Employment

U.S. Department of Labor’s America’s Job Bank
This Web site links to 1,800 State employment services offices.
Phone: 1-877-US-2JOBS
TTY 1-877-889-5627
Web: http://www.ajb.dni.us/

Step-Up Jobs Program
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/olr/stepup.cfm
Step-Up is an apprenticeship-based employment and training program initiated by HUD in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to address the "Welfare to Work" and economic self -sufficiency needs of public housing residents as well as other low income people. This page provides more information on the program.

General Healthcare Information

Military Family Assistance Program
Web: http://www.homefront.ohio.gov
Welcome to the All Military Family Assistance Program. Our primary concern is that no military service member or family is left behind, and we have come together to form a statewide "safety net" for them. The purpose of the program is to connect military families with volunteer service(s) within their community, government and faith-based organizations to help ease their family's burden.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Web: http://www.hhs.gov/
U.S. DHHS web site provides information on diseases & conditions, safety and wellness, families & children, aging, disasters & emergencies, specific populations and policies and regulations.

Housing

MentalHealth.org
Web: http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications//allpubs/ken98-0048/ken980048.htm MentalHealth.org provides for a general discussion of housing options for people with mental illness. You can participate in the discussion.

Center for Urban Community Services
Web: http://www.cucs.org/
Provides supportive services for homeless and formerly homeless people—street outreach, a drop-in center, transitional and permanent housing programs, and vocational and employment programs, with a special focus on specialized services for people with mental illness, HIV/AIDS, and chemical dependency.

Community Connections
Web: http://www.common.org
Community Connections, the information center of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and Development, serves state and local agencies, non-profit organizations, public interest and intermediary groups, and other groups interested in housing and community development.

Department of Veterans Affairs
Web: http://www.va.gov/
Federal agency responsible for administering veterans’ benefits and services, including the special Homeless Veterans Program.

Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program
Web: http://www.efsp.unitedway.org
This Federal emergency program provides funds for basic food and shelter, including rent, mortgage payments, and utilities.

Homes for Homeless
Web: http://www.homesforthehomeless.com
Homes for the Homeless works to reduce homelessness and poverty by providing families who are homeless with the education, employment training, and support services that will enable them to gain and retain permanent housing.

National Alliance to End Homelessness
Web: http://www.endhomelessness.org
This alliance is a national membership organization and is rooted in the belief that all sectors of society need to mobilize to end homelessness. Its membership consists of leaders in the financial community, non-profit agencies, grassroots providers, political leaders, and private citizens.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Web: http://www.hud.gov/
Federal agency responsible for national housing programs, fair housing opportunities, and improvement and development of the Nations' communities.

Family Unification Program
Web: http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/famuni8.cfm
The Family Unification Program provides Section 8 rental assistance to families whose lack of adequate housing is a primary cause of the separation, or imminent separation, of a child or children from their families. This web page provides more information on who is eligible and how to apply for the program.

Housing Choice Vouchers
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/index.cfm
Housing choice vouchers allow very low-income families to choose and lease or purchase safe, decent, and affordable privately-owned rental housing.

Housing Counseling List of Agencies
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hccprof14.cfm
This page provides a listing of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies! HUD funds housing counseling agencies throughout the country who can give you advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, credit issues and reverse mortgages.

HUD Veteran Resource Center (HUDVet)
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/hudvet/index.cfm
The HUD Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET) was created for veterans as a partnership between National Veteran Service Organizations and HUD. This directory is designed to increase veterans’ knowledge of and participation in the wide variety of HUD homeless assistance programs and services for them and other individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

HUD’s Housing Choice Vouchers
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/about/fact_sheet.cfm
This fact sheet provides information on HUD’s housing choice vouchers, who is eligible for them, and how to apply for them.

HUD’s Shelter Plus Care Program
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/splusc/index.cfm
The Shelter Plus Care Program provides rental assistance for hard-to-serve homeless persons with disabilities in connection with supportive services funded from sources outside the program. This web page provides more information on the program.

HUD’s Single Room Occupancy Program (SRO)
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/sro/index.cfm
The SRO Program provides rental assistance for homeless persons in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of SRO dwellings. This page provides more information on the program.

Rental Assistance for Non-elderly Disabled Families in Support of Designated Housing Allocation Plans
Web: http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/mixpop.cfm
HUD provides Section 8 rental vouchers and certificates to Public housing authorities (PHAs) that have approved plans to designate certain housing as elderly-only, disabled-only, or mixed elderly and disabled households to enable persons with disabilities to rent affordable housing. This web page provides more information on who is eligible and how to apply for the program.

Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities (Section 811)
Web: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/progdesc/disab811.cfm
The Section 811 program allows persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible in the community by increasing the supply of rental housing with the availability of supportive services. More information on this program is available on this page.

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Web: http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/elder_rights/ltc/ltc.asp
An overview of the Long-Term Care Ombudsmen program and services. Ombudsmen advocate for residents of nursing homes, board and care homes, assisted living facilities and similar adult care facilities.

The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives - Homelessness
Web: http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/grants-catalog-homelessness.html
This site provides information on grants available to faith-based and community organizations to fight homelessness.

MACSIS

Multi-Agency Community Services Information System:
Web: http://www.mh.state.oh.us/macsis/t_macsis.html
State-wide information system to support ODMH & ODADAS enrollments and claims.

Mental Health

NAMI Ohio
Web: http://www.namiohio.org/
Education, advocacy and support for persons with mental illnesses and their families.

ODMH
Web: http://www.mh.state.oh.us/
Ohio Department of Mental Health

Resources for Social Workers and Other Clinicians:
Web: http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
Database of full text scientific, technical and policy reports plus links to over 1750 scholarly journals and newsletters and a wide range of links to relevant government agencies, educational institutions and professional organizations.

Federal Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health Section:
Web: http://www.hhs.gov/diseases/index.shtml#mental
Links for information on mental health.

Childrens Mental Health Awareness
Web: www.seemehearmyfeelings.com/

Waynes-Holmes Network of Care
Web: wayne-holmes.oh.networkofcare.org/mh/home/index.cfm

Ohio Suicide Prevention Website
Web: www.suicideprevention.ohio.gov

Substance Abuse Information

Ohio Citizen Advocates for chemical dependency prevention and treatment
Web: http://www.oca-ohio.org
The mission of Ohio Citizen Advocates for Chemical Dependency Prevention and Treatment is to eliminate the stigma and discrimination associated with alcohol and other drug addiction by:

• educating the public that alcohol and other drug addiction is a preventable, treatable medical illness,
• reducing barriers to treatment, and
• advocating for a system of care that supports a continuum of effective alcohol and other drug services.

Federal Department of Health and Human Services
Web: http://www.hhs.gov/diseases/index.shtml#substance
DHHS provides links and information on substance abuse.

Ohio ADAMHS:
Web: http://www.odadas.state.oh.us/
Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Web: http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/Home/
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America provides a searchable database of drug information. It also includes answers to frequently asked questions about drugs and provides a section of advice to parents.

Treatment Programs Directory
Web: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/facilitylocatordoc.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Directory of drug and alcohol treatment programs.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Web: www.alcoholics-anonymus.org

AL-anon
Web: www.al-anon.alateen.org