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It’s always too early to give up

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It’s ok to ask for help

FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED

·         Google-foster parents enter your zip code

SUICIDE HOTLINES  1 800 784 2433 - TTY 1 800 799 4889

·         Call for Comfort – Call to Survive

·         Don’t Wait – Don’t Hesitate

·         Suicide is the third leading cause of death for teens ages 15 - 19

Safe Place for teens – Find a safe place program

·         Where kids get help FAST

·         Safe Place provides access to immediate help and supportive resources

 for all young people in crisis

RAPE CRISIS CENTERS  1 800 656 4673

·         Find a site near you  pick a state or zip code

·         A place to go where people care about you

RUNAWAYS  1 800 786 2929   

·         The National Runaway Switchboard relays messages from runaways to families

·         Free bus ride home to qualified runaway

·         Between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run in a year

GRIEFSHARE you don’t have to go through the grieving process along

SENIOR CITIZENS  Find a site near you - programs that help maintain independence

·         Senior in-home care providers

1)HELP for

Domestic Violence / Women / Children / Pregnancy

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  HOTLINE  1 800 799 7233 - TTY 1 800 787 3224

·         Find a site near you to get help

·         All calls are anonymous and confidential

CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE  1 800 422 4453

·         Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year

 MISSING AND EXPOITED CHILDREN     1 800 843 5678             

·         Have questions about child abuse want to know where to go for information

On reporting child abuse – or want a referral to an agency near you      

AMERICAN PREGNANCY HELPLINE. 1 866 942 6466

·         Had sex? Have question? Needhelp? You are not a lone we are here for you

PREGNANCY all calls are confidential 1 800 395 4357

·         Find a pregnancy center - free pregnancy test

NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP Helping first-time parents succeed 

·         Find a site near YOU in the U.S. – find your state on the map and click on it

CHILD CARE AWARE 1 800 424 2245 - TTY 1 866 278 9428

·         finding child care for the first time

·         Find information related to locating  high-quality child care and

 how to evaluate child care providers you visit  

Health & Pregnancy WEBMD

2)HELP for

Disaster relief / Crisis shelters / Rehabilitation centers / Food banks

AMERICAN RED CROSS

·         Provides immediate relief following a disaster, works with emergency services

 and provides emergency shelters, meals, and first aid

RESCUE MISSION  

·         North America’s oldest and largest network of offering radical hospitality in the name of Jesus.

THE SALVATION ARMY

·         An international movement is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA

·         Works with individuals, families and communities to help them meet their needs, address their issues, eliminate oppression, and build a just and compassionate society.

FOOD BANKS  

·         To feed the hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks

3) Help for

Helping Moms Keep Kids off the street

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

·         Find a local agency enter Zip code    

·         We help children realize their  potential and build their futures

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

·         Find a site near you enter  Zip code

·         Provides a program for young people that builds character, Citizenship, Fitness

GIRLS SCOUTS OF AMERICA

·         Find a location near you

·         Builds girls of courage, confidence, who make the world a better place

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS

·         We help moms keep kids safe & off the street

·         A safe place to learn and grow

PAL POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE    

·         Find a site near you

·         Pal provides programs for ages ranging from 5 to 18 in a safe, supervised environment

·         YMCA

·         Find a site near you  enter zip code

·         We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities

 4) HELP for

Disabled’s

DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

·         Google - deaf or hard of hearing enter zip code

DISABLED – INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER

·         To find a site near you in the U.S. click on your state

·         Centers where people with disabilities can receive assistance with a variety of daily issues

5) HELP for

Drugs

DRUGS  Teen Challenge     You Tube   face book  

DRUGS – find a site near you in the U.S. click on your state  

·         Google – drugs enter zip code

DRUGS – faces of meth

ALCOHOLICS ANONOYMOUS 

·         To find a site near you in the U.S. Click on your state

6) HELP for

JOBS

JOBS

·         Google  Jobs and zip code / workforce connection  

JOBSCORPS  1 800 733 5627

·         Job corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible, youth at least 16 to 24 years of age

CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS  1 800 952 5627

·         We hire youth Ages 18-25 all year long

The CCC offers you full time work outdoors, health benefits, career direction, earn high school diploma. GED or college credits, academic, vocational scholarship, adventure, work on projects in your home town or another part of the state; non-residential centers throughout the state live in a dorm or commute

From home

PORNOGRAPHY – Victim of pornography

·         Exodus international

·         Google Celebrate Recover your zip code

·         get help now

SEXUAL ADDICTION TEST

·         Were you sexually abused as a child or adolescent

·         Have sexual thoughts interfered with your ability to function at work or at school

·         Have you failed to meet commitments? Or fulfill responsibilities because of your involvement with pornography?

·         Have you had sex regardless of the consequences, the threat of being caught, the risk of contracting herpes, gonorrhea, AIDS, etc.?

·         Have you had sex at inappropriate times, in inappropriate places, and/or with inappropriate people?

·         Have you had an important relationship end because of your inability to stop looking at pornography and/or outside sexual activity?

·         Have you increased the risk you take online (giving out your name and phone number, meeting people offline, etc.)?

·         Confused about your sexual identity?

·         The spouse or parent of someone who is struggling with these issues?

·         A Christian leader searching for resources?

Making decisions about sex can be difficult,

but dealing with everything that comes with it can be downright frightening.

·         Secrecy is one of the strongest bonds of sexual addiction.

·         Break the secrecy and you help break the addiction

Recommend Reading

·         Out of the Shadows by - Patrick Carnes

·         Breaking Free by – Russell Willingham

·         Relational Masks by – Russell Willingham

·         Stepping out of denial into God’s Grace by – John Baker