- Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project
The Project is a community based non-profit venture that encourages youth to successfully deal with the concerns they face daily and to avoid high-risk activities such as drug use, unsafe sex, violence, criminal activity and running away. It offers youth and those who care about them, confidential, non-judgmental and non-threatening access to the services they need with absolutely no strings attached.
- Soy Unica! Soy Latina!
Public education campaign helping Hispanic girls and their mothers build and enhance their self-esteem, mental health, decision-making, and assertiveness skills.
- Step Family Association of America
A non-profit organization dedicated to harmonious step-family relationships.
- Systems of Care
Systems of Care is an on-line technical assistance resource for grant communities. The site includes news about the program; news and information about upcoming meetings and events; publications, documents, and files of logos and other art; and links to related web sites. It also includes contacts and detailed information about grant communities and program partners.
- The Administration for Children and Families
The Administration on Children and Families is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services.
- The Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Federal agency responsible for ensuring that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of, and have access to, culturally competent services, supports, and other assistance and opportunities that promote independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in the community.
- The Carter Center's Mental Health Program
Mrs. Carter continues her advocacy efforts through The Carter Center's Mental Health Program, founded in 1991. The program focuses on mental health policy issues with four strategic goals: To reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses; To achieve equity for mental health care comparable to other health care; To advance promotion, prevention, and early intervention services for children and their families; To increase public awareness worldwide about mental health and mental illness and to stimulate local actions to address those issues.
- The Center for Successful Fathering
This site provides resources on fatherhood research, pointers for interacting with children, and a tool for assessing “personal fathering profiles.”
- The Child Advocate
Child Advocate is a non-profit organization that serves the needs of children, families and professionals while addressing mental health, medical, educational, legal and legislative issues.
- The National Center for Juvenile Justice and Mental Health
The mission of the NCMHJJ is to promote awareness of the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system and to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs based on the best available research and practice.
- The New York University Child Study Center
This web site has many articles that deal with children and violence, death, and dangerous situations. This organization is a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
- The Parents' Foundation for Transitional Living, Inc.
The Parent's Foundation is a unique residential community dedicated to providing brief, transitional and long-term care (housing and support) for adults who suffer from mental illness. Although based in Connecticut, this program accepts applications from individuals throughout the United States.
- The Sibling Support Project
A database of over 350 national programs dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.
- The Sweeney Alliance
The Sweeney Alliance is a nationally recognized non-profit organization that provides help to families and professionals coping with grief and stress. Since 1990, we have developed and facilitated specialized programs that teach children and adults how to reinvest in life and living following a life-altering event such as the death of someone loved, divorce, violence, neglect or disability.
- United Parents for Children & Adolescents with Emotional, Behavioral & Mental Disorders
Support, assistance, education, and resources for families of children with emotional, behavior, and mental disorders.
- University of Miami Psychology Department
This site has a link to a pdf. report on Helping Children Cope with Disaster written by Dr. Annette La Greca of the University of Miami.
The information above was taken, in part, from material provided by SAMHSA.
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