Mental Health Advocacy Coalition
Mental illness shows no prejudice, directly touching one in every four Americans from children to older adults impacting their families, friends and neighbors.
The ability to access effective mental health services can make a big difference in the lives of those affected by mental illness. Such services help build healthier, happier lives for consumers and strengthen and empower families. They can help individuals find and maintain jobs, and return to school and work, thereby helping our community become stronger.
Ohio SPEAKS
Advocates for Ohio's Future and its partners are working to collect and highlight stories from consumers of health and human services in Ohio. The stories will illustrate the impact of programs that support Ohio's most vulnerable children, families, seniors and people with disabilities. We want to hear from you if you have a story to tell about how the services provided in Ohio have helped you, or if you are struggling to get the services you need due to the decreased support for many health and human services in Ohio. The stories will educate lawmakers, the media and the public about the value of health and human services in Ohio.
Will you share your story? Click here to submit your story.
Cleveland Bilingual Service Directory
This directory was created by the Hispanic Health Committee, which is part of the Hispanic Roundtable Community Programs. This directory is intended for use by organizations in Northeast Ohio to help them link Hispanic clients to the services they need. At each agency, the contact listed is bilingual English-Spanish. Download a copy of the directory here.
Action Signs Toolkit for Youth
Mayo Clinic researchers, in partnership with numerous national mental health advocacy organizations, are issuing new simple-to-understand tools to help identify youth who may have mental health disorders. The Action Signs toolkit brings to fruition a challenge by the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General in 2001 to develop a set of easily identifiable mental health disorder warning signs among youth for use by parents, professionals and community members. Studies have repeatedly shown that up to 75 percent of youth with mental health disorders are usually not identified, and youth do not receive the care they need. Click here for a copy of the toolkit.