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Center for Mental Health Services: School Violence Prevention
The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative is a grant program designed to develop real-world knowledge about what works best to reduce school violence.

Community Kids Newsletter
An interagency newsletter that has been written to inform you about Montgomery County's System of Care for children with mental health and behavioral challenges.

GUIDE Program
GUIDE is one of the premier nonprofit behavioral health, social service, and juvenile justice agencies in the Washington, D.C.- Baltimore, MD region.

Kids On the Block
The Kids on the Block provides educational puppet programs which enlighten children on the issues of disability awareness, medical-educational differences, and social concerns.

Linkages to Learning
Linkages to Learning provides accessible services to at-risk children and their families to improve adjustment and performance in school, home, and community.

Mental Health Association
The Mental Health Association (MHA) sponsors and implements advocacy, education and community service programs to promote mental health and to support those with mental illness.

National Association of School Psychologists
National Association of School Psychologists are effective partner in the commitment to help school children and youth achieve their best.

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities that are designed to prevent drugs and violence.

Useful Links


Safe Schools/Healthy Students Action Center
The mission of the Action Center is to assist and support the Safe Schools/Healthy Students and School Action Grantees in the development and sustainability of peaceful and healthy communities.

School-Based Problem Solving Team
Learn more about CAP.

Sharp Suspension Programs
SHARP Suspension Programs are grassroots, community-school partnerships in six Montgomery County locations that offer support to suspended students through trained volunteers and mentors.

Sidran Institute
Sidran Institute helps people understand, manage, and treat trauma and dissociation.

Stop and Think
Stop and Think is a school-wide social skills curriculum that teaches academic supporting behavior, social skills, and conflict resolution skills to all children through a universal language and school-wide consequences.

Stop Bullying Now!
Resources for schools and communities.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminstration
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

Warning Signs
To help youth proactively address the problem of violence, APA and MTV have teamed up to provide youth with information about identifying the warning signs of violent behavior and how to get help if they recognize these signs in themselves or their peers.

For Parents


CAP for Parent
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Families Foremost Center
The Center, a community-based program, provides an array of services to promote healthy family functioning and child development for Montgomery County families with children up to four years of age.

Family and Community Partnership
The Division of Family and Community Partnerships identifies and integrates resources and services from the community to strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and development.

Gang Prevention
A parent guide to prevent gang involvement.

Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental Health
presents a series of special topics to inform families about mental health issues that may be affecting their child or children in their communities.

Teen Driving
Arturo Betancourt, father of a teen killed in an auto accident a little over a year ago has worked hard to collect and disseminate information about how parents can work with their teens to reduce the likelihood that they will be involved in an accident. The following links provide valuable information for parents about teen drivers.

Updated December 12, 2006| Maintained by Jessica Liu

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