IV. Discuss 5 facts that you learned this week, from the learning, about this week’s topic. Use more than one resource and show evidence of learning. No citing = no grade.
Major Initiatives
Policy Academy on Strengthening Youth Mental Health
This Policy Academy builds on last year’s Chair’s Initiative on Strengthening Youth, Led by Governor Murphy of New Jersey. NGA will support up to 6 states in intensive technical assistance and strategic planning to implement the Chair’s Initiative Playbook through 4 main policy pillars:
Prevention and Resilience
Increasing Awareness and Reducing Stigma
Access and Affordability of Quality Treatment and Care
Caregiver and Educator Training and Support
Children & Families Core Advisors Board
The NGA Children and Families Team established the Core Advisors Board (CAB) to provide feedback on governors’ top priorities impacting the lives of children and families. Each year, a small group of governors’ human services policy advisors and agency leaders are selected to provide critical input and feedback on the structure and content of the NGA Center’s work with the states on human services and early childhood education and care issues.
Human Services Policy Advisor Institute
The Human Services Policy Advisors Institute is a network of governors’ policy advisors and state leaders from social services and children and family-serving agencies that comes together on a monthly call to share innovations and best practices for serving the complex needs of children and families. This network serves as a regular check-in for updates, content, peer-to-peer exchanges, and networking for policy advisors to discuss multidisciplinary policy considerations. Recent topics include: Human Services Workforce; Integrating Eligibility Screening Systems; and Supporting Older Populations.
The Role of Human Services Programs in Addressing Domestic Violence
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October 31, 2016
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Mark Greenberg, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families and Megan Tackney, Special Advisor
During the Obama Administration, we’ve made it a priority at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to strengthen attention to domestic violence across ACF programs. As we commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we wanted to highlight what we’ve done and talk about why we’re encouraging all human services providers to working to end domestic violence.
ACF proudly implements, through the Family Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), the primary federal funding stream dedicated to the support of emergency shelter and related assistance for victims of domestic violence and their children and we have just completed our final rule for the program . In FY16, Congress increased funding for FVPSA by
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15million,bringingthetotalto150 million. This year, we committed $5,000,000 of that amount to launch 12 community programs offering specialized services for abused parents and their children. Additionally, we will be expanding the National Domestic Violence Hotline, in partnership with the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, to launch the first-ever crisis-line for Alaska Native and American Indian women and girls, the Strong Hearts Helpline.
