The New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents, a project of the Osborne Association, will hold its See Us, Support Us national campaign during October to raise awareness about children of incarcerated parents. The campaign includes an online toolkit with resources to help support children of incarcerated parents, including a social media guide and […]
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After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
This toolkit is designed to assist schools in the aftermath of a suicide (or other death) in the school community. Developed by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), in consultation with a diverse group of national experts, including school-based personnel, clinicians, researchers, and crisis response professionals, After […]
Rural Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Toolkit
This toolkit provides evidence-based examples, promising models, program best practices, and resources that can be used by an organization to implement substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. There are seven modules in this toolkit. Each module contains resources and information that an organization can use to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain rural programs to prevent and treat […]
Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement
The “Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence” toolkit is designed to equip law enforcement professionals with trauma-informed, developmentally-appropriate tools to identify and minimize threats to child safety, foster closer engagement between law enforcement and youth, and maximize both officer safety and positive outcomes for children and families. The toolkit contains protocols, checklists, and […]
Increasing Cultural Competence to Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) has released Tools from the CAPT: Increasing Cultural Competence to Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities. This collection of hands-on tools and worksheets will help suicide prevention practitioners better understand and address the relationship between cultural competence and reducing behavioral […]
Sustaining Grassroots Community-Based Programs: A Toolkit for Community- and Faith-Based Service Providers
This toolkit is designed to help grassroots community-and faith-based organizations develop sustainable organizations and program services. The toolkit provides helpful information to guide sustainability planning efforts, samples of tools, and actual fill-in the-blank “planning templates” and worksheets. The toolkit is organized in six, stand-alone, how-to components: Introduction Organizational Assessment and Readiness Effective Marketing Strategies Financial Management Sustainability Strategies: Fund Development and Fund […]