Local Resources
Tampa Bay Area
The 2-1-1 Tampa Bay division of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay offers a safe place to call for help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Certified staff and volunteer crisis counselors provide immediate and confidential crisis intervention, and information and referral services. They assist people with issues such as; basic needs, relationships, parenting, mental health, substance abuse, legal affairs, economic well-being, and senior services.
http://www.crisiscenter.com/211tampabay.htm
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay APPLE Services
http://www.crisiscenter.com/bapple.htm
A quick reference to community resources in the Tampa area
http://www.crisiscenter.com/gcomres.htm
http://www.crisiscenter.com/211ResourceGuide11-06.pdf
National Resouces
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Information Center
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/nctic/resources.asp
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/nctic/links.asp
Emergency Mental Health and Traumatic Stress
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/EmergencyServices/links.asp
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nctsn.org
Office for Victims of Crime
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
Office on Violence Against Women
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
The artwork depicted was created by Anna Caroline Jennings. She was sexually abused when she was less than three years old. Anna expressed her abuse vividly and poignantly through her sketches, oil paintings and water colors.
October 20-21, 2008
September 25, 2008
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute