National Websites

The following websites are national resources for parents, families and kids. This handbook does not endorse or support the websites, but supplies them for your convenience.

www.childhelpusa.org/report_hotline.htm
The mission of Childhelp is to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. Studies prove that child abuse has lifetime effects on its victims and society. Along with our friends and donors, we are united in our dedication to end the cycle of abuse. The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. All calls are anonymous and confidential.

http://www.kidshealth.org/index.html
KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

http://www.ncmhjj.com/
The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice. The Center, which is operated by Policy Research, Inc. in Delmar, NY in partnership with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and operates current projects with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Center aims at providing a centralized national focal point that pulls together and links the various activities and research that are currently underway, maximizing the awareness and usefulness of new products and learnings, and using the best available knowledge to guide practice and policy.

http://www.4girls.gov
Sponsored by the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, www.4girls.gov gives girls information that will help them to understand their health needs right now and as they grow into women. This site is designed especially for girls between the ages of 14 and 19, and provides reliable, current health information that focuses on the many health topics pertaining to adolescent girls' health concerns.

http://www.parentsleague.org/attention.html
Uptown, downtown and all around town, Parents League provides dependable information on parenting toddlers through teens. We have information on every topic related to raising a child. Parents League serves as a resource center for all New York City Parents.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
The National Institute of Mental Health.
Reducing the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior

http://www.nami.org/
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.

http://www.childtrauma.org/
The ChildTrauma Academy is a not-for-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. The mission of the Academy is to help improve the lives of traumatized and maltreated children in three, primary ways: education, service delivery and program consultation.

http://www.samhsa.gov/
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was established by an act of Congress in 1992 under Public Law 102-321. With the stroke of a pen, an agency, separate and distinct from the National Institutes of Health or any other agency within the HHS, was created to focus attention, programs, and funding on improving the lives of people with or at risk for mental and substance abuse disorders.

http://www.covenanthouse.org/about.html
Covenant House is the largest privately-funded childcare agency in the United States providing shelter and service to homeless and runaway youth. It was incorporated in New York City in 1972 and has since expanded in the United States to Anchorage, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, New Orleans, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., and, outside the United States, to Toronto, Vancouver, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.
NEED HELP? Call the Covenant House NINELINE 1-800-999-9999

http://www.girlsandboystown.org/hotline/index.asp
The Girls and Boys Town National Hotline is a 24-hour crisis, resource and referral line. Trained counselors can respond to your questions every day of the week, 365 days a year. In 2005, more than 410,000 children and families were helped through the Girls and Boys Town national hotline, and over the past decade, more than 7 million callers have found help at the end of the line.
Call With any Problem, Anytime 1-800-448-3000
(TDD 1-800-448-1833) Open 24 hours a day, everyday

http://www.coping.org/
Tools for Coping with Life's Stressors

Hotlines

Alcohol Hotline Phone #: 1-800-ALCOHOL Description:
The alcohol hotline is a nationwide help and referral hotline for alcohol and drug problems. The phones are answered by individuals trained to assist callers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) Report any information regarding a missing child.

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or
TTY 1-800-787-3224
Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 140 languages through interpreter services.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s mission is to provide immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a toll-free telephone number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). It is the only national suicide prevention and intervention telephone resource funded by the Federal Government.