Youth and Caregiver Resource Center

Youth & Caregiver Resource Center
Training, Education, and Resources

Prevention First’s Youth and Caregiver Resource Center (YCRC) develops and distributes healing-centered resources for families impacted by parental substance use and incarceration. We believe that families play a vital role in their own healing and can act as change agents within their communities to create systems of care and disrupt cycles of intergenerational trauma.

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Families can be important support systems during tough times like parental substance misuse, familial incarceration and trauma. Click through our resources to learn how families can help each other heal.

Incarceration

Sesame Street: Incarceration

The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated

Youth Supporting Fellow Youth Who Have an Incarcerated Parent

Guide for Incarcerated Parents Who Have Children in the Child Welfare System

Supporting Youth Who Have an Incarcerated Parent: For School Staff

Caring Through Struggle: Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents

The Visit: A Day with My Father at Sing Sing

Crash Course Sociology: Crime

Crash Course Sociology: Philosophies of Punishment & The Prison Abolition Movement

Substance Use

Sesame Street: Parental Addiction

National Association for Children of Addiction's Healing Through Art

Alateen: Alateen is a peer support group for teens who are struggling with the effects of someone else's substance use.

Lessons Learned: Talking to Young Children about a Loved One's Substance Use

Trauma

Sesame Street: Traumatic Experiences

Hurt Together, Heal Together ACES & Sibling Groups | Spanish

Crash Course Public Health: How Society Affects Your Health

Crash Course Public Health: What is Public Health?

Crash Course Psychology: Trauma and Addiction

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Youth Development Programs

Youth Development programs can give young people strategies for coping and developing resiliency.

Programs

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Handle With Care

Eluna Network Resource Library

Camp Mariposa

Strengthening Connections

Healing in Motion Series

The Healing in Motion series is four asynchronous workshops that allow youth to explore creative expression, connect with artists and storytellers, and engage in reflective practices that support self-discovery, emotional well-being, and personal growth.