Announcements

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Closing date for applications: March 3, 2025

This funding opportunity seeks to support state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to support cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, community-based organizations that provide reentry services, and community-based behavioral health providers.

Learn more and apply.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Closing date for applications: March 2, 2025, 11:59 pm ET

This program offers scholarships to students from Minority Serving Institutions pursuing a technical certificate, or an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) discipline that supports the critical needs of the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). The NSE has a wide array of critical needs that range from technical expertise and skilled trades to STEM research. Important research areas include nuclear security, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, engineering, and energy systems.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Population Affairs (OPA)

This webinar, a recorded session from National Adolescent Health Month 2024, elevated the perspectives of young people on what is needed to build communities that will help them be healthy and thrive now and into the future. During the session, five young people discussed what a youth-centered community means to them.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

This dashboard highlights key challenges School Food Authorities faced during school year (SY) 2023–24. It also visualizes how those challenges affected school meal operations, how schools adapted, and compares changes between the 2022–23 and 2023–24 SYs at the state level.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

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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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

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.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)

This report highlights important trends and changes in three key behaviors among U.S. high school students: nutrition, physical activity, and sleep. These activities are essential for improving students' mental and physical health and for preventing chronic health conditions.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs (OJJDP)

This microsite provides an overview of the youth justice system, explaining why and how it differs from adult court, and a history of how it has changed over the years. Site resources provide access to the latest data on youth crime and effective strategies that communities have employed to hold young people accountable while advancing community safety. 

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

These resources help teach young people how to deal with stress in healthy ways so they can feel good without turning to substances.

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Agencies & Departments:
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

This guide is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly used and misused drugs in the United States. The guide provides important information about the harms and consequences of drug use by describing a drug’s effects on the body and mind, overdose potential, origin, legal status, and other key facts.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

This guide provides key considerations for guiding people in the appropriate use of 988 and 911. It offers practical steps for integrating crisis care into daily practice, real world scenarios, sample scripts, and de-escalation techniques.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (BECA)

These exchange programs are designed for young Americans wishing to go abroad for cultural, educational, or professional exchange. Learn more.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Justice (DOJ), Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention published two reports on the Council’s activities and accomplishments to date related to federal delinquency programs as well as recommendations to Congress on youth justice priorities and strategy. The reports are titled: 

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

This brief (PDF, 4 pages) focuses on child welfare-related prevention by highlighting initiatives from case studies that used service integration and agency collaboration to: increase protective factors prevent child maltreatment and reduce substantiated reports, and prevent homelessness among youth aging out of foster care. Learn more.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

This brief (PDF, 9 pages) highlights the efforts nine case study sites made to identify and center families’ strengths and needs while coordinating access to resources and services—such as housing, physical and mental health care, food and nutrition, workforce development, and economic supports. The brief explores how sites integrated services to be responsive to participants’ needs. Learn more.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

This brief (PDF, 17 pages) summarizes case study findings from nine sites that integrate human services with a prevention lens. The brief describes how case study sites integrated services; what helped and challenged sites during the ongoing implementation of their integrated prevention initiatives; and ideas and strategies for improving implementation to sustain programs and services in the future. Learn more.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

This webpage contains tips and resources for helping prevent and stop human trafficking. Learn more.

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Agencies & Departments:
National Science Foundation (NSF)

Submission deadline: January 31, 2025 

NSF is seeking entries for the 2025 NSF Game Maker Awards. This competition is an opportunity for students in grades K-12 to showcase their creativity, technical skills and passion for game design. Learn more and apply.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

This interactive map provides a snapshot of the 59 states and jurisdictions based on their Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Application/Annual Report. One of the five domains reported on for this grant is adolescent health. Learn more.

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Agencies & Departments:
Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Grants.gov Deadline: March 20, 2025, 11:59 pm ET 
JustGrants Deadline: April 3, 2025, 8:59 pm ET 

This opportunity 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 

Learn more and apply (PDF, 43 pages).