Prevention & Intervention
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- Behavior Management (21)
- Bullying (70)
- Cyber Bullying (46)
- Foster Youth (42)
- Gangs and Violence (29)
- Homeless and Runaway Youth (16)
- Mentoring Programs for Youth (25)
- Safety (57)
- School Counseling (20)
Find information on helping pick your perfect mentoring style and situation, mentoring functions, and a step-by-step walk through the different phases your mentor-mentee relationship will go through.
With hundreds of resources, you can search by a specific topic or focus area.
This blog, sponsored by Youth Mentoring Connection (YMC) out of Los Angeles, informs you on programs and activities the YMC have executed successfully. If you are stumped on new activities to positively impact your mentees, head over to this blog and start brainstorming.
This campaign is designed to empower individuals to talk openly about mental illness, recognize symptoms, utilize local resources and seek help for a variety of communities.
Created out of the sheer necessity to bring awareness to severe bullying amongst LGBTQ students, the It Gets Better Project has thousands of videos of people who were formerly bullied and have succeeded to become empowered and strong individuals despite their past situations.
The NCPC provides tools that communities can use to learn crime prevention strategies, engage community members, and coordinate with local agencies to help keep themselves and their community safe from crime.
MENTOR helps children by providing a public voice, developing and delivering resources to mentoring programs nationwide and by promoting quality for mentoring through standards, cutting-edge research and state of the art tools.
The California Research Bureau summarizes findings from interviews with homeless youth regarding their living arrangements, needs, and hopes for policy change.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) offers reimbursements for shelters that provide meals to homeless children. Contact information for each state’s CACFP-related agency is included.
This list includes regional and nationwide support organizations for youth that age out of foster care.
Youth can call 1-800-RUNAWAY for assistance. The National Runaway Switchboard also offers resources for parents and educators, including a comprehensive curriculum to help runaway and at-risk youth make healthy and safe choices.
This flowchart helps parents and children determine whether they are eligible for school enrollment under the McKinney-Vento Act. It provides information for families who have been turned down by public schools.