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A review of research on youth mentoring as a strategy for preventing and reducing adolescent substance use, including opioids.
Quick guide for clinicians based on TIP 30, Continuity of Offender Treatment for Substance Use Disorders from Institution to Community.
Provides State and local child welfare agencies with information on partnering with other agencies to address sex trafficking, as effectively meeting the requirements of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
The Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework, developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), has played a significant role in how child- and family-serving programs operate and support healthy development and wellbeing. A survey was developed, adminstered and analyzed to support the many partners and members of the Strengthening Families National Network as they became interested in looking beyond programs and services to apply a Protective Factors approach to transform their communities, address root causes of adversity, and advance equity and social justice. Many partner organizations were interested in a distinct “community Protective Factors” framework that focused on community strengths, to increase the likelihood that children and families can thrive and decrease the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. The results of the survey are outlined in this report.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA): Incorporating Cultural Competence into Your Comprehensive Plan addresses the importance of cultural competence within communities and how to formulate the steps to commit, identify, and build a culturally competent community.
Chapin Hall/University of Chicago Time Use Studies: Studying workforce time use to improve outcomes for children and families, referred to as the Time Use and Costing System (TUCS) is organizing framework that classifies what workers do on a daily basis, such as talking to children, calling foster parents, and supervising visits into specific processes. This report analyzes data collected from researchers at University of Chicago Data Center.
This strategy report, Kinship Foster Care for Children in the Child Welfare System, provided by County Health Rankings, is scientifically supported - meaning this strategy, as identified by this report, is most likely to make a difference in several measurable outcomes. The strategies presented in this report have been tested in many robust studies with consistently positive results.
This report provides a snapshot of CDC's work in Indian Country, with tribal nations, tribal organizations, and American Indians and Alaska Natives across the United States. The CDC's Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) asked CDC to prepare a booklet highlighting the work being done in Indian Country as part of a broader portfolio to improve health and protect against health threats. American Indians and Alaska Natives have higher rates of disease, injury, and premature death than other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Many Native populations also have higher rates of poverty, unemployment, poor housing, and low education, among other adversities. These afflictions result from historical insults and injustices, perpetrated over many generations.
CDC works with and supports American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, tribal organizations, and Tribal Epidemiology Centers to promote health, prevent disease, reduce health disparities, and strengthen connections to culture and lifeways that improve health and wellness that have been threatened over generations. CDC’s work with and support of Indian Country to improve the lives of Native peoples is reflected in this report.
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors health behaviors, conditions, and experiences among high school students throughout the United States. The system includes a national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), conducted by CDC, and separate state, local school district, territorial, and tribal school–based YRBSs, referred to as site-level surveys. YRBSS monitors priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among youths and adults. This resource includes data collected in 2019.