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The Tribal Youth Program resources by Topic section is a searchable database of resources and materials selected and reviewed by the Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center Staff. Materials include published works, peer-reviewed research, curricula, and web-based resources that aim to provide up-to-date information on topics relevant to tribes seeking to prevent and control delinquency and improve tribal juvenile justice systems.

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2009 Monitoring the Future Survey

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. According to data...

A Comparison of Four Restorative Justice Conferencing Models

Bazemore and Umbreit profile four models of restorative conferencing in a juvenile justice context. The four models of restorative conferencing discussed are: victim-offender...

A Family Guide to Getting Involved with Correctional Education

This document is designed for juvenile justice stakeholders who are working to promote involvement of families whose children are involved in the juvenile justice system. It...

A Guide to Assessing Your Community's Youth Gang Problem

This assessment guide from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides a blueprint for conducting a comprehensive community gang problem...

A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data

This guide, created by Child Trends and Kids Count, provides descriptions of data and information resources available to those who work in the child and youth indicators field...

A Guide to Suicide Prevention for American Indian and Alaska Natives Communities

This guide from the One Sky Center gives a comprehensive strategy and plan for preventing suicide in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. The guide provides...

A Tangled Web of Justice: American Indian and Alaska Native Youth in Federal, State, and Tribal Justice Systems

Neelum Arya and Addie C. Rolnick wrote this brief providing an overview of federal, state and tribal justice systems and an examination of the unique issues Native youth face...

Adapting Evidence Based Treatment for Use with American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Youth

This article highlights the use of traditional adaptations of evidence based treatments for American Indian children and their families who have been exposed to trauma. It...

Adapting Evidence-based Treatments for Use with American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth

It is impossible to capture or explain the nature and extent of assaults experienced by American Indians and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) families. Native children who are...

Alternatives to the Secure Detention and Confinement of Juvenile Offenders

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released this bulletin discussing four approaches for expanding the use of alternatives to secure detention and...

America YouthWorks Green Jobs Training Program Case Study

Green for All created this case study of America Youth Works’ green jobs training program. American YouthWorks has been providing a second chance to high school drop‐outs for...

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009

This report provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. It presents 40 key indicators of important...

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research

This edition of the Journal of the National Center examines four studies done on mental health and American Indian and Alaska Native Youth. The four studies include American...

American Indian and Alaska Native Resource Manual

This manual from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is designed as a tool to help NAMI state offices and affiliates to better understand what is involved in an...

American Indian and Alaska Native Students and U.S. High Schools

This fact sheet provides an overview of American Indian/Alaska Native high school students. Topics include Graduation, Dropout, and Preparedness; Schools, Segregation, and...

American Indian Community Suicide Assessment Tool

This assessment tool was created by the One Sky Center and is a template for any tribal community in assessing the prevalence of suicide in their community and creating a plan...

American Indian/Alaska Native Suicide Prevention Resource Pages

These resource pages from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center are intended to be a resource for people working to prevent suicide and promote wellness in Native communities...

An Introduction to Restorative Justice

Unlike more typical responses, which focus on punishing the offender, restorative justice emphasizes restoring a sense of well-being not only to those who were harmed but also...

Anti-Methamphetamine Public Service Announcements

The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Anti-Meth Campaign is offering anti-methamphetamine public service announcements, including prevention-focused ads, treatment/...

Arizona Examples of Effective Engagement for American Indian Families and Communities

This publication from the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health includes descriptions of effective application of system of care values in Arizona...