Collaboration

Application deadline: Friday, May 3, 2024  The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12 to 20. Award recipients will be expected to implement activities that support capacity building such as implementing evidence-based community approaches; enhancing collaboration, cooperation and coordination among ...

This infographic (PDF, 1 page) shares information on youth prescription drug misuse. The infographic provides communities with action steps to reduce youth prescription drug misuse, such as advocating for naloxone utilization, collaborating with healthcare professionals and educators to enhance prevention efforts, and fostering awareness within the community. Learn more.  ...

SepticSmart Week is September 16—20, 2024. SepticSmart Week is an annual event where communities, national organizations, local groups, and state governments bring attention to the importance of caring for and maintaining septic systems by organizing homeowner education events, sponsoring workshops or sharing social media from the SepticSmart program. Learn more. ...

This information memorandum provides guidance to Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) grant recipients, technical assistance providers, and other youth-serving programs on how to meaningfully and authentically partner and collaborate with young people who have lived experience and subject matter expertise. This resource was co-developed with young people to promote ...

Grants.gov Deadline: April 25, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: April 30, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  This opportunity supports cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, community-based organizations that provide reentry services, and community-based behavioral health providers to improve clinical stabilization pretrial and during confinement. ...

This resource is designed to help child welfare teams build shared understanding of psychological safety, its connection to safety science, and the conditions associated with psychologically safe teams. Users can engage in individual reflections, team activities, and discussion to explore strategies for fostering psychological safety on their team. Learn more.   ...

Grants.gov Deadline: May 9, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  JustGrants Deadline: May 14, 2024, 8:59 pm ET  Solicitation Webinar: March 19, 2024, 2:00 pm ET. Register to attend.  With this solicitation (PDF, 33 pages), BJA will fund programs that support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health ...

This webpage contains a set of fillable worksheets to bring together teams’ varied expertise, skills, and perspectives to guide child welfare change and implementation activities. Child welfare teams should complete the worksheets to:  Review team membership and discuss representation on their change and implementation team  Consider engagement of individuals who have direct ...

This toolkit provides agency teams with tools and discussion questions to better understand the connections among ongoing federal and agency efforts, identify opportunities for including people with lived experience in these initiatives, and examine disproportionality and disparities in services and outcomes. Learn more.  ...

The Race Equity Challenge is designed to promote a culture of learning, reflection, and action among child welfare professionals. This Challenge is an opportunity for up to 500 child welfare professionals to participate in an experience that examines their own biases, identifies how these biases show up in child welfare, ...