Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the winners of the HHS Children and Youth Resilience Challenge, a $1 million federal prize competition launched in May 2023 to identify and elevate promising, community-based initiatives that improve psychological resilience and advance children and youth behavioral health. me and countless others across the country,” said HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm.
The two Runner Up winners of $175,000 each are the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies and the Excellence and Advancement Foundation .
The Challenge is a cross-agency collaboration including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families , the National Institutes of Health , and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration .
“We look forward to the successful growth and implementation of all of these projects,” said ACF Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Hild. “This is only the beginning. All of the challenge finalists are motivated, innovative and resilient and will continue to rise to the challenge of addressing the needs of children and youth in communities across the country.”