an ACEs policy strategy. Learn more (PDF, 20 pages).
This webpage contains a crossword puzzle with terms about Earth’s journey around the sun and important points around its orbit that educators can use with students. The page contains additional resources to find clues to solve the puzzle. Learn more.
NASA is releasing its first complete season of Universo Curioso de la NASA, a Spanish-language podcast. This season features NASA experts as they discuss space exploration, space technology, and scientific discoveries. The first two episodes are available now. Episodes include:
Tuesday, Sept. 12: Trailer for Season 1
Tuesday, Sept. 19: Episode 1: Sample Return Missions: Bringing Space Back to Earth
Tuesday, Sept. 26: Episode 2: What Happens to the Human Body in Space?
Tuesday, Oct. 3: Episode 3: Our Changing Oceans
Tuesday, Oct. 10: Episode 4: All About the Sun
Tuesday, Oct. 17: Episode 5: Are We Alone in the Universe?