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This website describes the social issues that adolescents experience as they develop and provides tips on how parents and caregivers can support healthy social development. Learn more. 
This webpage provides information about mental health and substance use disorders affecting parents and youth as well as assessment tools and treatment programs.   Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders  Working with families: Mental health  Working with families: Substance use  Learn more.  ...
This video series provides tips to parents on identifying the risks of youth drug and alcohol use. Video topics include:   Alcohol & the Developing Teen Brain  Risks of Allowing Children to Sip Alcohol  Risks of Allowing Teens to Drink  Surprising Benefits of Parent/Teen Arguing   Signs of Alcohol Overdose   Talking with your Student About Hazing  Learn more.  ...
This publication (PDF, 12 pages) explores existing research on the overlap among families experiencing poverty and those reported to the child welfare system for neglect. The brief explores the societal context within which both poverty and neglect exist and provides effective strategies for preventing and addressing both poverty and neglect. ...
This webpage provides resources and information on Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) requirements, adoptions, and customary adoptions within American Indian communities. Learn more. 
This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) contains resources for foster care and adoption of Native youth. California state-level resources and national resources are provided. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages).   
This guide (PDF, 95 pages) is designed to help families take necessary steps, contact the right people, and know how to move forward when their child is missing. This fifth edition contains checklists with critical information to help parents and caretakers work with law enforcement, the media, search and rescue ...
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 2021 dataset provides the most recent data on ongoing and emerging health behaviors and experiences among high school students enrolled in public and private schools across the United States. These data are the first YRBS data collected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
These videos present a series of conversations that highlight the value of family-focused child abuse prevention programs. These videos offer testimony from parents on why easy and equitable access to prevention resources matters. Learn more.  
This factsheet is designed to help adoptive parents understand the needs and experiences of their teen and use practical strategies to foster healthy development. These strategies include approaches that acknowledge potential trauma and loss, support effective communication, promote independence, and address possible behavioral and mental health concerns. Learn more.   ...
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