Help our friends at NAMI Coastal Virginia with the creation of a streaming video of young adults recording themselves saying 3 short statements about stigma as a tribute to a loved one lost to mental illness. It’s called the “The Alexa Project” and statements are due by March 31.

Healthy Minds Fairfax and JSSA are creating a Youth Advisory Council and are looking for applicants! Applicants must be: 14-22 years old; live in Fairfax County; and have lived experience with mental health conditions and/or navigated systems such as Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, mental/behavioral programs, and Homeless Services.

No prior exprience needed as participants will receive the training and support needed.

If you know a youth who would be interested, please contact Maddie Stewart-Bolin at msteward-boldin@jssa.org or apply now.

Formed Families Forward has opened registration for their 10th Annual Spring Forward Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Family Fun Day! Join FFF on Saturday, April 22nd from 8:30 AM – 2 PMat George Mason University’s Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, VA.

While parents, cargivers and professionals are enjoying sessions presented by experts in education and support of foster, adoptive and kinship families, children age 5 and older will have a blast at GMU’s outdoor experimental learning program“The EDGE.”

To learn more about this year’s Spring Forward Foster, Adoptive and Kinship Family and to register, click here.