Positive Youth Development

The Department of Education (ED) recently launched the National Parents and Families Engagement Council (the Council) to facilitate strong and effective relationships between schools and parents, families, and caregivers. The Council consists of parent, family, or caregiver representatives from national organizations who will work with the Department to discuss how ...

This report (PDF, 38 pages) is the fifth in a series of publications that examines findings from the 2020 edition of America After 3PM, a pre-pandemic national household survey of more than 31,000 parents of school-age children. It takes a closer look at parents’ perceptions of afterschool programs, their priorities ...

This series of guides, intended for adults who regularly interact with youth in foster care, define the different components of coregulation and how it can be applied to youth in foster care. There are four guides in the series (one each for caring adults, child welfare professionals, foster families, and ...

This fact sheet presents statistics on increased risks for LGBTQ youth and provides information on how child welfare systems can avoid harmful practices and use healthy approaches when working with LGBTQ children and youth. Learn more.  

This article (PDF, 5 pages) reviews the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) historical and current investment in researching and preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as they relate to health outcomes later in life. Future ACE investments are also discussed. Learn more.   ...

This article (PDF, 8 pages) highlights the early implementation of two primary prevention strategies funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that have strong potential for broad public health impact to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)—strengthening economic supports and changing social norms.   Early findings indicate that by ...

This article (PDF, 9 pages) outlines critical steps in building a comprehensive approach to adverse and positive childhood experiences surveillance and describes improvements needed to optimize surveillance data for action. Learn more.  

This evaluation of the Interconnected Systems Framework is designed to provide guidance on interconnecting school support systems for behavior and mental health. This research affirms that access to interconnected resources will further improve school climate and student equity. Learn more. 

The Reconnecting Youth project seeks to pull together in one location information about programs that support young people who are disconnected and their practices as well as a repository of existing research with two new tools: a compendium of programs and an evidence gap map. Learn more.