Counseling and Referral Service for Kids
KidsPeace, a private, non-profit organization, provides a comprehensive range of mental and behavioral health treatment programs, crisis intervention services and public education initiatives with the goal of helping kids anticipate and avoid crisis whenever possible. Kids Peace’s offers one-on-one counseling… Continue reading
Free Legal Assistance For Domestic Violence Problems
Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, you can call the hotline and not only get access to sources that will solve your immediate problem, but also get information and sources in your area that can explain your legal… Continue reading
Helping Children
The National Institute of Mental Health offers a very extensive document titled Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters, that describes how young people react to trauma, how to help them, the condition known as post-traumatic stress disorder… Continue reading
Help Students Clean-Up
Kids intuitively grasp recycling and the need to keep the earth green and clean, so what’s with their own rooms? Let’s Reduce and Recycle: Curriculum for Solid Waste Awareness provides lesson plans for grades K-12, and includes activities, skits, bibliographies,… Continue reading
Help For Families Fighting For Veterans Benefits
Through low cost publications, training courses and other services, for 25 years the National Veterans Legal Services Program has been helping veterans get their due. Current publications include: VA Claims, Agent Orange, and Veterans Family Benefits. Contact: National Veterans Legal… Continue reading
Get Rid of Neighborhood Troublemakers Without the Police, For Free
Some states allow local community groups to get tenants or property owners thrown out of the neighborhood – under civil laws, not criminal laws – if they are involved with drugs or are a nuisance to the community. It’s easier… Continue reading
Free Computers For Educators
There are a number of organizations that offer free, second hand computers to educational or non-profit organizations. See a bunch of them at: {www2.edc.org/themes/specific.asp?4}.
Free Help Locating Missing Pets
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has set up a hotline and is in the process of compiling a database of animals stranded in and around the evacuated areas affected by the attacks. The hotline… Continue reading
One-Call For Choosing & Funding Child Care
There are over 600 Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies around the country that maintain local databases of information on child care providers in your area. They can give you locations, hours of care, ages of children accepted, fees and… Continue reading
Free Information for Helping Children Deal with Grief
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has published a variety of articles on their Website, free for duplication for personal and educational purposes, to help parents and children deal with the events of September 11 and other grief-producing… Continue reading
