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This training module provides adult professionals with best practices for how to plan a presentation in authentic collaboration with youth. The training should take 15-30 minutes to complete. Learn more.

This podcast episode is part of Second Chance Month activities and is designed to provide the latest information in justice innovations, practices, and perspectives from the field of criminal justice. Learn more. 

This report reveals a 3% overall decrease in suicide from 2019 to 2020, including an 8% decrease among females and a 2% decrease among males. Demographic disparities in suicide persist, as evidenced by increasing rates among persons aged 25–34 years, Hispanic males, and non-Hispanic multiracial females. Implications of this report suggest that a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention is critical to realizing further declines in suicide. Learn more (PDF, 7 pages). 

This free, downloadable digital health literacy curriculum includes a slide deck, accompanying script, and handouts that can be used to help people gain the skills needed to access and evaluate online health information. Other digital health literacy resources are also available. Learn more.  

This report (PDF, 71 pages) provides initial results from the 2020-2021 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). The NTPS collected data on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on public and private schools, principals, and teachers during the 2019–20 school year. The report presents selected findings, using preliminary data, from coronavirus-related questions that were focused on how schools adapted to the coronavirus pandemic during the spring of 2019–20. Learn more.  

Pediatricians and other care providers, researchers, and program administrators came together for this virtual workshop to discuss the value of telehealth for mental and behavioral health services (or telemental health) as a critical tool for improving mental health care access during the COVID-19 pandemic and well after. The increased use of telemental health for children and youth during the pandemic were explored, as were limits of telemental health. Read the meeting summary to learn more. 
 

This webpage provides information on the intersections between eating disorders and substance use disorders among Americans, including young people. Types and prevalence of eating disorders are discussed, and links to additional resources and websites on eating disorders and substance use are provided. Learn more. 

This brief, the second in a series of three from Fathers Incorporated addressing fatherhood engagement for low-income African American students and their families, is designed for academicians and practitioners to focus continued attention on recognizing a father's mental health and its impact on how well his child does in school. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 36 pages) documents the Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB) 11 recommendations for preparing students to be career-ready. 

This literature review discusses the involvement of youth in hate crimes, both perpetration and victimization. A historical review of youth involvement in hate crimes is provided as is a discussion on the consequences of hate crime and bias-based harassment of youth. Learn more. 

This resource contains an overview of Black History Month’s origins in addition to two valuable handouts for educators. The Fun Facts fact sheet (PDF, 1 page) offers a compilation of statistics on Black/African American populations, occupations, and educational attainment. The Teaching Guide (PDF, 2 pages) provides a list of ideas for using the fact sheet with young people in all grade levels. 

HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) invites homeless assistance providers and their partners to participate in Office Hours to discuss COVID-19 planning and response on Fridays from 2:30 to 4:00 PM ET. Presenters from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HUD, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council (HCH) and their partners will be available for live question and answer sessions. Learn more about upcoming events.  

These three free mental health literacy courses provide a foundation of mental health literacy, including effective strategies to help you recognize opportunities to be more thoughtful in the use of language in your everyday life and when treating patients with mental illnesses. The three courses are entitled Mental Health, Stigma, and Communication, Learn Mental Health Literacy, and Teach Mental Health Literacy. Learn more.  

The HHS Intra-agency Task Force on Reproductive Health Care Access focuses on advancing quality, access, and equity for reproductive health, rights, and justice. Activities include coordinating federal interagency policymaking, program development, and outreach efforts to address barriers impacting individuals and communities seeking reproductive health care. Learn more.  

The Family Planning Clinic Locator tool has information on public and private nonprofit health and community-based clinics that provide a broad range of family planning and preventive health services to women, men, and adolescents, regardless of ability to pay. Learn more. 

This resource for parents, educators, and caregivers offers information on teen social media use as a potential avenue for youth to engage with drug-related material. The article can be found on the DEA’s “Get Smart About Drugs” website. Learn more. 

This resource (PDF, 4 pages) presents a set of practices for both school administrators who directly support staff, and for classroom teachers and other staff who directly support students, to step back, clarify priorities, and strategize improvements. The selected practices identified by the National Center for Safe and Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) are based on contemporary research and can assist individuals or teams of practitioners to consider how they might strengthen and refine current practices. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages). 

This webpage provides a set of four basic, complementary behavior management strategies for classes, with examples of application in both in-person and virtual (distance learning) situations. The site includes a collection of tools and templates. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages).

This practice guide summarizes evidence-based, positive, and proactive practices that support and respond to students’ social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) needs in classrooms and similar teaching and learning environments (e.g., small-group activity). Included are a self-assessment, examples of critical practices in elementary and secondary settings, scenarios that illustrate implementation, and other guidelines for implementation. Learn more (PDF, 38 pages).  

These data-driven reports reflect the impact that AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs, members, and volunteers have on improving lives through the power of service. Read the state profiles to learn more.