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I believe that are students cannot fully achieve their potential if their needs are not being met. Because of this, we strive to do all we can to work with families and assist when resources are needed. The community as well as school districts provide many resources for families in need.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We're committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. Visit their website here. Or call 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255
Youth Crisis Mobile Response
833-885-CARE
When a young person is in crisis—behavioral or emotional, physical or social, at home or at school—we can help. Our caring call center specialists will help talk through the “what’s going on”—big or small. We’ll work to provide support over the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And we can connect the young person (child, teen or young adult) with local mental health professionals who can come to their home in 1- to 24-hours.
If you’re a young person in crisis, we’re here for you. If you’re an adult trying to support a young person in crisis, we can help. It all starts with one free call, 1-833-885-2273.
Needs can be:
For youth ages 0-24 years old who are in distress.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Since 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is incredible potential. As the nation’s largest donor- and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 5 through young adulthood in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.
Did you know students in the Big Brother Big Sister program are 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 52% less likely to skip school, and 33% less likely to use aggression to solve problems?