Youth Statistics: Family Structure and Relationships

What can statistics tell us about families? In our popular Youth Statistics section ACT for Youth offers a snapshot of U.S. family structures and connectedness.

Family Structure and Relationships

Research and Resources

Creating Safe Environments for LGBTQIA+ Youth

Stopbullying.gov: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, nonbinary or otherwise gender non-conforming (LGBTQIA+) youth and those perceived as LGBTQIA+ are at an increased risk of being bullied. This resource shares strategies for improving the safety of spaces for these vulnerable youth.

Safe Spaces

Coming Together to Address Loneliness and Isolation

This blog from the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) discusses the current state of loneliness in the United States. The blog also provides information about current initiatives and efforts to combat loneliness.

Addressing Loneliness

Seven Dimensions of Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Youth

Activate: This brief summarizes available research on seven dimensions of access to sexual and reproductive health care. The goal of this brief is to inform youth-supporting professionals about the complexity of access for youth who have experienced the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work.

Seven Dimensions

Professional Development

Partnering with Schools to Address Youth Mental Health Needs

Health Resources and Services Administration: This free, pre-recorded webinar provides a framework on how health centers can partner with schools to address mental health needs from the "Partnering with Schools to Improve Youth Mental Health" initiative. Participants will learn about the multi-tiered systems of support framework used in schools, and how health centers can adapt their programs to provide optimal support.

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Funding Opportunities

Prism Foundation, Scholarships for Outstanding Scholar Activists Making a Positive Impact on the Asian and Pacific Islander and LGBTQIA+ Communities

Do you know an API and/or LGBTQIA+ student who is doing great work for their community? This funding opportunity from Prism Foundation provides scholarship and financial awards to help celebrate their work.

Deadline: July 12, 2024

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This newsletter was developed with funding provided by the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive, and Sexual Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the ACT for Youth Center for Community Action and do not necessarily represent the views of the New York State Department of Health.

Youth Statistics: Family Structure and﻿ Relationships

Creating Safe Environments for LGBTQIA+ Youth

Coming Together to Address Loneliness and Isolation

Seven Dimensions of Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Youth

Partnering with Schools to Address Youth Mental Health Needs

Youth Statistics: Family Structure and Relationships