All posts tagged "childhood trauma"

New York closed psych beds for youth in crisis. Now, foster care programs and host towns are being pushed to the limit.

Kids with acute mental health challenges are on campuses ill-equipped to handle them safely.

foster care: Woman of color wipes tear during meeting with professional counselor

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Trauma-informed services for troubled foster youth grants

GRANT FOCUS: Foster Care/Youth, Trauma, Mental/Behavioral Health, System-involved Youth | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023

Family First program: older man in blue shirt holding smiling child wearing hat on lap

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Five years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?

The Family First Prevention Services Act aims to keep families together, whenever possible.

Mental health: young black girl sitting on school steps with head lowered and hugging her legs

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Guest Opinion Essay

The youth mental health crisis is hitting girls the hardest. Here’s what needs to change.

Four in ten of the young women I work with experience suicidal ideation.

Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools: row of people sitting and looking off to the side

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Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools

In Arizona alone, there were 47 federal Indian boarding schools.

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Q&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma

Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...

Southern Baptist sexual abuse investigative report: Red brick multi-story building with large sign saying "Southern Baptist Convention"

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#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began

Survivors of sexual assault in church settings and their advocates have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of...

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With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health

Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children. That is now playing out at schools...

Juvenile diversion and probation: Closeup of two feet wearing white tennis shoes and black socks with an ankle monitor on left ankle

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From the Bureaus

Q&A: Long Island diversion court’s revamp seeks collaboration among trauma-focused child welfare and juvenile agencies and youths’ families

Launched in summer 2021 as an expansion of the incarceration-diversion program, Long Island, N.Y.'s ConcepTS also stands for “collaboration, oversight, nurturing, community,...

traumatized youth welfare grants; young, sad woman talking to therapist

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Traumatized Youth Welfare Direct Services Program Grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Traumatized Youth, Trauma | Amount: Up to ~$30,000 | Deadline: Mar. 1, 2020

Adults Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences report; young, sad black girl sitting on floor

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Estimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences & Implications for Prevention

The CDC quantifies the effects that adverse childhood experiences have on one's health and socioeconomic outcomes through to adulthood. The report makes...

child traumatic stress services grants; young sad girl being hugged

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Child Traumatic Stress Treatment and Services National Program Grant

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Childhood Trauma, Mental Health | Amount: Up to $4,200,000 | Deadline: Dec. 23, 2019

trafficking of girls: young, sad woman sitting on bed looking out window

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Atlanta Youth Count: The Prevalence of Sex and Labor Trafficking Among Homeless Youth in Metro Atlanta

Researchers from Georgia State University surveyed homeless youth around Atlanta to create a comprehensive overview of their experiences, particularly in regard to...

economic analysis of childhood exposure to crime/violence report; sad child on floor with black background looking down

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The Tragedy of Wasted Funds and Broken Dreams: An Economic Analysis of Childhood Exposure to Crime and Violence

This new report from the University of Pennsylvania is the first of its kind to estimate the economic costs of childhood crime...

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Guest Opinion Essay

We Child Welfare Professionals Must Expand Our Objectives to Education

What is our job as child welfare professionals? What should our priorities be? How should we measure success? The answers to these...

Challenging, angry teen boy stands looking yp at camera with arms crossed.

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Guest Opinion Essay

How to Teach the Most Challenging Youth to Problem Solve & Reduce Staff Injuries

Restrictive therapeutic facilities — inpatient psychiatry units, residential facilities, group homes and juvenile detention facilities — serve the most challenging youth in...

Barriers to Success: Moving Toward a Deeper Understanding of Adversity’s Effects on Adolescents

The Center for Promise at America's Promise Alliance outlines the effects of adverse life experiences on the development and mental health of...