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Webinar: Assessing and Responding to Anonymous Threats in K-12 Schools

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Date and time: January 30, 2025, 3:00–4:00 pm ET

This virtual training will feature a facilitated discussion with school and district leaders on their experiences with managing anonymous threats—such as hoax calls, threats received on social media or via email, and notes found on school grounds—and maintaining the safety of their communities. The discussion will explore anonymous threat trends affecting K–12 schools, the criticality of early awareness and deterrence of future threats, key partners in addressing threats, and appropriate response actions that schools and local law enforcement partners can take when threats are received.

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Webinar: Fiscal Year 2025 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics

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Date and time: January 21, 2025, 2:00–3:00 pm ET

This webinar will discuss the NIJ FY 2025 Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Topics Funding Opportunity, which seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to inform policy and practice in the field of youth justice in the following four topics: 

  1. Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice System Prosecution
  2. Research and Evaluation on Youth Justice Defense Delivery Systems
  3. Evaluation of Youth Reentry Practices
  4. Resubmissions of Youth Justice Reinvestment Studies

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Youth Homeless Demonstration Program for Fiscal Year 2024 (Funding Opportunity)

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Closing date for applications: April 17, 2025, 11:59 pm ET

This funding opportunity supports communities in leveraging the expertise and experience of youth and young adult leaders, technical assistance, guidance from federal agencies, and importantly, significant financial investment in developing their local coordinated community plans to prevent and end youth homelessness.

Learn more and apply.

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Adolescent Health
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American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Youth
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Children of Incarcerated Parents
Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council
Civic Engagement
Dating Violence Prevention
Disabilities
Driver Safety
Employment
Expectant and Parenting Young Families
Family Engagement
Financial Capability & Literacy
Gang Involvement Prevention
Homelessness and Housing Instability
Juvenile Justice
Mental Health
Mentoring
Opportunity Youth
Positive Youth Development
Pregnancy Prevention
Preparedness & Recovery
School Climate
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Substance Use/Misuse
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Trafficking Prevention
Transition & Aging Out
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  • Mentoring

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  • Juvenile Justice
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  • Trafficking of Youth

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  • Civic Engagement
  • Service Learning

More than half of teenagers report participating in youth volunteer work, form of civic engagement.

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  • Substance Use/Misuse

Youth-serving systems should intervene early to address substance use/misuse.

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