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Seeking NAMI Families & Grassroots Leaders as local contacts on children's issues

The NAMI Child & Adolescent Action Center maintains a list of local contacts by state to share with people who contact us to obtain information on child related issues. The list of local contacts is also posted on the NAMI web site. Families that contact us greatly appreciate being provided with the name of a local contact.

The C & A Action Center would like to increase the advocates listed on the local contact list. If you would like to be added to the list,
Contact: Belen Assusa (703)600-1110
Email: belen@nami.org

Family to Family Course Available:

The 12-week course Family-to-Family (F2F) has openings. This is an excellent training program developed by NAMI to educate family members about the illnesses, medications, and coping skills, etc.

If interested, you must immediately call:
Nancy Doyle at 727-398-6661, extension 5482.

Nancy is a member of the Board of Directors of NAMI Pinellas, a long-time trainer on mental illness, and works at the Bay Pines Veterans facility.

LAWYERS NEEDED

NAMI maintains a list of lawyers around the country willing to accept referrals of pertinent cases involving people living with mental illnesses or their families.

Currently, there are several hundred attorneys on the list and also periodically callers are referred to attorneys on lists maintained by other organizations such as the American Bar Association and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

Although NAMI sends these attorneys a questionnaire to assess their experience and areas of expertise, we do not have the capacity to monitor their performance in individual cases or vouch for the quality of their work.

Nevertheless, we receive large numbers of calls from people seeking legal assistance and therefore would like to expand our list as much as possible. If you or your members know of attorneys in your states or communities with specific expertise or commitment to helping consumers or their families, please contact Stuart Broad, Stuart@nami.org, or Elise Resnick, Elise@nami.org, and provide names and mailing addresses. We will send these attorneys a cover letter and short questionnaire inquiring about their willingness to be included on our list. Thank you for your help!

Vincent House Wish List

We have been fortunate to receive so many wonderful donations from members of the community. However, there are some items that are still needed to function at our fullest. Receipts can be provided.

*Clothes Washer and Dryer
*Copy Machine
*Laser Printer
*LED PowerPoint Projector
*Six 4-top Tables
*24 Chairs (We are looking for 6 sets of 4-top tables with 4 chairs to go with it. If the chairs don't actually match, that is OK.)
*Patio Umbrella *Miscellaneous cleaning, office and kitchen supplies *12-15 passenger van to pick up/drop off members
*A 5000+ square foot building on a bus line

Contact: Elliott Steele (727) 521-2426

Child & family webguide - http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/viewtopics.asp?categoryid=1&topicid=49

The Center on Juvenile Justice and Criminal Justice – A private non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society's reliance on the use of incarceration as a solution to social problems.

COSA - The Child Development and Family Guidance Center

Envisions - Committed to providing innovative and customized education for the future to primary public and private schools, parents, teachers and community members.

Family Services Association - Counseling, family education programs, parenting classes and continuous intervention programs:
Tampa 813-238-3727
Brandon 813-689-8499

Free Safety NET Kids Video with $25 Contribution to Code Amber - http://codeamber.org/video.html

www.goaskalice.columbia.edu - Information about STDs from Columbia University.

Help and information for emotionally disturbed children - Telephone numbers for all counties

Hipmama - "Better than a double Prozac latte" - http://www.hipmama.com/

Imperfect Parent - "Flawed since 2002" - http://www.imperfectparent.com/

www.iwannaknow.org - A teen site operated by the American Social Health Organization.

McGruff problem solver for kids- http://www.mcgruff.org/mcgruff/mcgruff/?pg=13356

Parents of Murdered children - http://www.pomc.com/

Pinellas Parent Hot Line - Pinellas Parent Hot Line 2-1-1 and Operation PAR have partnered to help parents find the necessary resources to help their children succeed.

Preventing Abduction - http://www.escapeschool.com/

Safe Place - Don't run away, go to a safe place!

Safer Child - http://www.saferchild.org/

Shaken Baby Project - NEVER shake your baby!

Stop it Now - Child sexual abuse (888)773-8368.

Street Safe - An outreach referral program designed to identify and assist youth who are living on the streets of St. Petersburg.

Sun Coast Life Center - Provides emotional support, grief counseling, intervention, education and training in a compassionate, healing environment, in order to help children, adults and families reduce the negative effects of trauma and grief and to lead healthy and productive lives.

Talk with your kids about issues, learn how - http://www.talkingwithkids.org/

Tallahassee's Family Forum - "Tallahassee's Best Resource for Families"

Teen Health and advice - www.coolnurse.com

Teen Victims of Incest - Incest is an awful secret that many victims keep for years, afraid to tell, believing that the abuse is somehow their fault. It's not.

Teen Wire-ask the experts - Sexuality and relationship info you can trust from Planned Parenthood.