Announcements

This report (PDF, 338 pages) describes efforts to review and assess the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV). The report recommends alternative approaches and design options for administering the survey to increase response rates. Learn more.  

This infographic (PDF, 3 pages) highlights strategies and resources to enhance student and school safety through the use of reporting programs. The infographic includes specific actions K-12 schools and school districts can take to enable, improve, and sustain reporting systems and create an environment that empowers students to share concerns. Learn more.  

This tip sheet helps child welfare agencies collaborate with community-based partners to assess agency services and prevention efforts, promote communication and information sharing across systems, increase understanding of the family’s needs, and provide better overall support to children and families. Learn more. 

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program is a national program of volunteers trained in disaster preparedness and emergency response. Through Teen CERT, students can serve their community and help take care of school and home. Learn more. 

The resource contains a series of lessons learned that highlight the fundamental insights and knowledge gained about child and youth engagement, with special attention to permanency decisions. The lessons include:  

• Authentic engagement of children and youth must be reimagined and clearly defined 

• Leaders set the tone for building relationships that drive authentic engagement of children and youth. 

• Commitment, self-awareness and flexibility are the core, professional characteristics that are highly required. 

• Identified competencies are essential to relationship building and partnering with children and youth.  

• Lived expertise from youth and young adults are key for transformation efforts and thoughtful considerations are needed for engaging youth. 

Learn more. 

Grants.gov Deadline: June 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ET 
JustGrants Deadline: June 24, 2024, 8:59 pm ET 

With this solicitation (PDF, 33 pages), OJJDP seeks to support targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). This program seeks to:  

1. Reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate 

2. Prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community 

Learn more and apply. 

Date: May 7, 2024, 1:00-2:00 pm ET 

This webinar will discuss firearm injury prevention and risk reduction interventions to address firearm injury. This webinar will also discuss social determinants of health and the role of nursing research in advancing science in this area. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available for those who attend the lecture. Learn more and register. 

Date: May 17th, 2024, 8:00am-5:00pm ET 

During this livestreamed symposium, mental health stakeholders will share information and best practices for improving mental health outcomes for children, youth, young adults, and their families in schools and communities. Learn more. 

This National Strategy is a bold new 10-year, comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to suicide prevention that provides concrete recommendations for addressing gaps in the suicide prevention field. The National Strategy seeks to prevent suicide risk in the first place; identify and support people with increased risk through treatment and crisis intervention; prevent reattempts; promote long-term recovery; and support survivors of suicide loss. Learn more. 

Date: May 23, 2024, 5:30 pm ET 

This webinar is a youth dialogue on adolescent health in celebration of National Adolescent Health Month (NAHM). This dialogue will elevate the perspectives of young people on what is needed to build communities that will help them be healthy and thrive now and into the future. Learn more and register. 

This rule finalizes requirements under titles IV-E and IV-B for young people in foster care who are LGBTQI+. This final rule requires agencies to ensure that placements for all children are free from harassment, mistreatment, and abuse. Learn more. 

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This toolkit contains promotional materials to help spread awareness about the vital role mental health plays in well-being, promote acceptance and support of anyone living with a mental illness, and share key resources. Learn more. 

Date: June 25-27, 2024 
Location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 

During this workshop, attendees will access NASA-specific resources, develop practical skills in implementing NASA STEM activities, learn strategies for effectively supporting educators implementing science and engineering practices in classrooms, and network with other teacher trainers from across the country. K-12 teacher trainers in STEM subject areas are invited to apply. Selected applicants will receive a $500 stipend to cover hotel, transportation, travel, and food costs. Learn more and register. 

This webinar series focuses on the benefits of dual language education and how to support its implementation in an educational context. Webinars include:  

• Part 1 - May 8, 2024, 2:00 pm ET: This session will share an overview of the six educators for A Multilingual Multicultural America (EMMA) Standards and provide a brief history of the Standards’ development, the rationale for their format, and their research-based constructs.  Presenters will discuss the structures regarding accreditation parameters for institutions of higher education and share how the Standards may shape professional learning for in- and pre-service dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) teachers.  

• Part 2- May 16, 2024, 2:00 pm ET: This session will explore how the EMMA Standards are being used for state level certification, as a graduate certificate, by a multistate professional organizations with connections to legislation, and for teacher preparation aligned with accreditation through the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs. 

Date: May 16, 2024, 2:00 pm ET 

This webinar is the 2024 National Foster Care Month virtual event. The webinar will focus on how agencies can partner with young people experiencing the foster care system to build strong, supportive networks and achieve relational permanency. Experts will discuss their approaches to supporting and engaging young people transitioning out of the foster care system. Learn more and register. 

This resource (PDF, 4 pages) presents a list of questions for school leaders to consider and address as they establish school policies and cultures that are inclusive and supportive of LGBTQI+ students’ digital health, safety, and citizenship. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages). 

This report (PDF, 47 pages) presents findings from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a study following a nationally representative sample of students who were in ninth grade in fall 2009 from high school into postsecondary education and the workforce. The report includes findings on these topics: 

• Secondary-to-postsecondary transition plans and the evolution of those plans 

• Paths into and out of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies and careers  

• The relationship between students’ educational and social experiences in high school and their plans for and experiences in postsecondary education, work, and life 

• Whether fall 2009 ninth graders ever enrolled in postsecondary education 

• Information about enrollment characteristics, degree completion, and financial aid awards for the subset of fall 2009 ninth graders who attended postsecondary education 

Learn more. 

This guide (PDF, 2 pages) provides resources, information, and quick tips for mental health practitioners working with youth in virtual settings. Learn more. 

“Take HEART" Awareness Week is May 6-10, 2024. This public awareness campaign promotes collaborations that support the mental health and well-being of everyone in the school building. School teams are invited to share daily calls to action, talking points, infographics, and additional resources to spread the word about the importance of comprehensive school-based mental health systems of care. Learn more.  

This newsletter introduces teens to public health topics that CDC studies. This edition focuses on Gonorrhea. The newsletter shares an overview of Gonorrhea and discusses CDC’s work and the public health approach to addressing the STI. Learn more.