• Information on the Corona Virus
  • Make Your Mask Instructions
  • Resources for COVID-19
• Give Your Parents Another Chance
• Be Connected to our Extended Family
• College Information
• Transition Resources
• Iowa Legal Aid
• New Video Trainings!
• Sexual Education & Information videos
• TIP Manual
• Iowa Opportunity Passport
• Advice from Aftercare
• Aftercare Successes
• Check Your Social Media
• Medication Management for Youth
• Fo$ter Fund$
• Young Parent Support
• Important Safety Rules to Teach Your Children
• Substance Abuse Rehab for Veterns
• Services for Homeless Youth
• Iowa National Youth In Transition Database-NYTD
• Your Life Iowa - Solution to Bullying

Resources for COVID-19

DHS COVID-19 Tips & Resources for Teens   CLICK HERE

Surviving the Corona Crisis - Current & Former Foster Youth Speak Out!  CLICK HERE

Free Financial Consultation flyer

This Economic Stimulus Payment Tip Sheet is intended to help youth who had child welfare involvement understand how to obtain a stimulus payment. 

Adolescent Health

Iowa Adolescents: Let’s Talk Health

https://sites.google.com/a/iowa.gov/adolescent-life-course-application/

Iowa Department of Public Health: Adolescent Health resources

https://idph.iowa.gov/adolescent-health

Variety of adolescent health topics

https://youth.gov/

Office of Adolescent Health

Online Learning Modules

Adolescent Health Library

COVID-19

COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide – Self-Care Tips, Information and FAQ’s for Individuals

https://nami.org/getattachment/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/NAMI-Updates-on-the-Coronavirus/COVID-19-Updated-Guide-1.pdf?lang=en-US

How to Support High School Seniors

https://www.oregon.gov/ode/students-and-family/healthsafety/Documents/2.%20How%20to%20Support%20High%20School%20Seniors.pdf

How to Talk to Teens & Young Adults About Social Distancing (advice from a Ph.D. Psychologist)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-online/202003/how-talk-teens-young-adults-about-social-distancing

Resources to support youth and families during the COVID-19 Outbreak.

https://youth.gov/feature-article/covid-coronavirus-resources

Tips for talking with children and teens about COVID-19

https://uichildrens.org/health-library/talking-children-and-teens-about-covid-19-coronavirus

Unhushed: Explaining COVID-19 to Kids

https://www.unhushed.org/curricula/explaining-corona-virus-to-kids.php?mc_cid=f38ad7e24a&mc_eid=6d33b4bc5c

Young people play vital role in stopping spread of COVID-19

https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/03/19/coronavirus031920

Youth Service

Youth Service America

https://ysa.org/

Webinars:

Recruitment and Retention of Teens: A Social Marketing Approach (a bit older, but possibly still relevant)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsB9HgQyRps&list=PL2F4C7931555B2B94&index=10&t=0s

Teen Mental Health

https://www.nihcm.org/categories/teen-mental-health-supporting-schools-and-expanding-resources

The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth webinar series

https://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BCYF/DBASSE_197474#Justice

University of Michigan: Adolescent Health Initiative: past webinar recordings available for free.

https://www.umhs-adolescenthealth.org/improving-care/webinars-trainings/ 

Violence Prevention (upcoming webinars)

https://vawnet.org/events/web-conference-webinar