New Issue Brief: Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty (posted 2/23)

Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty: Opportunities to Identify and Serve

This brief produced by the Urban Institute offers a first-time national look at the characteristics, access to services, and parenting approaches for infants living in poverty whose mothers are depressed. Results reveal that eleven percent of infants living in poverty have a mother suffering from severe depression. At the same time, many of these families are connected to services, such as WIC, health care services, food stamps, and TANF, presenting opportunities for policymakers and service providers to help these families. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation funded this research as part of an Urban Institute project identifying service strategies to help connect depressed mothers with treatment. For more information visit the Urban Institute website.

Back by Popular Demand: Project Venture! (updated 2/16)

New Community of Practice: Project Venture

Wednesday, January 26, 2010 1:00-2:00pm ET

Due to high demand, the NNED is pleased to offer a second round of Project Venture training through another Community of Practice (CoP) - a free professional development opportunity for NNED Members to receive training on innovative promising and evidence-based practices for diverse communities. Members of the CoP will receive training on how to begin and sustain a Project Venture program in a way that meets the unique needs of the youth in their local communities. Apply today! The application deadline has been extended to February 21st. The CoP will start on March 2nd.

The NNED and the National Indian Youth Leadership Project will be hosting a webinar to educate communities about this opportunity.  Project Venture is an evidence-based practice for high risk middle school and high school-aged youth. The program is an outdoors experiential positive youth development program originally developed for American Indian youth but now implemented in a range of communities and cultures.

The program was designed around traditional values which help youth develop positive self-concept, effective social skills, a community service ethic, internal locus of control, and increased decision-making and problem-solving skills. This unique program has been recognized by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices (NREPP) as the first Native American model program. View this informational webinar to learn more.

This Webinar and CoP Opportunity are only open to NNED Members, to become a NNED Member visit the Join the NNED page.

 

February 7th is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

February 7th marks the 11th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD).  The theme for this year is "It Takes a Village to Fight HIV/AIDS." NBHAAD is an HIV/AIDS testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeting Black communities. The Strategic Leadership Council oversees this initiative with funding from the Centers for Disease Control each year.

Each year community stakeholders locally and nationally plan event and activities focused on raising awareness about HIV and the importance of getting tested.  To learn about events taking place in your community and how you can get involved visit the NBHAAD website.

Montee Evans, CEO of the Strategic Leadership Council notes:

We are utilizing this initiative to mobilize Black communities around HIV/AIDS, given the disproportionate representation shown in the statistics. NBHAAD serves as a platform to mobilize Black communities and heighten HIV/AIDS awareness specifically within this population.  By focusing on HIV testing, treatment and education; we are linking to the priorities of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (i.e. reducing HIV incidence, increasing access to care, and reducing HIV related health disparities).

Webinar Recording: Community-Based Responses to Parental Depression 2/16

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:00-2:00pm ET

On this NNED Forum Call members of the NNED's Parental Depression Learning Cluster provided an understanding of the experience of parental depression, and share community-based interventions from Richmond, VA and New Orleans, LA that support parents in lower resourced communities living with a mental health condition.

To learn how you can begin to implement parent support groups and interventions in your local community view this NNED Forum Call.

Download the slides here.  Watch the recording.

Presenters:

• Larke Huang, NNED Project Director, SAMHSA
• Honorable Cynthia I. Newbille, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council
• Karen Wilson & Ms. Denise Wise, The East District Family Resource Center, Richmond, VA
• Kristina Gibson & Cheryl Bowie, Kingsley House, New Orleans, LA

 

Community-Based Responses to Parental Depression from Change Matrix LLC on Vimeo.

Inaugural Issue of the LGBTQI2-S National Workgroup’s Newsletter (posted 1/18)

Child, Adolescent and Family Branch’s National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Their Families has released the inaugural issue of their national newsletter.  This newsletter offers you and your community a tool to stay informed about what the workgroup is doing, new LGBTQI2-S resources, and upcoming events.  The workgroup will disseminate the newsletter four times annually.  You will be able to access the newsletter on the TA Partnership’s LGBTQI2-S Learning Community webpage.

The Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch (CAFB), Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has initiated the National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Their Families to support and enhance services for children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S). Workgroup members help identify specific strategies and interventions that can be applied within the system of care program, and throughout communities across the country.

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