Resources

Federal Agencies

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
• Administration on Aging
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Indian Health Service
• National Institutes of Health
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• U S Department of Education
  
  The U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, in collaboration with ED's Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center, has released the following publications from their Helpful Hints series:


• PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID (PFA) FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS:
  LISTEN, PROTECT, CONNECT—MODEL & TEACH:
  http://rems.ed.gov/views/documents/HH_Vol3Issue3.pdf
  
  
• PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID (PFA) FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: LISTEN, PROTECT, AND CONNECT:
  http://www.ready.gov/kids/_downloads/PFA_Parents.pdf
  http://www.ready.gov/kids/_downloads/PFA_SchoolCrisis.pdf
  
  
• Spanish parent version:
  http://www.listo.gov/ninos/_downloads/Eschcar_Proteger_y_Conectar.pdf

Other

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Courage to Care:
  
  Courage to Care is a new, electronic health campaign for military and civilian professionals serving the military community, as well as for military men, women and families. Courage to Care consists of electronic fact sheets on timely health topics relevant to military life that provide actionable information. Courage to Care is in the public domain; designed to be or fit into your health outreach; customized with your local contact information and sent to your provider or support group network, even put on your own websites or sent to friends and family. Courage to Care content is developed by leading military health experts from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, your nation’s federal medical school.
  
  http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/courage.html

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