This webpage contains a series of guides to help professionals, families, and communities support the mental well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) youth. The series includes a resource guide (PDF, 36 pages) and four companion focus guides designed for these specific populations: Parents, families, and ...

Resource: An Overview of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)

This fact sheet covers information regarding Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and how GAPs are applied when purchasing or raising produce or other locally raised products for use in farm to school activities. The fact sheet includes information on what GAPs are, auditing requirements for producers, and where to learn more ...

Resource: Food Safety Information and Resources for the Farm to School Community

This fact sheet provides resources for those seeking to directly purchase or raise food products for school nutrition programs. Resources include guides for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and programs operated by state agencies to support compliance with produce safety rules. Learn more. ...

Resource: Food Safety Frequently Asked Questions

This fact sheet reviews key aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and explores how this law intersects with common farm to school activities such as direct purchasing of produce and meats from local small-producers and considerations when operating an edible campus garden. Learn more. ...

Resource: Key Topics for Families

This webpage offers tips, strategies, and supports that families of children with deafblindness can use to help them navigate their child's services and their family's everyday life. Categories include: Early Intervention Educational Services Learning at Home Transition Caring for the Family Health and Human Services During the Pandemic Learn more. ...

Report: National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey 2022: Data on Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities

This report (PDF, 34 pages) presents findings on the key operational characteristics of substance use and mental health treatment facilities, use of pharmacotherapies, language assistance services, and suicide prevention assistance services. Learn more.

FY2024 Farm to School Grants

The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and help connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants can launch new farm to ...

Resource: Key Considerations for Applying an Equity Lens to Collaborative Practice

This brief (PDF, 14 pages) helps collaborative teams (e.g., child welfare, public health, courts, substance use disorder (SUD) and mental disorder treatment staff, other community partners) formally assess existing policies to determine whether, and to what extent, they contribute to disproportionate and disparate outcomes for the families being served. Learn ...

Resource: Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Policy Toolkit

This toolkit (PDF, 20 pages) describes and defines adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), offers strategies for preventing ACEs, and discusses public health officials’ role in policy development around ACEs. The toolkit also offers guidance to public heath officials on developing an ACEs policy strategy. Learn more (PDF, 20 pages). ...

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