Several Healthy Transitions grantees have adopted and expanded the drop-in center approach, using them as tools for local behavioral health agencies to engage youth and young adults. This Healthy Transitions issue brief shares examples and lessons learned from the field across the various stages of drop-in center implementation, from early exploration and planning to full operation and sustainability
Basic Needs, Homelessness
Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity
The article discusses community-based interventions that promote mental health and social equity. The authors offer information on strategies for incorporating effective interventions in early intervention, school-based initiatives, homeless and criminal justice services.
Community Conditions that Strengthen Families: Protective Factors Work at the Community Level (Executive Summary)
Summary of results from survey designed to capture the various ways organizations approach community-level work focused on improving child and family outcomes at the population level, and their viewpoints on community conditions that support children and families.
Youth.gov
Federal resources curated to support the engagement of youth to promote change, implementation support on evidence-based and innovative programs, and program location finder.