BFI Quick Links:
Brighter Futures Initiative
Related Internet Sites - Program Development Resources
All external hyperlinks are provided for your information and for the benefit of the general public. The Department of Children and Families does not testify to, sponsor, or endorse the accuracy of the information provided on externally linked pages.
Additional internet resources can be found on the Wisconsin Dept. of Children & Families Brighter Futures Initiative webpage under National & Wisconsin website links
Program Development, Logic Models and Evaluation Toolkits:
DHHS ACF National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth, Guide to Starting a Youth Program
DHHS ACF, Child Welfare Information Gateway, Evaluation Toolkit & Logic Model Builder
SAMHSA’s Prevention Platform (online resource for substance abuse prevention)
Comprehensive Community Initiatives (new website aimed for federal agencies – also appropriate for community-wide initiatives)
MENTOR /National Mentoring Partnership
- Step-by-Step Toolkit for Managers
- Afterschool Clearinghouse
- Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver’s Choice
- Mentoring Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Evidence-based/Evidence-Informed Programs & Strategies:
DHHS ACF, Child Welfare Information Gateway
DHHS ACF, National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP)
DHHS SAMHSA, National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices (NREPP)
Center for the Study & Prevention of Violence, Blueprints for Violence Prevention
Find Youth Info: Resources to Strengthen America’s Youth, Directory of Youth Programs
CDC/ National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
What Works Wisconsin, Effective Prevention & Intervention Programs
- Directory of Evidence-based Parenting Programs (February 2009)
- Evidence-based Program Registries (revised August 2009)
- What Works Wisconsin Fact Sheets
- Juvenile offender interventions:
WI DPI website, Effective Scientifically-based Programs
Risk & Protective Factors:
Child Abuse & Neglect:
Substance Abuse:
Juvenile Delinquency:
- National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
- OJJDP: Risk & Protective Factors for Child Delinquency
Teen Pregnancy/Sexual Risk Prevention:
Developmental Assets:
Data:
CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey
DHS Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH)
WI Council on Children & Families, 2009-2010 WISKIDS COUNT report
FedStats (Includes links to statistics from over 100 Federal agencies.)
Funding Opportunities/Grant Application Websites:
Federal Grant Application Website
Website application process enables prospective grantees to register one time
for all federal grant opportunities available online and have information
generated for future applications, so information does not have to be
re-entered.
The Finance Project, Finding Resources to Support Mentoring Programs and Services for Youth (November 2008 brief)
Michigan State University Libraries, Grants for Non-Profits: Youth & Family A compilation of web pages and books of potential interest to nonprofit organizations seeking funding opportunities related to children and youth.
Grant Gopher, Inc., Grants for Non-Profits
E-Newsletters (research briefs, webcasts, funding opportunities, more)
JUVJUST e-newsletter - subscribe
SAMHSA eNetwork /e-newsletter - subscribe
Chapin Hall e-alert /e-newsletter (University of Chicago) - subscribe
E-Adolescence /e-newsletter (University of Minnesota) - To subscribe to this newsletter or to submit information for inclusion, send an email to boche001@umn.edu.
RTC Updates /e-newsletter (Portland State University) - To subscribe to the Research and Training Center (RTC) for Pathways to Positive Futures e-newsletter, send an email to portlandrtc@pdx.edu (subject line: “Add me to rtcUpdates listserv”)
Behavioral Health and Corrections Leader e-newsletter (Joyfields Institute for Professional Development) - subscribe
Last Revised: April 10, 2013