Breadcrumb
- Federal Resources
Federal Resources
Filter by Department
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (3)
- Department of Agriculture (62)
- Department of Commerce (8)
- (-) Department of Defense (12)
- Department of Education (395)
- Department of Energy (3)
- Department of Health and Human Services (976)
- Department of Homeland Security (54)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (27)
- Department of Justice (311)
- Department of Labor (81)
- Department of State (9)
- Department of the Interior (13)
- Department of the Treasury (6)
- Department of Transportation (31)
- Environmental Protection Agency (5)
- (-) Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (4)
- (-) Library of Congress (1)
- (-) Multiple Federal Partners (12)
- (-) National Academies (2)
- National Science Foundation (1)
- Office of Management and Budget (4)
- Office of the Inspector General (3)
- Social Security Administration (7)
- The White House (54)
- (-) United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) (9)
- Virginia Dept of Juvenile Justice (1)
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (1)
Filter by Topic
- Afterschool (3)
- Bullying (1)
- Child Welfare (1)
- Civic Engagement (2)
- Community Development (5)
- Disabilities (1)
- Education (9)
- Employment & Training (6)
- Health and Nutrition (4)
- Mental Health (5)
- Mentoring (1)
- Parenting (3)
- Positive Youth Development (2)
- Program Development (1)
- Reconnecting Youth (1)
- Runaway and Homeless Youth (10)
- Safety (1)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention (1)
- Trafficking of Youth (1)
- Transition Age Youth (4)
- Violence Prevention & Victimization (1)
- Youth Preparedness (1)
Department of Defense STARBASE
The DoD STARBASE is an educational program sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Students can participate in challenging "hands-on, mind-on" activities in aviation, science, technology, engineering, math, and space exploration. The program provides students with 20-25 hours of stimulating experiences at National Guard, Navy, Marine, Air Force Reserve and Air Force bases across the nation.
MilitaryKidsConnect.org
This Department of Defense-sponsored website features content for children, tweens, and teens of military families. The site provides an online community that allows these young people to support one another while learning coping and resilience-building skills.
Military Youth on the Move
This site helps military youth cope with a deployment or move.
Military Homefront
MilitaryHOMEFRONT is the Department of Defense website for official Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) program information, policy and guidance designed to help troops and their families, leaders, and service providers. Whether you live the military lifestyle or support those who do, you'll find what you need!
National Guard Youth Challenge Program
The mission of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is to intervene in and reclaim the lives of at-risk youth to produce program graduates with the values, skills, education and self-discipline necessary to succeed as adults.
Online Community for Children of Military Families
MilitaryKidsConnect.org, a Department of Defense-sponsored website, features content for children, tweens, and teens of military families. The site provides an online community that allows these young people to support one another while learning coping and resilience-building skills
The Volunteer Clearinghouse
The Volunteer Clearinghouse serves the Corps of Engineers nationwide to link potential volunteers with Park Rangers at lakes and waterways that need them. It provides information about the volunteer program and directs people to the point of contact, usually a Park Ranger, at the lake or location of interest.
www.MyFuture.com
This site helps young adults plan their next steps in life by bringing together the most recently available information about colleges, careers and military services. Designed primarily for individuals between 16 and 24, the site features information drawn and collated from the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, Education and Labor. The site contains information on more than 1,000 military and civilian careers and nearly 7,000 accredited colleges, universities and trade schools, and can serve as a central resource for valuable background on college admission requirements, employment trends and military benefits.
DoDEA Virtual High School
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) offers a Virtual High School (DVHS), which provides more than 70 online courses to students in DoDEA secondary schools to meet DoDEA eligible students’ academic and career-oriented goals. DVHS also offers the Domestic Transition Program, which provides students transitioning from an overseas DoDEA-supported program or Non-DoD Schools Program to a local public school or an accredited educational program in the United States, allowing for continuity in students’ education.
Resource: Helping Military Parents Keep their Children Safe
This website provides information on the Safe and Sound Campaign to connect military parents, service providers, and leaders to resources on parenting skills and child abuse and neglect prevention.
Resource: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
This clearinghouse helps providers identify, select, and implement evidence-based programs and practices to address wide-ranging family and mental health issues. The searchable database includes effective and promising intervention programs as well as resources and strategies to ensure the welfare of military families.
Resource: Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
This program connects federal and private sector employers with college students and recent graduates with disabilities seeking summer or permanent employment. WRP recruiters from federal agencies conduct personal interviews with interested candidates, who are then included in a searchable database that is available to hiring officials in federal agencies. Colleges and universities can apply to host interviews with WRP recruiters, and students and employers can apply to gain access to the database.
Federal Listservs
Stay connected with federal youth-related activities and initiatives. Many federal agencies offer listservs that regularly announce new funding opportunities and other items of interest. Check out the opportunities below:
PreventionED
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools offers additional funding information through the PreventionED listserv. This listserv includes a newsletter, legislation, and information on grant opportunities available through other federal programs.
JUVJUST
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)’s listserv, JUVJUST, is a link to the latest juvenile justice information from OJJDP and the field. Announcements are sent when new publications are received or for other important newsworthy events.
Media Campaign Flash
The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign’s (the Campaign) Media Campaign Flash is a source for the latest news, information resources, and partnership opportunities related to the Campaign.
Youth Initiatives Update
Each month, Youth Initiatives Update brings you the latest information on new youth-related initiatives and resources. The National Clearinghouse for Children and Youth, a service of the Family and Youth Services Bureau at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, selects the postings from the Web sites of more than 100 national organizations and federal agencies. To subscribe, send an e-mail to yiu@ncfy.com.
The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC), sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and federal partners working on youth violence, provides e-newsletters and announcement lists created to assist local government and community leaders interested in planning, implementing, and sustaining community-wide youth violence prevention strategies.
Help Youth Connect to Internships!
Internships promote positive youth development and are a great way for youth to get involved in the federal government. Youth can visit the Internship pages on Youth Engaged 4 Change to learn about the skills needed to compete for internships in public service, access current internship opportunities, and get advice from peers and professionals with experience in the federal government.
Comprehensive Services for Opportunity Youth Resource List
This resource provides a list of comprehensive services for opportunity youth.
Youth Development Across the Federal Government: A Thought Leader Conversation with Cheri Hoffman
Recently, Karen Pittman spoke with Cheri Hoffman, who chairs the working group and also directs the Division of Children and Youth Policy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services. The conversation explored how the working group helps federal agencies approach positive youth development and emerging ways that the working group is tackling its mission. On this page you’ll find selected excerpts of the session along with the full recording, an interactive transcript, the slide presentation, and further resources.
Read.gov
Read.gov encourages everyone to discover the world of books.
2014 National Prevention Strategy Annual Status Report
The National Prevention Council released its 2014 Annual Status Report. The report illustrates progress in implementing the National Prevention Strategy and highlights the collective impact of the federal government and its partners to improve the health and quality of life for individuals, families, and communities
America's Young Adults: Special Issue, 2014
This special report on young adults in the United States, ages 18-24, includes data from nationally representative, federally sponsored surveys. Data are summarized under five key themes: education; economic circumstances; family formation; civic, social, and personal behavior; and health and safety.
DisasterAssistance.gov
This site consolidates disaster assistance information in one place. The secure, user-friendly U.S. Government web portal allows users to apply for assistance online following a presidentially declared disaster and to find additional resources and information about recovering from a disaster.
Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States 2013-2017
The result of collaborative efforts of the over 15 federal agencies of the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States 2013-2017 lays out a five-year path for enhancing coordination and building capacity across governmental and nongovernmental entities to better support individuals who are victims of human trafficking.
Finding Federal Funds
The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth recently profiled The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Funding and Programs List, which outlines which federal departments have programs that help prevent and end homelessness and includes programs specifically designed to assist homeless youth.
Harm Reduction: Advice from Leaders in the Field
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) interviewed staff from three model programs using harm reduction to help youth experiencing homelessness.
Helping Students Prepare for Employment
Released by the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) and the PACER Center, the report, “Preparing for Employment: On the Home Front,” illustrates how parents can help prepare their children for employment.
Meeting the Unique Needs of Families
In this blog post, Laura Green Zeilinger, USICH Executive Director, illustrates the experience of family homelessness and the services and supports that can be effective in helping families, including coordinated assessment, transitional housing, and rapid re-housing.