The National Resource Center for Healthy Marriage and Families will host a webinar on March 19, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET to discuss best practices for coordinating care, delivering trauma-informed services, and offering treatment for opioid-addicted teens and young adults.

The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold a webinar on March 6, 2019 between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET to cover findings following the Family Options Study that was conducted for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will review patterns of public assistance receipt, employment, family separations, the well-being of adolescents and young children, adult behavioral health, and predictions for reoccurrence of homelessness. Findings related to the experiences of homelessness in parents and children will also be presented.

This 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey offers comprehensive data on health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults, including the prevalence of teen dating violence. The survey data in this report is drawn from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and covers 37 state surveys and 19 large urban school district surveys conducted among grades 9–12 students.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced this factsheet to explain the forms of teen dating violence (i.e., physical and sexual violence, stalking, and psychological aggression) and the extent of this problem. The factsheet also explains the consequences of teen dating violence and offers some guidance on how to prevent these abusive patterns of behavior.

loveisrespect (originally loveisrespect, National Dating Abuse Helpline) is a resource that young people can use to access help and obtain information on healthy and unhealthy and abusive dating relationships and behaviors. This website also provides links to trainings, toolkits, and curricula to support parents, educators, peers, and survivors to support the development of healthy relationships, prevent abuse, and raise awareness of healthy dating behaviors.

Futures Without Violence has produced an interactive website, That’s Not Cool, to build awareness of teen dating violence, unhealthy relationships, and digital abuse. The website includes tools, apps, and resources to help young people identify and avoid dating violence. It also offers to adults (parents, educators, and youth advocates) resources and technical assistance to prevent teen dating violence and address instances where a teenager has experienced violence in person or digitally.

This webpage from the Teen Violence Prevention website outlines indicators related to dating violence. Many wait before getting help which puts youth at risk for further victimization. As a result, adults and schools should be aware of warning signs, such as mood swings, isolation, physical harm, bad grades, and sexual activity. Additionally, those that have experienced dating violence are more likely to lash out and perpetuate a cycle of abuse. The Teen Violence Prevention website has resources for both youth and educators.

This National Institute of Justice research brief highlights the prevalence of teen dating violence (TDV) and concludes that the characteristics within dating relationships affect the safety of both partners. Researchers are starting to look at the role that positive relationship dynamics play in reducing the likelihood that teens would leave abusive relationships. This brief suggests that a wider approach to understanding relationships that includes both positive and negative aspects should be considered as a preventative measure against TDV.

This report highlights a study that documented that almost two-thirds of young adults had encountered “some kind of dating violence” as teens in Orange County. These incidents include psychological and cyber abuse, stalking, and physical and sexual violence.

The purpose of the loveisrespect.org website (originally named the National Dating Abuse Helpline) is to involve and inform youth in the prevention and ending of abusive relationships. The website offers the Huddle Up for Healthy Relationships Materials Toolkit to support and recognize Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in 2019. Print and interactive versions of the toolkit include resources such as banners, rip cards and pledge cards that can support greater public awareness of teen dating violence.