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RePlay: Finding Zoe 2.0
Publisher(s):This online video game for youth ages 8-14 opens a dialogue about abuse, addresses the 'rumour mill' they experience, educates about healthy, respectful relationships, and teaches players about places they can go for help.
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Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence
Publisher(s):This curriculum guide serves to contribute to the ongoing efforts by young people and their adult allies to analyze the root causes of youth violence and to create local solutions. It emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to addressing violence in the lives of young people.
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529 Plans: Questions and Answers
Publisher(s):A 529 Savings Plan, named after the corresponding IRS code, is an account in which individuals can make after-tax deposits and save for future higher education costs. This page addresses common questions and answers about 529 plans.
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Topic 607 - Adoption Credit and Adoption Assistance Programs
Publisher(s):This page provides general information about the ATC including who can qualify, refund levels, and links to the necessary forms. The site also explains changes to the ATC over the past few years.
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Speak.Act.Change Youth Advocacy Kit
Publisher(s):The Speak.Act.Change Youth Advocacy Kit is a service-learning, youth activism program designed to complement any basic dating violence education curriculum. The program gives students the tools to protect themselves and their peers from dating violence.
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Healthy Relationships Protect Teens: A Parent’s Handbook
Publisher(s): Pre-teens and young teens who learn to develop healthy relationship skills are more likely to have healthy relationships throughout their lives. As a parent, you should provide reliable and accurate information to your 11-to-14-year-old about healthy relationships: what a healthy relationship feels like, looks like, and sounds like.
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NetSmartzKids
Publisher(s): NetSmartzKids is a program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement, the program offers resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations.
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Trauma-Informed Care in Afterschool
Publisher(s):This toolkit was developed to help program providers learn more about trauma-informed care and to assist in the planning and implementation of trauma-informed care in the afterschool environment.
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Healing-Centered and Trauma-Responsive Care Across Child Welfare for Better Youth Engagement
Publisher(s):This resource offers challenges and sample solutions that can help agencies consider how to improve engagement at their agencies by focusing on access to trauma-responsive and healing-centered care.
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Juvenile Sex Offender Research Bibliography: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Scholarly Research and Literature Relating to Juvenile Sex Offenders
Publisher(s):A Comprehensive Bibliography of Scholarly Research and Literature Relating to Juvenile Sex Offenders.
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Guidelines for Programs to Reduce Child Victimization: A resource for communities when choosing a program to teach personal safety to children
Publisher(s):The guidelines are meant to provide a framework for communities when selecting safety programs and making curriculum decisions.
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First Steps: Taking Action Early To Prevent Violence
Publisher(s):The report includes 15 specific recommendations, along with case studies and suggested activities at the individual, family, community, organizational, and policy levels.