Understanding the College to Career Transition

The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (Transitions ACR) recently released “’Adulting is Hard’: Understanding the College to Career Transition and Supporting Young Adults’ Emotional Wellbeing”. The article outlines findings in categories such as: preparing for life after college, entering the workforce, adjustment challenges, finances and student loans, and more. The findings were based on survey responses collected from college seniors.

Click here to access the article.

Podcast Promoting Resilience

The Transform Center has released a podcast series called Promoting Resilience. The episodes cover topics like promoting positive and healthy parenting, how schools can build resiliency in youth, the intersection of race and the child welfare system, and supporting resiliency in the face of COVID-19. Listen here.

New SAMHSA Guide for Suicidal Youth

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released a new guide titled Treatment of Suicidal Ideation, Self-Harm, and Suicide Attempts Among Youth as part of their evidence-based resource guide series. The guide provides interventions to treat suicide attempts, self-harm, and ideation among youth, as well as research on implementation and examples of evidence-based programs. 

The guide can be accessed for download here.

Families Thrive Virtual: Protective and Promotive Factors to Enhance Thriving for Children, Youth, and Families

The Youth in Focus collaborative is offering a multi-day, virtual, Families Thrive training. The training takes place three days a week between January 6 and February 19, 2021 and will feature a practitioner and training of trainers track. For more information, including schedules, materials needed, cost, and registration, visit www.yifocus.org/calendar/families-thrive-virtual2021. 

#2020Challenge

National Safe Place Network (NSPN) challenges you to join the #2020Challenge. Challenge 20 of your friends and family members to donate $20 to Safe Place® (at www.nationalsafeplace.org/give) before the end of 2020. Your gifts will help change the situations of young people who believe safety is not something they will ever have.

Why participate?

• Youth need access to safety.
• Safe Place has provided direct services to youth since 1983 – and we don’t want to stop now.
• Your support is needed to continue providing support to ALL youth in crisis; your gift makes an actual difference.
• You get to see how your donation is helping.
• You live in or near a community that benefits from services of Safe Place®.
• You most likely know someone who has been at risk and needs resources provided by Safe Place®.
• You can benefit from a tax deduction since Safe Place® is a 501c3 non-profit organization.
• Giving to support the safety of young people feels good.
• Giving strengthens personal values and provides a great opportunity to teach the next generation the importance of
• generosity.
• Family giving creates a bond, helping to bolster relationships through a shared goal of making a positive impact.

Are you up for the challenge? Visit www.nationalsafeplace.org/2020-challenge-accepted for sample social media posts and start recruiting your friends and family today.