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Resource: Encouraging Families to Visit a Literacy Website: A Randomized Study of the Impact of Email and Text Message Communications

This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of using email and text message communications (called nudges) to increase the number of parent and guardian visits to the Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) state literacy website. Learn more. 

Resource: Advances in Supporting Kinship Caregivers — Part 5 Agencies and departments: Department of Health and Human Ser

This podcast is the final episode of a five-part series exploring how child welfare agencies are increasing engagement, training, and support for kinship caregivers. This episode explores how New Mexico's Children, Youth, and Families Department made internal changes, such as supervisory practices and staff perception of families, and streamlined processes. ...

Resource: Responding to Types of Child Abuse or Neglect

This webpage contains a collection of resources that offer information and guidance on responding effectively to suspected child abuse and/or neglect. Resources on recognizing and reporting the following types of child maltreatment are provided:   Child neglect  Physical abuse  Sexual abuse  Emotional abuse  Learn more.  ...

Resource: Tobacco-Free Schools Toolkit

This toolkit (PDF, 28 pages) was designed to help school districts respond to the youth tobacco/vaping epidemic. The toolkit assists schools in creating a tobacco-free environment that helps prevent students from using tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and supports students who need help quitting. Sample language is provided for the adoption, ...

Resource: Discipline and Behavior Blog Series

The director of the Office of Special Education Programs launched a new blog series that will explain topics of interest related to the discipline and behavior guidance package released by her office this past summer. The blog series will discuss topics such as alternatives to exclusionary discipline, informal removals, discipline ...

FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Grassroot Efforts in Bilateral and Multilateral Youth Engagement

U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for proposals to design, manage, and administer projects to engage with Japanese youth and deepen the understanding of U.S.-Japan relations, the importance of the U.S.-Japan relations, and shared values among Japanese youth as grassroot ...

FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Youth Engagement Programs in Bilateral and Multilateral Issues for “Young Specialists”

U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for proposals to design, manage, and administer projects to nurture and engage with university undergraduate and graduate students, Ph.D. candidates/young researchers, and young professionals under 30 years-old in dialogue on specific U.S.-Japan policy priorities. ...

Resource: Podcast Series: Collecting Data on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression

This podcast series on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE) data collection aims to help LGBTQ+ children and youth be seen, heard, and prioritized in child welfare. Episodes discuss how the child welfare system can ensure safe and affirming care for LGBTQ+ using data on sexual orientation, gender identity, ...

Resource: Advancing Equity: Five Districts Focus on Improving Outcomes of Black and Latinx Students

This blog explores the Equity in Action Project, which involved five California school districts committed to racial equity change. The overarching goal for these districts was to increase the safety, well-being, and engagement of Black and Latinx students and their families. Positive takeaways from the district participants included learning the ...

Resource: Reimagining School Safety: A Guide for Schools and Districts

This guide (PDF, 41 pages) helps education professionals reimagine and redefine school safety such that safety is not the absence of a negative but rather the existence of positive elements like interconnection, belonging, voice, and agency. The guide centers the lived experiences of students and families—especially those who have been ...
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