Useful Links
Mental Health America
With over a century of advocacy, public education, and the delivery of programs and services, Mental Health America is the country's leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives.
National Institute of Mental Health
Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illness through research.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
The science of drug abuse and addiction.
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
American Psychiatric Association
The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
The mission of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is to improve the lives of people with mental,addictive, and developmental disorders through research, training, and education.
Florida Partners in Crisis
Florida Partners in Crisis promotes state and community collaboration across the mental health, substance abuse and criminal justice systems to reduce contact of people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders with the justice system and support their recovery.
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
National Governors Association
National Conference of State Legislatures
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of people with mental illnesses through changes in policy and law.
Agency for Health Care Administration
Our mission is Better Health Care for All Floridians, and together we are responsible for the administration of the Medicaid program, for the licensure and regulation of health facilities and for providing information to Floridians about the quality of the health care they receive in Florida.
Florida Department of Children and Families
Helping individuals and families through integrated services.
Florida Department of Corrections
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
The Office of Governor Rick Scott
Health News Florida
Health News Florida Inc., an independent online news service, is a nonprofit journalistic enterprise that was launched in March 2007 (under the name Florida Health News Inc.) with seed money from foundations. HNF is partially sponsored by the Florida Health Policy Center.
The Florida Supportive Housing Coalition
The Florida Supportive Housing Coalition is a statewide organization dedicated to fostering the development of housing for various special needs populations, including: the elderly, certain veterans returning from service abroad, young people aging out of the foster care system, persons with a disability, those at risk or suffering from homelessness, ex-offenders, and others.
Florida Housing Coalition
The Florida Housing Coalition, Inc., is a nonprofit, statewide membership organization whose mission is to act as a catalyst to bring together housing advocates and resources so that all Floridians have a quality affordable home and suitable living environment.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
The mission of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is to provide hope, help, and support to improve the lives of people living with mood disorders. DBSA pursues and accomplishes this mission through peer-based, recovery-oriented, empowering services and resources when people want them, where they want them, and how they want to receive them.
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www.bringchange2mind.org
The BringChange2Mind Principles are a call to action, inspiring us to change the way we think about and relate to people living with mental illness. They tackle fear and stigma where they live – in all of us.
www.fadaa.org
The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association is a non-profit, membership organization which represents more than 100 community-based substance abuse treatment and prevention agencies and over 1000 individual members throughout Florida.
www.namifl.org
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Florida's mission is to improve the quality of life of individuals and their families affected by mental illness through education, support, and advocacy.
www.floridapeernetwork.org/
Florida Peer Network is an independent organization of and for people who are recovering from psychiatric disabilities and co-occurring disorders.
http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/
The National for Community Behavioral Healthcare is the unifying voice of America’s behavioral health organizations. Together with1,800 member organizations, they serve our nation’s most vulnerable citizens — more than 8 million adults and children with mental illnesses and addiction disorders.
http://www.samhsa.gov/
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.