Breadcrumb
- Federal Resources
Federal Resources
Filter by Agency
- Administration for Children and Families (10)
- AmeriCorps (5)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (1)
- (-) Bureau of Justice Assistance (3)
- Census Bureau (1)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (9)
- (-) Children’s Bureau (2)
- Employment and Training Administration (27)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (1)
- Federal Student Aid (1)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (1)
- Institute of Education Sciences (2)
- National Center for Education Statistics (3)
- National Collaborative on Workforce & Disability for Youth (3)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (5)
- National Institute of Justice (1)
- National Institutes of Health (1)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (1)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy (9)
- Office of Justice Programs (2)
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2)
- Office of Policy and Research (1)
- Office of Special Education Programs (2)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (4)
- Public and Indian Housing Division (1)
- (-) Rehabilitation Services Administration (1)
- Wage and Hour Division (1)
Filter by Topic
- Afterschool (5)
- (-) Children of Incarcerated Parents (4)
- Child Welfare (5)
- Civic Engagement (1)
- Collaboration (1)
- Community Development (8)
- Disabilities (2)
- Education (7)
- (-) Employment & Training (2)
- Family & Community Engagement (1)
- Financial Literacy (1)
- Gang Prevention (4)
- Health and Nutrition (5)
- Housing (1)
- Juvenile Justice (8)
- LGBTQ (1)
- Mental Health (5)
- Mentoring (1)
- Native Youth (2)
- Parenting (3)
- Positive Youth Development (10)
- Program Development (4)
- Safety (1)
- Service Learning (1)
- Substance Use/Misuse (10)
- Teen Dating Violence (1)
- Teen Driver Safety (1)
- Teen Pregnancy (1)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention (1)
- Transition Age Youth (3)
- Violence Prevention & Victimization (6)
National Reentry Resource Center
Funded by the Second Chance Act of 2008, and launched by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in 2009, the National Reentry Resource Center provides education, training, and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, non-profit organizations, and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry.
Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents: Trauma Prevention Policy
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in partnership with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) created a policy, Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents. The policy, which reflects input from subject-matter experts and stakeholders, provides strategies for law enforcement to improve their procedures for interactions with children when a parent is arrested.
Video: Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Training
This training video shows children telling their own stories about how they were affected by the arrest of a parent, and demonstrates the core principles from the Model Policy for Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents (PDF, 38 pages), illustrating actions law enforcement officers can take to reduce trauma.
Supporting Families Impacted by Incarceration — A Dialogue with Experts
This report, developed by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center, is the outcome of a meeting that convened national child welfare experts on families impacted by incarceration. It features key issues around this topic for practitioners and identifies needed resources and tools to support the workforce and families, along with a practical framework of intervention points from arrest to release.
John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood
The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (the Chafee program) provides funding to support youth/ young adults in or formerly in foster care in their transition to adulthood. The program is funded through formula grants awarded to child welfare agencies in States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and participating Tribes. Chafee funds are used to assist youth/ young adults in a wide variety of areas designed to support a successful transition to adulthood. Activities and programs include, but are not limited to, help with education, employment, financial management, housing, emotional support and assured connections to caring adults. Specific services and supports are determined by the child welfare agency, vary by State, locality and agency, and are often based on the individual needs of the young person. Many State or local agencies contract with private organizations to deliver services to young people.
PACER Center's Technical Assistance on Transition and the Rehabilitation Act (TATRA) Project
The Technical Assistance on Transition and the Rehabilitation Act (TATRA) Project offers Parent Information and Training Programs funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) a variety of services to help them achieve their goals. Individualized services for each center are identified in technical assistance plans on an annual basis.