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Children At Risk improves the quality of life of Greater Houston's children through research, public policy analysis and advocacy. 2600 Southwest Freeway, Ste 810 Houston, Texas, 77098 Phone: 713-869-7740 Fax: 713-869-3409 Email: info@childrenatrisk.org http://www.childrenatrisk.org
ChildBuilders programs teach parents and children important skills to help them lead healthier lives. Parents learn how to raise emotionally healthy children. Children learn skills they will need to be good parents. 7000 Regency Square, Suite 230 Houston, Texas 77036 Phone: 713-783-8470 Fax: 713-783-8858 Email: childbuilders@childbuilders.org http://www.childbuilders.org
DePelchin Children's Center, a United Way agency, provides services to children and families in Harris, Ft. Bend, Montgomery and Waller counties in Texas, regardless of their ability to pay. Programs: Family Life Education; Teen Pregnancy and Teen Parenting; Counseling Services; Adoption; Post-Adoption Counseling and Services; Emergency Shelters for Housing Abused, Neglected, Homeless and Runaway Children and Adolescents; Foster Care; Therapeutic Counseling; and Treatment Services for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents. 4950 Memorial Drive Houston, Texas 77007 Phone: (713) 730-2335 Toll Free: (888) 730-2335 If you need assistance with an immediate stressful situation, but it is not an emergency, call the Circle of Parents helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: (713) 861-4847 If you are pregnant and need immediate, non-medical assistance about your options, call the 24-hour maternity number: (713) 582-7129 Fax Number: (713) 802-3801 E-Mail: info@depelchin.org http://www.depelchin.org
Early Connections provides free information for parents of children, ages 0-6. To order free materials, in English or Spanish, or to ask questions, call the Information Line or go to the website. Information includes: Child Developmental Stages; Age-appropriate Activities; Discipline Ideas; Places to Take Young Children in the Houston Area; and How to Read to Young Children. Phone: 713-464-0800 Phone: 1-877-511-5437 www.earlyconnect.org
Houston Independent School District Psychological Services Department works to increase academic achievement and to reduce the dropout rate of identified students. These goals are met by providing direct, individual, and group intervention to students in crisis as well as by providing consultation to parents, administrators, teachers and support personnel within assigned areas. Phone: 713-867-5220 http://dept.houstonisd.org/studentservices/PsyServices/Mission.htm
The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million people with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service. 2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th Floor Alexandria, Virginia 22311 Phone: (800) 969-6642 TTY: (800) 433-5959 Fax: (703) 684-5968 http://www.nmha.org
Mental Health Association (MHA) of Greater Houston is dedicated to improving the health of all individuals and to achieving victory over mental illness. MHA serves Greater Houston best as a change agent and coalition builder. MHA Houston’s advocacy components include: Systems Advocacy and Collaborative Initiatives; and Legislative Change. The Information and Referral (I&R) Service, also available in Spanish, responds to people seeking information about mental health problems and mental illnesses as well as those who need referrals to community mental health resources. 2211 Norfolk, Suite 810 Houston, Texas 77098 Phone: 713.523.8963 Fax: 713.522.0698 Email: bschwartz@mhahouston.org http://www.mhahouston.org
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. http://www.nami.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas (NAMI Texas) http://texas.nami.org
Houston Phone & Fax: (713)729-1242 Email: ejohnson@hal-pc.org
Houston: African-American Phone: (713)673-4834 Phone: (713)528-6798
West Houston Phone: (281)579-3750 Fax: (281)579-3784 Email: namiwesthouston@aol.com Web Page: www.nami.org/sites/namiwesthouston
Alvin Phone: (888) 554-2264 Phone: (281) 585-3100 Fax: (281) 824-9441 Email: namigc@houston.rr.com
Baytown Phone: (281)424-4360 Email: jturer@flashnet.com
Beaumont Phone: (409)835-7121 Fax: (409)833-6597 Email: cguidroz@gt.rr.com
College Station Phone: (979)693-2303 Email: kkkenefick@hotmail.com
Kingwood Phone: (281)358-8177
Spring Phone: (281)376-5368 Email: fchandjr@msn.com
Sugarland Phone: (281)494-1798
The Woodlands Phone: (281)367-2314 Email: izweifel@worldnet.att.net
The Mission of The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is to protect and advance the rights of adults and children with mental disabilities to exercise meaningful life choices and to enjoy the social, recreational, educational, economic, political and cultural benefits of community living. 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212, Washington, DC, 20005 Phone: 202-467-5730 TDD: 202-4674232 Fax: 202-223-0409 Email: info@bazelon.org http://www.bazelon.org

Special Thanks To Our Partners
DePelchin Children's Center
Houston Independent School District Psychological Services Department
Mental Health Association of Greater Houston
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