DOL Youth Services Youth Mental Health Resource Hub

If someone is in crisis and requires immediate support, please dial or text 988 for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Youth, Trauma, and Healing: Focusing on the importance of healing-centered care for youth in the workforce system, this webinar guides professionals in the workforce system on how to better serve youth program participants and support them on their healing and mental health.

Introduction to Trauma and Healing-Centered Workforce Development: This is an introduction to the topics of toxic stress, trauma, and healing that professionals in the workforce system can use to better serve people and cultivate healthier workplace cultures.

Supporting Youth Mental Health in the Workforce System: This webinar features experts and speakers from the Office of the Surgeon General, the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Approaches to Supporting Youth in Mental Health and Wellness: This webinar offers tips on navigating mental health systems and resources and provides strategies and techniques for self-care and self-awareness.

Introduction to Youth Suicide Prevention: This webcast provides context and critical crisis information on youth suicide prevention for youth workforce development staff.

Youth Mental Health Resource Guide: A resource guide to help workforce practitioners deliver on the WIOA youth program element of providing youth with comprehensive guidance and counseling. Topics covered include crisis services, screenings and assessments, resources for finding a provider, and more. You can also find some of these resources here:

• Crisis Services to Get Help Now
• Mental Health Screenings and Assessments
• Resources for Finding and Talking to a Mental Health Care Provider

Implementing Effective, Inclusive, and Evidence-Based Substance Use Policies: This webinar shares policies and evidence-based approaches to help address unhealthy or risky substance use among YouthBuild participants.

Resources from Partners

DOL's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC):

• Full list of NYEC's mental health resources
• NYEC Mental Health Report

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• Posted by: Maisha Meminger
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