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Health Center Program Technical Assistance
This resource provides technical assistance to health centers. The Bureau of Primary Health Care has developed partnerships with state, regional and other national organizations to provide:
- Training and technical assistance on fiscal and program management
- Operational and administrative support
- Program development/analysis
- Primary care/clinical care development and operations
- Support to meet the needs of special populations
- Support to develop and implement health and other information technology systems
Healthy Youth
This Web site provides information on and links to school health strategies, research and evaluation tools, Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, evidence-based guidelines for school health programs, and adolescent and school health program resources and tools.
Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
This resource provides tips for caregivers in recognizing and helping teens experiencing traumatic grief. It highlights the importance of being nonjudgmental, open to compromise, and considering the teen’s point of view.
Healthy Youth Mental Health
This CDC website provides information on youth mental health, including information on school policies and programs to support youth mental health.
Guide to Community Preventive Services
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource listing programs and policies that improve health and prevent disease. The Program Planning Resources section of the site outlines the types of steps that are generally used in program planning, along with selected resources that may be useful at each step.
Healthy Youth - Evaluation
CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health provides evaluation technical assistance to Funded Partners through a variety of evaluation resources and tools.
Helping Youth After Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
“Helping Youth After Community Trauma: Tips for Educators” provides insight into how students may react after a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster or a death in the school community, and how educators can help.
Homelessness Resource Center
The Homelessness Resource Center is an interactive community of providers, consumers, policymakers, researchers, and public agencies at federal, state, and local levels.
HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics
The Gateway brings together key health and human services data and statistics. It is designed to complement other government resources such as FirstGov and FedStats. The Gateway covers federal, state and local government sponsored information.
Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child-Serving Organizations
This publication from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides guidance and tools for early identification of mental health or substance use problems in children and youth in various settings.
Impact of Behavioral Health Conditions and Treatment on Older Adolescents and Young Adults
This news release describes a report from SAMHSA that reveals that older adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral health conditions are much more likely to have significant problems with school performance, employment, and housing stability—demonstrating the critical need for treatment and services for this population.
Making Healthy Choices: A Guide on Psychotropic Medications for Youth in Foster Care
This resource from the Children’s Bureau provides information to youth in foster care on psychotropic medication, and the role they can have in their overall health care, as well as alternate approaches to treatment.
Leading Change: A Plan for SAMHSA's Roles and Actions 2011 - 2014 Accomplishments Report
This Leading Change Report highlights some of the key accomplishments SAMHSA has achieved through its strategic initiatives. SAMHSA developed such initiatives to direct its ongoing efforts to better meet the behavioral health needs of individuals, families, and communities.
MentalHealth.gov
Developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, MentalHealth.gov provides users with information on a variety of mental health issues, including potential signs of mental illness, ways to seek help for mental health challenges, and videos that feature individual stories of mental illness, hope, and recovery.
Mental Health Awareness in Times of Emotional Distress
Practical advice and resources on how to deal with the effects disasters have on physical and mental health, provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
National Center for Health Statistics
As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, this site compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people.
Mental Health: The First Step to Well Being
This collection of articles from the National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth analyzes some of the most prominent mental health issues facing at-risk youth in order to provide youth workers with insight into the prevention and treatment of mental health challenges. Post-traumatic stress disorder, the risks and uses of psychotropic medications, and postpartum depression in teen mothers are discussed.
National Behavioral Health Barometer
The National Behavioral Health Barometer provides national and state level data on key behavioral health care issues including serious mental illness, suicidal thoughts, substance use, underage drinking, and the rates at which Americans seek treatment for these challenges.
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 2014 Launch Event
The National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 2014 launch event featured Honorary Chairperson Chiara de Blasio and her parents (New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City's first lady Chirlane McCray), senior federal officials, and four incredible young adults who shared their stories of resilience and hope.
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
This Report of the Surgeon General on Mental Health is the product of a collaboration between two federal agencies, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Institutes of Health. The report provides an overview of mental health as well as a section targeted at children’s mental health. Sections of this report include information on interventions and service delivery.
Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2005-2011
This report, from the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides comprehensive estimates of the number of children and youth in the United States living with specific mental disorders and outlines federal efforts to monitor the prevalence of these disorders and the impact they have on the mental health of young people
Behavioral Health Services Locator
This Locator, developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, provides comprehensive information about mental health services and resources and is useful for professionals, consumers and their families, and the public. Search by state, zip code, and service type to find resources available in your area.
National Prevention Week 2014 Participant Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help communities and organizations plan and hold National Prevention Week 2014 events. It contains ideas and tips for planning and executing events, information on working with partners, fact sheets, promotional tools, and additional resources.
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day 2013 Short Report, May 9, 2013
This report discusses the prevalence of mental health and other related challenges among children and youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, as well as trauma-informed SAMHSA programs, services, and initiatives that support the recovery and resilience of these young people.
National Community Anti-Drug Institute Primer Series
These primers are aimed at providing guidelines for coalitions navigating the HHS/SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). Each primer is designed to stand alone and work with the others in the series. While they primarily focus on the planning process on SAMHSA's SPF, the steps can be applied by any community coalition.