Resources

This Safeline for runaway youth and youth experiencing homelessness has staff available 24/7 to listen and offer confidential, non-directive, and non-judgmental support. The site provides free services, trained staff, and call, text, email, chat, or forum support as well resources for youth, concerned adults, and service providers. Learn more. ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 4 pages) provides organizations serving vulnerable youth with strategies for integrating effective approaches for conducting a human trafficking assessment. Learn more.

This data spotlight provides detailed information on the record dollar amounts Americans lost in 2020 to romance scams. Tips for identifying a romance scam (PDF, 1 page) and steering clear of romance scammers are included. Learn more.

This data snapshot (PDF, 1 page) presents data on the prevalence of physical and sexual dating violence reported by high school students in the United States in 2017, with comparisons for 2013 and 2015. Learn more.

This literature review focuses on research that addresses dating violence that occurs between adolescents in middle and high school (primarily youth ages 12 to 18). Learn more.

This document (PDF, 7 pages) provides practical human trafficking survivor-informed strategies to support youth serving-organizations in creating opportunities for survivor feedback, leadership, and integration into youth-serving programs to improve services-delivery. Learn more.

This document outlines strategies for school nutrition (PDF, 1 page) program operators and school administrators to reduce transmission of COVID-19 among employees, students, and families; promote healthy environments and healthy business operations; and prepare for sick employees. Layered prevention strategies are discussed. Learn more. ...

The Surgeon General’s Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation (PDF, 22 pages) provides specific guidance and resources for health care providers, educators, librarians, faith leaders, and trusted community members to understand, identify, and stop the spread of health misinformation in their communities. The toolkit was developed in collaboration with the ...

This article emphasizes the role that scientific research plays in reducing gun violence in the U.S., including how young people’s firearm involvement influences later criminal gun use and their own victimization in young adulthood. Learn more.

This Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website provides institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities with resources to prevent drug misuse among college students. Included on the website are a Strategic Planning Guide, a Practitioner’s Toolbox, informational resources and publications, podcasts, and more. Learn more. ...