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CP6644 Community Resources. Under construction (Pardon the dust). Updated 11/29/07

NOTE: This a "working page" for a specific university course, it is not intended to be anything more than that, i.e., it is not intended to be any sort of guide to to subjects listed, so please do not use it as such. The purpose of these listings is to assist students in this course in identifying local (community) resources and/or seeing how a practitioner might use a national organization's Web site to identify resources in their local community.

Example of how this guide may be used: Under the subject heading Shelters is a link to a Web site, Shelters.org, that can be used to locate shelters by state and city. Students in this course are able to see how a counselor might use that site to find a shelter in their geographical area.

For each topic there are links to one or more organizations that are likely to provide useful information to those in a community counseling setting; nevertheless, as each individual site was not thoroughly investigated, this may not always be the case.

INDEX (below) Bold-faced items have completed entries (below the index), the others do not. The following is a list of some of the topics that will added to this page as time goes by. If you find good resources on a topic, please e-mail them to jayb777@troy.edu - Mr. Jay Brandes. Remember, you are NOT looking for Web sites "about" a topic--what you want are sites that can be used to identify local (community) resources. Two places to look for such sites are Open Directory http://dmoz.org and the Yahoo! directory http://dir.yahoo.com. NOTE THAT The address of the Yahoo! directory is NOT the same as the Yahoo! search engine; the directory works like a yellow pages--that is the place to look (not yahoo.com).

Suggestions? If you want to help, please let Mr. Brandes know which headings you are working on before you start so that he does not duplicate your work. Remember, Web sites must be useful as a community (local) resource, e.g., they should direct users to services in geographical areas. They should not just provide information about a topic or offer an online service.

12 step programs, abuse, adhd, adoption, adult medicine, adult service, advocacy, aging and adult, alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous and AL-ANON, at risk youth, athletics

baby and maternity supplies, bankruptcy, bereaved, brain injured

case management, child care, child witness program, childbirth counseling, children and teens, christian, clothing and furniture, coaching, Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO), consumer credit, couples, court advocacy, crisis, crisis clinic, crisis intervention, cross culture training

dating, deaf and hard of hearing, debt management, depression and anxiety, developmental disabilities, disabled, divorce, domestic & sexual violence, drug dependency, eating disorders,

elder, emergency assistance, emergency financial assistance, emergency shelter, employee assistance, employment, energy assistance, enrichment, epilepsy, ethics, expatriates

family preservation, family stress, food and clothing assistance, farmworker, food pantry / free meals, foster care

gay, gender identity confusion, geriatric care and consultation, grief and loss

head start, health education, heart, hiv/ aids, holistic, holocaust survivors, home buying resources, home health services, home ownership, hope and healing from miscarriage and abortions, hospice, housing, and rural housing technical assistance to nonprofit housing organizations

incarcerated women, incest, jewish genetics, judeo christian, landlord tenant, learning difficulties, lesbian, library, life adjustments, life management, love, low income

marriage, medical/dental, mental health services, mentoring, neglect and abuse, nursing, nutrition counseling, organizations

parenting, pediatrics, peer counseling, personal growth, policy advocacy, prayer, pregnancy, pre-natal care, pre-placement/post surrender, prison visitation, prospective parents

rape crisis, recreation, refugee resettlement, residential, restitution, retirees, romance, scholarships, screening, self defense, self-esteem support groups, senior, severely emotionally disturbed boys, sex, sexual assault, shelters, single mothers, small business, stress management, substance abuse

telephone counseling, tenants, terminally ill, tragedy, transgender, traumatology, transitional housing, transsexual, tutoring, victims services, welfare to work, youth development, youth suicide prevention

12 STEP PROGRAMS See also the separate subject heading for Alcoholics Anonymous and AL-ANON

Below is a short list of directories that do list numerous programs. Individual programs may or may not have directories to local (community) groups.

ADOPTION See also CHILDREN (especially the Welfare Information Gateway)

The Dr.MOZ Adoption Directory http://www.drmoz.com/adoption.html
Stars of David International, Inc., A Jewish Adoption Information & Support Network. http://www.starsofdavid.org
For LOCAL information, look under the Chapters directory.

TWELVE STEP PROGRAMS see 12 STEP PROGRAMS

Alcoholics Anonymous and AL-ANON/Alateen

CHILDREN

Child Welfare Information Gateway http://www.childwelfare.gov
Provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For LOCAL resources, try the link labeled"Find Help With a Personal Situation."

OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING

National Career Development Association http://www.ncda.org
Includes "Consumer Guidelines for selecting a Counselor" and an index of Career Counselors by state
More links coming - Mr. Brandes will finish this topic.

PREGNANCY

More links needed...
Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org
Site allows users to locate local Planned Parenthood Health Centers. Information and other resources on the topics of Birth Control & Pregnancy, as well as Sexual Health.

SHELTERS Editor's notes: While the Shelters.org index isn't "too bad," it is not even remotely comprehensive. The Yahoo! listing is an example of a bad index for this subject in that it has very few listings--it is included to demonstrate the shortcomings of the Internet as a tool for researching some subjects. In this case, a practitioners best bet for finding local shelters is by other means, e.g., the telephone yellow pages.

Shelters.org http://www.shelters.org
Links to an index of homeless shelters in the United States and Canada.
Yahoo! search engine links http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Housing/
Homelessness/Organizations/Relief_Organizations/Shelters/By_Region/U_S__States

TERMINALLY ILL

NATI - National Association for the Terminally Ill http://terminallyill.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization http://www.nho.org
Open Directory search engine subject listing for "Society: Issues: End-of-Life." Lists organizations under sever subject sub-sets, e.g., euthanasia, right to die, and suicide . http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/End-of-Life
Open Directory search engine subject listing for Society: Philanthropy: Organizations: Cheer and Support: Wish Fulfillment, e.g., "Make A Wish Foundation." Lists numerous national and local organizations. http://dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Organizations/Cheer_and_Support/Wish_Fulfillment

TRANSGENDER

Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) http://www.gender.org
International Foundation for Gender Education http://www.ifge.org
National Transgender Advocacy Coalition http://www.ntac.org
Tri-Ess http://www.tri-ess.org
Tri-Ess is an educational, social and support group for heterosexual crossdressers, their partners, the spouses of married crossdressers and their families.

GENERAL DIRECTORIES

http://www.grassroots.org

This page updated, spelling and links checked : Friday, October 19, 2007