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Summarizes lessons learned from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study about the prevalence, predictors and consequences of children’s exposure to: neighborhood violence,  intimate partner violence (IPV), and harsh parenting.

Cultural Linguistic Competency | Vulnerable Populations

Addresses findings of the Adverse Childhood Experience’s (ACE) study (grantees are familiar with this study) and suggests that Americans are ready for new approaches to address early childhood trauma and stress. This TED talk calls for a movement to address such trauma.  

Early Childhood | Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Vulnerable Populations

Features the Office for Victims of Crime Technical Assistance Center micro-site on Human Trafficking.

Capacity Building/Workforce Development | Vulnerable Populations

Discusses a study published in the Journal of School Health examining the intersection between homelessness and sexual orientation among middle school students.

Vulnerable Populations

Presents an overview of commercial sexual exploitation of children and the policy and clinical implications.

Vulnerable Populations

Monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including: behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases...

Substance Use Prevention | Vulnerable Populations | Youth Violence Prevention

Analyzes some of the most prominent mental health issues facing at-risk youth in order to provide youth workers with insight into the prevention and treatment of mental health challenges.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Vulnerable Populations

Responds to and recognizes the impact of trauma on many sectors in behavioral health and beyond. The paper introduces the concept of trauma and offers a framework for how organizations, systems, and service sectors can become trauma-informed.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | System Change | Vulnerable Populations

Promotes better policy and practice around school attendance, including tracking chronic absence data for each student beginning in kindergarten, or ideally earlier, and partnering with families and community agencies to intervene when poor attendance is a problem for students or schools.

Connecting Schools and Communities | Vulnerable Populations

Examines similarities in the poor academic experiences of children and youth in child welfare and juvenile justice, identifies common risk factors, reviews promising legal and policy reforms and evidence-informed practices, and focuses on ways to improve cross-system collaboration to improve educ...

Vulnerable Populations

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