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News:
New Page of Resources Added!
Scott Bryant-Comstock
Chapters and State Organizations are really stepping up! We are adding new resources daily. (check out the products section) Be a part of the National Federation's resource development effort! Send in your good work today! Just send me an email and I will work with you to get your Federation chapter or state organization displayed prominently on our national site.
Contact me for more information.
Dare to Dream America!
Carl Yonder
In May during Mental Health Awareness Week, Youth MOVE, a subsidiary of the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, will launch Dare to Dream America. Through an application process young people from all over the country will propose an activity that promotes positive mental health in their school/community. Selected proposals will receive a $1,000 stipend to assist them with implementing their proposed activity.
This is a chance for youth to stand up and help other youth in their schools and communities by promoting positive mental health across America; hence “Dare to Dream America.”
Learn more here!
Iowa Federation Children's Mental Health Awareness and Recovery Conference
Lori Reynolds
If you are in Iowa on May 5 then you need to come to our conference. Not going to be in Iowa that week? Then take a look at our conference program and get some ideas for doing one of your own. If you have questions about planning a one-day conference like this, contact me for more information.
Download our brochure!
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day materials just added!
Scott Bryant-Comstock
Big thanks to our friends at Vanguard Communications (Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign) for making availabile the materials they have developed for System of Care Communities who are organizing Children's Mental Health Awareness Day activities. There is so much we put it in a zip file. Download it and check out the great promotional resources inside.
Download it now!!
Iowa Tool Kit!
Lori Reynolds - Executive Director
The Iowa Federation has developed a tool kit that is now available on CD. take me there!
South Carolina Tool Kit!
Brie Groth ~ Outreach Coordinator
Check out the South Carolina Federation tool kit here. Just added! and it rocks!
Download it now!!
Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health: Strengthening Parenting and Enhancing Child Resilience
Frank Rider ~ National FFCMH
This new SAMHSA report to Congress promotes the use of research-based approaches that provide parenting support skills and promote child resilience. Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health: Strengthening Parenting and Enhancing Child Resilience emphasizes proactive approaches that can help prevent mental health problems from developing in children, or can greatly mitigate them when they do occur. SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline, Ph.D. notes that the report’s recommendations advance the growing medical consensus that mental health needs must be aggressively addressed early in life in order to fully promote the Nation’s public health interests. Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health outlines the public health rationale for strength-based approaches to address the mental health needs of children on a societal – not simply an individual -- basis. It summarizes the evidence that these programs make a real difference in strengthening families and children, recognizing that half of all diagnosable mental illnesses begin by age 14, and three fourths by age 24. The report also discusses the importance and benefits of developing evidenced-based practices with accountability systems to maximize program efficacy in children’s mental health.” Download it now!
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