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Issue Brief: Opportunities for Advancing & Funding Access to Mental Health Education Through the CYBHI Fee Schedule

Federal Advocacy Toolkit for Youth

This non-partisan toolkit is intended to help youth take their first steps to engage in federal advocacy in the United States, on issues that matter to them, their peers, and their families.

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Parents Rights: Centering Youth, Supporting Families

A Timeline of the Impact of H.R. 1 on the Health and Well-Being of Children & Families

Kit de Herramientas de Promoción Federal para Padres y Cuidadores

Este kit de herramientas imparcial tiene como objetivo ayudar a los padres y cuidadores a dar sus primeros pasos, junto con sus hijos, para participar en la defensa de los temas que les importan a ellos y a sus familias a nivel federal en los Estados Unidos.

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Federal Advocacy Toolkit for Parents and Caregivers

This non-partisan toolkit is intended to help parents and caregivers to take their first steps, alongside their child(ren), to engage in federal advocacy in the United States, on issues that matter to them and their families.

Cash Benefits and Other Assistance: The Experiences of Expectant and Parenting Youth in California Foster Care

Expectant and parenting youth (EPY) with current or prior involvement in foster care experience multiple educational, health, and financial stressors. As EPY navigate the transition into adulthood and parenting, they often do so with reduced family support and greater systemic and financial challenges, making it harder for them to achieve what they want for themselves and their children. While support programs do exist, young parents have reported challenges accessing existing benefit programs.