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All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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6.5KGuest Opinion EssayFive Questions That Will Help You Help Kids by Asking About Pets
Do you ever ask young people you serve to talk about their pets? If not, you may be missing out on a...
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3.9KNewsNew Jersey Teens Help Create New Law for Youth to Access Mental Health Without Parents’ Consent
“In a typical legislative hearing you have aids whispering in the legislators’ ears, you have rustling of papers, you have side conversations,...
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1.1KNewsFriends
Six stories of losing friends to overdose are woven into one tale of drugs and loss.
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Mental Health and Teen Pregnancy Program Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Teen Parenting | Deadline: June 30, 2016
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3.2KNewsCalifornia High School Health Clinic Asks Students About Childhood Trauma to Improve Their Health
When students show up for an appointment at the Elsie Allen Health Center, located on the Elsie Allen High School campus in...
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National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative – Community Treatment and Services Centers Grant Program
Subject: Child Welfare, Health, Community Support, Child Trauma, Mental Health | Deadline: Feb. 4, 2016
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4.7KFrom the FieldUniting Sport and Therapy on One Field
Children who participate in Doc Wayne’s Chalk Talk program are most often survivors of complex trauma. According to the National Alliance on...
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Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration underwent a careful review of existing research about conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth and...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayScreening Youth for Depression Saves Lives
National Depression Screening Day (NDSD), Oct. 8, is an ideal time to promote depression awareness in schools and after-school programs.
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3.8KNewsPeer Mentoring: Youth Who Faced Mental Health Issues Now Aid Others
The STAY program, now in its third year, is training as many as 40 peer mentors each year — young people who...
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807NewsThe Recovery Diaries: Gabrielle’s Story
The premature loss of her younger sister, then 20, sent Gabrielle into a world of deep depression and painkillers, where she battled...
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School Start Times for Middle School and High School Students
In one of its "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports", the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presents data about and discusses...
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Centers for Multidisciplinary Research and Training in Child Abuse and Neglect Grant Program
Subject: Child Welfare, Child Abuse/Neglect, Health, Research, Mental Health | Deadline: Nov. 19, 2015
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4.9KNewsCutting to Cope
Cutting is dangerous and deadly, and it seems like the norm for coping with internal pain among my peers.
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayWhat Interventions Are Critical for Foster Children in Generation K?
Economist and author Noreena Hertz created the name from that generation’s “Hunger Games” icon, Katniss Everdeen, after surveying 1,000 British and American...
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National Alliance for Grieving Children – Capacity Building Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Youth Development | Deadline: July 13, 2015
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Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative
Subject: Mentoring, Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Youth Services | Deadline: June 16, 2015
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Mentoring for Youth: Underserved Populations Grant Program
Subject: Mentoring, Youth Welfare, Youth Services, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ Youth, Mental Health | Deadline: June 16, 2015
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Children’s Advocacy Centers Membership and Accreditation Program
Subject: Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Justice, Mental Health | Deadline: May 26, 2015
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Cooperative Agreements for State-Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention
Subject: Safety, Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention | Deadline: June 2, 2015
