Resources

Cumberland County Faith Based Initiative -- a component of the Community Collaborative of Mental Health: Cumberland County's Faith Based Initiative

Partnership for Children (of Cumberland County): Partnership for Children Online Family Resource Guide

The Answer Book -- online interactive resource guide from the Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center: Cumb. Co. Library/Info Center Answer Book (click "Answer Book" on left hand navigation tab)

The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: http://www.ncfy.com/

Teen Link -- Your guide to resources on teens   http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/p2p/teenlink/

Adolescent Directory On Line--(Indiana University), an excellent site: http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html

"All Family Resources" ... a web site for general family information- http://www.familymanagement.com/

• For information about the Cumberland Juvenile Assessment Center: JAC Web Site
• To learn more about the Cumberland County JCPC and its funded programs: Cumberland Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Web Site
• To learn more about local drug and alcohol prevention work, administered by Cumberland County CommuniCare, Inc., see: CARES Web Site
• To learn more about local child abuse prevention work through our Child Advocacy Center, go to: Child Advocacy Center Web Portal
• Don't forget to visit our Neighborhood Guardian Page for program information and directions for how you can become involved: Neighborhood Guardian Program
• For connection to the Collaborative's Faith Based Resource Center, click here: http://www.ccfbi.org

For counseling/mental health appointments and resources:

• Cumberland County Mental Health: Cumberland County Mental Health Center
• Fayetteville Family Life Center: Fayetteville Family Life Center
• To reach the state?s Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: North Carolina Dept. of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
• To reach the North Carolina Governor?s Crime Commission: NC Governor's Crime Commission
• To locate our local United Way and affiliated agencies: The United Way of Cumberland County
• To learn more about substance abuse prevention and best practices, go to: SAMHSA Prevention Best Practices (substance abuse)
• For quick statistical facts about our population, go here (click on Cumberland County from the pull-down menu): http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37000.html
• To reach the Cumberland Community Foundation: Cumberland Community Foundation Web Site
• To learn more about Communities That Care from SAMHSA: Communities That Care
• To link to the Partnership for Children of Cumberland County for excellent family resource and other program information as well as area statistics: Partnership for Children (Cumberland Co.) Web Portal
• For program evaluation, a good source to begin with is http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/index.html (the University of Wisconsin's Extension Web site)
• Another nice overall site has been compiled by Betty Jung: http://www.bettycjung.net/Goodinfo.htm
• Excellent material on Nonprofits, including an outstanding and free Nonprofit Management Library: http://www.managementhelp.org/
• For those who need a direct link to mental health diagnoses, info, etc., this is the authoritative and most accessible link to children's emotional conditions:  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm    &   --  See also the Partnership for Children, Cumberland County and click on the Family Resource Guide, Mental Health Section: http://www.ccpfc.org for an excellent local (Cumberland County) resource guide on programs, services and how to access them.

(note: if you try any of these links and one or more does not work, please report it to us and we'll try to repair the problem)