| Resources
in North Carolina: |
| NC
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Substance
Abuse Services, Child and Family Section provides child
mental health services in NC. |
| Communities
Building Character is a Wake County-wide effort to promote
character education and asset-building in communities. |
| National
Resources |
| The
Annie E. Casey Foundation works to build better futures
for disadvantaged children and their families in the United
States. Its mission is to foster public policies, improved human
services, and community supports that effectively meet the needs
of today's vulnerable children and families. |
| Child
Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest
membership-based child welfare organization. CWLA promotes the
well-being of children, youth, and their families, and works
to protect every child from harm. CWLA is an association of
more than 1,100 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist
over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families
each year with a wide range of services. |
| The
Children’s Bureau (US Dept of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau
Express) is the oldest federal agency for children. It assists
states in the delivery of child welfare services designed to
protect children and strengthen families. The agency provides
grants to states, tribes, and communities to operate a range
of child welfare services, including child protective services
(child abuse and neglect) family preservation and support, foster
care, adoption, and independent living. The Children's Bureau
Express is designed for professionals concerned with child abuse
and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. |
| The
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, a comprehensive
resource on all aspects of adoption, is a service of the Children's
Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration
for Children and Families, and the Department of Health and
Human Services. |
| The
National Mental Health Association, the country's oldest
and largest nonprofit organization, addresses all aspects of
mental health and mental illness. With more than 340 affiliates
nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans,
especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders,
through advocacy, education, research and service. This site
is specific to child mental health issues. |
| Project
Resilience, a private organization based in Washington,
DC, offers teaching materials, provides training, and disseminates
information for professionals working in education, treatment,
and prevention. It promotes a strengths-based approach to both
youth and adults struggling to overcome such hardships as family
disruption, poverty, violence, substance abuse, and racism.
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