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Substance Abuse & Mental Health Treatment Services Locator
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides an on-line directory for locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs, and mental health treatment facilities and programs. The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator lists private and public facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved for inclusion by their State substance abuse agency, and […]
Playforward: Elm City Stories – iPad Video Game to Prevent HIV Infection among Youth
Yale researchers are developing a video game for the iPad aimed at preventing HIV infection among ethnic minority adolescents. Their study appears in Games for Health, titled A Qualitative Study to Inform the Development of a Videogame for Adolescent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention. The video game, which is called Playforward: Elm City Stories, is being developed, in collaboration […]
Proyecto Nueva Vida
Proyecto Nueva Vida works to reduce barriers to behavioral healthcare among Latinos in Bridgeport and surrounding communities. Proyecto Nueva Vida is the result of a coalition between three agencies: CASA, Optimum (formerly Bridgeport Mental Health Center), and the CO-OP Center. Population of focus Latino adults and families About Proyecto Nueva Vida takes “a holistic approach” to serving the population. They […]
A Toolkit for Counting Homeless Youth: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority & The California Homeless Youth Project
Researchers, policymakers and advocates agree that there is no good statewide estimate of the number of youth living on the streets, “couch surfing”, living in cars or in other unstable living conditions. This is significant because in order to make good program and policy decisions, we need to be able to: Establish benchmarks Measure change over […]
Renovacion Conyugal: Developing Strong Families
NNEDLearn 2012 Participant: Renovacion Conyugal Founded in 2001 by Miguel and Belisa Urbina, a couple who had worked for many years helping other couples in their native Puerto Rico. After moving to Georgia they realized the lack of support for Latino families in the state, and with the assistance of Colombian born catholic priest Fr. Hernan […]