Focal Point (2013): Education & Employment
This special issue of Focal Point focuses on best practices for helping youth and young adults with mental health challenges reach their educational and employment goals. (05/2013)
Youth Mental Health Bill of Rights
This new one-pager lists the Youth Mental Health Bill of Rights as first outlined on the back page of the 2009 Youth Summit Report. (02/2013)
Things People Never Told Me
This compilation of suggestions about finances, health care, employment, and relationships from foster youth transitioning to adulthood is aimed at equipping other youth leaving foster care with the necessary tools to become independent and successful adults. (10/2012)
Strengthening Family Support for Young People with Mental Health Needs in the Transition to Adulthood: A Tip Sheet for Service Providers
This document instructs service providers in strategies for engaging families in supporting young people with the transition to adulthood. (09/2012)
Tips on Core Competencies for Transition Service Providers
This document describes ten competencies that transition service providers working with young people with mental health difficulties should develop in order to be effective. (09/2012)
Strategic Sharing Workbook: Youth Voice in Advocacy
This workbook, produced by the FFCMH and Pathways RTC, is for individuals who have experienced traumatic life events and are interested in sharing their stories in an effort to promote change. (07/2012)
If, When, and How to Disclose to an Employer That You Have a Mental Health Disability
This fact sheet helps young people with mental health conditions determine the best strategies for whether and how to disclose their conditions to an employer. (08/2012)
FAQ: Student Loans, For-Profit Colleges, and Traditional Colleges: Some Things You Should Know Before Borrowing
This FAQ is designed to help prospective college students become better informed about student loans, particularly those used to finance education at for-profit institutions. (06/2012)
FAQ: The Impact of Health Care Reform on Services and Supports for Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
This FAQ was written to help advocates and concerned citizens ensure that the needs and priorities of young adults are addressed when portions of the Affordable Care Act that affect them are implemented. (07/2011)
Sexual Health Disparities Among Disenfranchised Youth
This series of research briefs addresses
sexual health disparities among seven subpopulations of youth, including: youth in corrections, youth with developmental disabilities, youth in foster care, homeless youth, LGBTQ youth, and more. (11/2011)
Focal Point (2012): Healthy Body – Healthy Mind
This issue of Focal Point focuses on the recognition that mental health and physical health should not be considered separately. It addresses how the mind and body impact each other, and how we can strive to achieve balance within ourselves. (05/2012)
Community Based Approaches for Supporting Positive Development in Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
This white paper describes recent theory and research on positive development, including descriptions of empirically supported programs that support young adults with serious mental health conditions. (09/2011)
Focal Point (2011): Healthy Relationships
This issue of Focal Point is about how healthy relationships affect young adults with mental health conditions. While most of the articles focus on the positive aspects of relationships, others highlight more negative experiences and their impacts. (05/2011)
Enhancing Career Development Engagement and Self - Determination for Young Adults with Mental Health Diagnoses
This report provides a literature review on self-determin-ation and career development engagement for young adults with mental health diagnoses. (11/2010)
Focal Point (2010): Transitionsto Adulthood
This inaugural issue of Focal Point: Youth, Young Adults, and Mental Health addresses transitions to adulthood from the perspectives of researchers, youth, family, and professionals. (06/2010)
Youth Voice in Policy: A Guide to Shaping History
This guide, produced by the FFCMH and Pathways RTC, provides youth and young adults with the basic skills they need to advocate for issues they feel are important. (11/2010)
Facts About Young Adults, Mental Health, and Online Information Seeking
This fact sheet series addresses how and why young adults search for mental health information on the internet, and how to assess the reliability of the information available online. (05/2010)
Literature Support for Outcomes in Evaluating Culturally- and Community- Based Programs
This literature review identifies the relationships between community-identified variables relating to well-being for American Indian/Alaska Native youth and more mainstream outcomes. (03/2010)
Paving the Way: Meeting Transition Needs of Young People with Developmental Disabilities and Serious Mental Health Conditions
This report provides summaries of innovative programs and best practices for young people with both developmental disabilities and serious mental health conditions. (06/2010)
The 2009 National Youth Summit Report
This final report outlines both how to plan and hold a summit with meaningful youth participation, and also includes the results of such a summit held in June 2009. (11/2009)
Under Construction: Linkages Between Youth and Adult Systems After Expanding Transitions Services
This report analyzes changes in interrelationships of agencies in a Center for Mental Health Services Partnerships for Youth Transitions grant site. (09/2009)
Starting Points for Communities Developing New Transition Programs for Young People with Mental Health Difficulties
This report presents a synthesis of lessons learned and advice gained from transition program evaluations by young people, families, and transition service providers. (04/2008)
Best Practices forIncreasing Meaningful
Youth Participation in Collaborative Team Planning
This brief offers tips to increase meaningful youth participation in collaborative team planning meetings. (10/2007)