This page includes a number of helpful links dealing with mental health issues, including a State Resource Guide, which provides mental health information and contacts by U.S. state.

The Center conducts research, analyzes laws and policies, prepares and disseminates publications, provides training and technical assistance, and engages in advocacy. The Center's work addresses a broad range of issues influencing the financing, delivery, and utilization of comprehensive health services for adolescents.

Provided by the Children's Defense Fund, this resource kit addresses such questions as "How common are children's mental health problems?" and "Federal Requirements: What is required for mental health screens?".

Connect for Kids' mental health topic area has information, tools for parents and advocates, and a comprehensive list of links to resources on children's and teens' mental health.

This fact sheet from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network outlines “trauma-specific care” that community-based shelters can implement to serve homeless children and families affected by trauma.

FirstStep, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a web-based interactive tool for helping individuals who are homeless to access federal benefit programs. The tool contains information pertaining to income assistance, health care assistance, food assistance, housing assistance, employment services, alcohol and drug abuse treatment, child care, life skills, mental health and counseling services, and HIV/AIDS services.

This report, published by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, discusses key issues faced by homeless young adults and articulates effective short- and long-term strategies for addressing them. The report is organized around four main topics: health care, housing, education/employment, and social support. For each topic, the report offers brief descriptions of service barriers and short and long-term strategies for overcoming them.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses. Visit NAMI's website for a variety of resources, including information about specific mental illnesses, information about public policy, and links to state and local resource and help groups.

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (HCH)is a membership organization comprised of organizational members and individuals who are organized as the HCH Clinicians' Network. HCH advocates, conducts research, provides training, publishes informational videos and books and collaborate with other organizations to support the provision of quality healthcare to people experiencing homelessness.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this website provides many valuable resources on issues of mental health, including a services locator, which lists mental health facilities and resources by state.

The National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness (NRCHMI) is the only national center specifically focused on the effective organization and delivery of services for people who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses. NRCHMI offers workshops and trainings, provides technical assistance, develops publications on homelessness, housing and mental health issues, maintains an extensive resource library, and responds to information requests from the field.