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Web Resources

These links will take you to the resource pages of Forum coalitions:

bullet Positive youth development

bullet Early childhood

bullet Media literacy

bullet Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention and intervention

bullet Adolescent pregnancy prevention and resources for teen parents

bullet Coalition-building and strategic planning

 

 

Parents

Statistics

ParentsEmpowered.org

Terrific website w/ up-to-date research on prevention and parenting

 

SAMHSA’s Family Guide

Tips on successful parenting strategies at various ages and stages.

 

Parenting Teens Online

An interactive, monthly e-magazine for parents of teenagers

 

MVParents.com 

Search Institute's research-based resource for parents with tips, ideas, and strategies for raising smart, strong, responsible kids

 

Common Sense:  Strategies for Raising Alcohol- and Drug-Free Children

National PTA website for parents

 

Parents:  The Anti-Drug

Drug info, signs of use, tips for parents.

 

Growing Up Drug-Free:  A Parent's Guide to Prevention

For parents of kids 3-17.  The hard-copy, available through the Forum, has a useful, simple section on specific drugs and their effects.

 

Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free

A how-to guide from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National PTA.

 

TimeToTalk.org

TimeToTalk provides easy-to-use guides and tips to help you have ongoing conversations with your kids to keep them healthy and drug-free.

 

BoostUp.org

This is a resource that aims to get people talking and thinking about graduation. On one hand, it allows people to e-mail or text words of encouragement and wisdom about graduation. On the other hand, it provides information and resources pertaining to some of the major factors for dropping out of school.

 

Youth

Above the Influence.com

This website helps youth become aware of the influence on them to better prepare youth to combat peer pressure and to become informed enough to have the confidence to make good choices and refuse negative ones.

 

TeenHealthFX.com

This website is a resource for any and all questions regarding your health, your relationships, and your body.

 

MPowerYouth.org

Mpower is a new youth awareness campaign that's harnessing the power of music to change youth attitudes about mental health and fight the stigma facing the 1 in 5 youth with mental health problems.

 

YouthActionNet.org

YouthActionNet strengthens, supports, and celebrates the role of young people in leading positive change in their communities.

 

TeenNewsNet.com

This site is the premiere location for everything that matters to teens today. It is their goal to be the ultimate voice of youth. Students can submit any story in any form of writing they wish.

 

Free Child Project

The Free Child Project provides tools and training to youth and adults that engage children and youth in social change.

 

Youth on Board

Youth on Board helps young people and adults think differently about each other so that they can work together to change society.

 

Internet Safety

This site will provide you with the know-how to safely navigate your online life and even help your parents to understand it.

 

2006 MT Prevention Needs Assessment 
County-by-county and state data about risk behaviors and risk and protective factors.  (The data can usually be found on pp. 18-19 of the County or State profiles.)

2007 MT Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Montana Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation site tracks state-by-state and national indicators of child well-being (including birth weight, teen birth rate, mortality rates, poverty rates, dropout rates, etc).

Child Trends DataBank 
Tracks national indicators of child and youth well-being (including multiple indicators of social and emotional development; income, assets, and work; education and skills; demographics; and relationships).

PolicyForResults.org

An online set of tools for focusing policy strategies on achieving measurable results for kids and families. This website provides research-based policy strategies shown to achieve the targeted results.

Other Resources

Connect For Kids

"Information and tools to help visitors learn about issues affecting children, families, and communities and to take action to improve policies and programs, and, ultimately, the fabric of our nation as a whole." CFK is managed by the Forum for Youth Investment.

KidsHealth.org

Stop Bullying Now Toolkit

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Institute for Community Peace

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

 
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