The Child, Adolescent and Family Branch (CAFB), Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has initiated the National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Their Families to support and enhance services for children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, […]
Children
Purple Songs Can Fly: Kids Fighting Cancer With Music
In 2006, Purple Songs Can Fly created an in-house recording studio at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers. The studio provides the children being treated for cancer, blood disorders and their siblings the opportunity to write and record their own songs. In this program, any child being treated in the out-patient clinic or a sibling […]
Enseñando a Nuestros Niños a Pensar (Raising a Thinking Child)
El Valor, a non-profit community-based organization, was founded in 1973 by a mother with a special needs child. Her dream of a bicultural and bilingual rehabilitation center began in the basement of a community church. El Valor, which means courage, has grown into a multicultural, multipurpose organization that reaches thousands of families locally and throughout the nation. El Valor strives […]
Indigena Health and Wellness Collaborative: Early Identification & Intervention Therapy Program
The Indigena Health and Wellness Collaborative (IHWC) is a partnership between Instituto Familiar de La Raza and Asociación Mayab that works to improve the health and well-being of Indigena families in San Francisco. Program services and activities provided by the Indigena Health & Wellness Collaborative are intricately linked to honoring the customs and traditions of the […]
New Futures: Helping Communities and Educators to Provide Children Culturally Relevant Programs
New Futures partners with families in their communities and with educators to ensure that children succeed in school and in life. Their integrated, culturally relevant programs in low-income apartment complexes build skills, foster connectedness, and promote strengths. Population of focus Low income children, youth, families and adults in South King County, Washington state Implementation New Futures increases access to services by […]
ConnectFamilias / Little Havana Community Partnership
ConnectFamilias/ Little Havana Community Partnership is built on the premise that children do better when their families are strong, and that families do better when they live in neighborhoods that help them succeed as productive citizens. ConnectFamilias is building a comprehensive, neighborhood based and family focused system of care. ConnectFamilias promotes family and community safety […]