Preparing Youth with Behavioral Health Needs to Enter the Workforce: A Pathway to Housing

• By: Jacqueline Brown Lisa Furst, LMSW, MPH Vibrant Emotional Health
• January 22nd, 2024
• adolescent skills centers, educational challenges, homelessness prevention, housing support, life skills education, mental health, trauma recovery, vocational training, Winter 2024 Issue, youth advocacy, youth empowerment
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Imagine sitting in a classroom, expected to absorb the curriculum, when you are extremely worried about whether your family will be evicted from their home. What can you, a young person trying to graduate from high school, do to change your circumstances? What if you have also survived traumatic...

The Need for Community-Based Early Intervention for Youth and Young Adults at Early Stages of Substance Use/Abuse

• By: Fern A. Zagor, LCSW, ACSW Rosemarie Stazzone, RN Melissa Singer, MS Basilio Allen, BS
• January 1st, 2020
• community-based programs, early use intervention, high-risk youth, life skills development, substance use prevention, supportive employment, trauma-informed care, youth empowerment
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There is a serious gap in the continuum of services between Prevention and Treatment services for high risk youth and young adults at early stages of substance use. When we speak to these youth what we often hear is, “Prevention, education? I know it all! I could even teach the course!” Or,...