Breadcrumb
- Federal Resources
Federal Resources
Filter by Agency
- Administration for Children and Families (42)
- (-) AmeriCorps (1)
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (1)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (14)
- Children’s Bureau (1)
- (-) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) (1)
- Family and Youth Services Bureau (26)
- (-) Federal Bureau of Investigation (1)
- Federal Trade Commission (1)
- (-) Food and Drug Administration (1)
- General Accounting Office (1)
- Grants.gov (1)
- (-) Health Resources and Services Administration (3)
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (1)
- National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY) (5)
- National Collaborative on Workforce & Disability for Youth (1)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (1)
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (4)
- National Science Foundation (1)
- Office of Adolescent Health (2)
- Office of Educational Research and Improvement (1)
- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (2)
- Office of Innovation and Improvement (1)
- Office of Justice Programs (4)
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (9)
- Office of Military Community and Family Policy (1)
- Office of Policy and Research (1)
- Office of Public Health and Science (1)
- Office of Special Education Programs (2)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (1)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (2)
- Rehabilitation Services Administration (1)
- (-) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (4)
Filter by Department
Filter by Topic
- Afterschool (7)
- Bullying (8)
- Child Welfare (1)
- Civic Engagement (12)
- Collaboration (1)
- Community Development (10)
- Disabilities (1)
- Education (13)
- Employment & Training (6)
- Family & Community Engagement (1)
- Gang Prevention (2)
- Health and Nutrition (11)
- Juvenile Justice (5)
- (-) LGBTQ (5)
- Mental Health (51)
- Mentoring (6)
- (-) Parenting (4)
- Positive Youth Development (10)
- (-) Program Development (2)
- Reconnecting Youth (1)
- Safety (5)
- Service Learning (5)
- Substance Use/Misuse (42)
- Trafficking of Youth (2)
- Transition Age Youth (2)
- Violence Prevention & Victimization (11)
- Youth Preparedness (7)
- Youth Suicide Prevention (3)
Parents’ Influence on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens: What Parents and Families Should Know
CDC’s DASH developed the factsheet, “Parents’ Influence on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens: What Parents and Families Should Know," which provides information for parents on how they can support and promote healthy outcomes for their LGTBQ teens.
A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation has created a pamphlet, which is designed to help parents, teachers, and providers begin to understand the complexities of on-line child exploitation.
Share with Youth: This Free Life
This campaign aims to prevent and reduce tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young adults, ages 18-24, who are occasional smokers. As highlighted in a recent blog post describing the campaign, LGBT young adults in the United States are nearly twice as likely to use tobacco as other young adults.
Health Center Program Technical Assistance
This resource provides technical assistance to health centers. The Bureau of Primary Health Care has developed partnerships with state, regional and other national organizations to provide:
- Training and technical assistance on fiscal and program management
- Operational and administrative support
- Program development/analysis
- Primary care/clinical care development and operations
- Support to meet the needs of special populations
- Support to develop and implement health and other information technology systems
Health Resources and Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
Maternal and Child Health Library
The MCH Library is a virtual guide to MCH information. It offers a combination of MCH information compiled by library staff and pathways to the best MCH information available on other Web sites, from organizations, and in libraries.
SCOTUS Decision Supports LGBT Behavioral Health
This blog post by SAMHSA Administrator Pamela Hyde describes the importance of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which states that the Constitution requires LGBT couples be allowed to marry no matter where they live, and marriages performed in one state must be recognized in every state. The post also highlights other steps the federal government has taken this year to improve the health and well-being of LGBT people.
Booklet Series: FASD Prevention
SAMHSA’s FASD Center for Excellence released an updated version of its How To Have a Healthy Baby booklet series. This series provides useful guidance to encourage women to remain alcohol-free during pregnancy. The three-booklet series provides tips for men and women who want to support a healthy pregnancy, and for providers who work with pregnant women. These resources are available in both English and Spanish.
Report: Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth
This report presents research, clinical expertise, and expert consensus on therapeutic practices related to children's and adolescent's sexual orientation and gender identity, and makes the case for eliminating the use of conversion therapy among this population.
Resource: LGBTQ Youth: Voices of Trauma, Lives of Promise
This video features the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth describing their experiences with trauma related to their identities and how mental health professionals have helped them.
New Requirement to Record Your Indirect Cost Rate in eGrants
As part of the new Uniform Guidance for AmeriCorps award and grants, recipients must record the indirect cost method and rates they will be using on their awards. AmeriCorps has created a feature in eGrants for recipients to record the method they will be using to apply their indirect costs to all awards.