Young People Content Topic Results

The primary purpose of this brief is to explain how programs that use a positive youth development approach (PYD programs) can embed a racial equity perspective so that they can more effectively engage with, support, and meet the needs of youth and young adults of color whom they serve.

This fact sheet from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center outlines key statistics on Native women's experiences of violence.

While these abuse tactics are certainly not exclusive to teens and can show up in relationships between people of any age, young people experience emotional abuse at alarming rates. NRCDV's February 2020 TA Question of the Month explores how advocates can take action to prevent emotional abuse and to promote safe and healthy relationship norms for teens. 

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as victimization, substance misuse in the household, or witnessing intimate partner violence, have been linked to leading causes of adult morbidity and mortality. This report presents the CDC’s first ever comprehensive estimates of the potential to improve Americans’ health by preventing ACEs.

This technical package from the CDC cuts across many forms of violence and draws on research and strategies from other technical packages. ACEs are far too prevalent, but they are preventable, and having new guidance on the best available evidence for prevention helps practitioners ensure their work will be impactful. 

On this 90-minute webinar, preventionists and change-makers in Alaska, Rhode Island, and North Carolina share their successes, surprises, pivots, and points of learning along their journeys, offering strategies and tools for those who wish to engage in this work or adapt similar projects for their own communities.

The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center's Native Youth Handbook, produced in partnership with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, contains definitions on domestic violence, examples of controlling violence, what to do if you are experiencing domestic violence in any form, for family and friends of people experiencing domestic violence and how Native youth can lead the change to breaking the silence around domestic violence in their communities.

This handbook from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, produced in partnership with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, contains definitions on domestic violence and sexual assault, examples of sexual assault, myths and truths about sexual assault, what to do if you have been sexually assaulted, what to do if you know or think a friend or family member has experienced sexual assault, our power as life-givers and cool apps that can help prevent violence.

This webinar highlighted how two providers operating in vastly different settings have incorporated a trauma-informed approach to care into their day-to-day practices for treating substance use disorder, and how doing so has shaped the experiences of their patients and staff.

Our favorite childhood stories tend to stick with us. NRCDV's June 2019 TA Question of the Month explores the power of children's books in creating social change.

For families experiencing domestic violence, home visitors can play a key role in screening for abuse, assisting with safety planning and providing referrals to advocacy services. NRCDV's May 2019 TA Question of the Month highlights the experiences of a collaborative initiative implemented in the state of Florida to better equip home visitors to offer support to families experiencing or at-risk for intimate partner violence.

By focusing on staff and mentor training, skill-building, and expanding social networks, mentoring programs can have a profound impact on the lives of youth who have experienced the foster care system. This toolkit is designed to help staff from mentoring programs that serve youth in foster care mitigate some of the challenges they face.