 as education and training voucher supplemental funding, minimum age limitations in eligibility for assistance, programmatic flexibilities, and more.
Supporting Youth in Foster Care Through the Pandemic: Provides information for youth and professionals on eligibility and application information for federal COVID-19 financial relief specifically intended to assist youth and young adults transitioning out of foster care. The COVID-19 public health emergency has put children, youth, and families at risk. Federal funding through the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act (P.L. 116-260) provides state, tribal and county child welfare agencies with time-limited resources to respond to some of the needs of youth and young adults under the age of 27 and who experienced foster care after the age of 14. These pandemic relief funds are intended to help those young people with mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, car loans, groceries, and other basic needs. Please read preceding item for update about continuing availability of this relief.
LGBTQ Youth and Family Resources to Decrease Mental Health Risks & Promote Well-Being: Collects resources and offers communication mechanisms intended to increase family and community support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) children and youth, to decrease health and mental health risks and to promote well-being. LGBTQ youth are at high risk for health and mental health problems related to social stigma. COVID-19 has significantly increased isolation and mental health risks, constituting a national emergency for children and adolescent mental health that requires a coordinated response. This website is managed through a partnership of the Family Acceptance Project and the Institute for Innovation & Implementation (University of Maryland); and is funded by the Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health, a collaborative fund powered by Panorama.
The Trauma-Focused CBT and Family Acceptance Project: An Integrated Framework for Children and Youth: Describes integration of the long-recognized TF-CBT model with the family support model that has been refined since 2002 by the Family Acceptance Project, and the strong evidence that supports the new integrated framework for trauma recovery for LGBTQ youth. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened vulnerability for sexual and gender minority (SGM) children and youth by confining them with rejecting and abusive family members, separating them from supportive peers and adults outside the home, and resulting in the sudden death of family members and cultural leaders. This combined treatment approach can play a crucial role in recovery.
National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health 2021: Examines challenges for many LGBTQ youth (ages 13-24) based on nearly 35,000 responses to the Trevor Project’s third annual national survey. Survey findings provide new data on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health care disparities, discrimination, food insecurity, conversion therapy and suicide; in addition to the benefits of LGBTQ-affirming spaces.
The Power of Listening: Shares an interview (June 2021) with the Trevor Project’s Sam Brinton about LGBTQ student mental health, by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Lived Experience Advisory Committee. Mr. Brinton discusses salient findings from the Trevor Project’s third annual national survey on LGBTQ youth mental health.
Implications of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Outlines ways that physical distancing, economic strain, and increased anxiety related to COVID-19 may impact LGBTQ youth, and suggests way to minimize deleterious impacts by increasing access for students to a wide range of supports and resources. This product of the Trevor Project is predicated on, and cites, well-documented research. The website also presents findings of Trevor’s 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health.
When School Goes Remote, Many LGBTQ Students Lose a Safe Space: Explains a dimension of loss that many LGBTQ students have expressed beca