Community Links
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula
Child Care Action Council/Early Achievers
Clallam Connection (Housing)
Clallam County Health & Human Services
Clallam County Juvenile Services
Clallam County Literacy Council
Concerned Citizens of Clallam County
First Step Family Support Center
First Teacher Program (Parenting Matters Foundation)
Healthy Families of Clallam County
Mariposa House previously Forks Abuse Program
Olympic Medical Center – New Family Services
Parent Line – A program of Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Planned Parenthood of Clallam County
Port Angeles Healthy Youth Coalition
Port Angeles Speed Step – SPEcial EDucation Students, Therapists, Educators and Parents
Prevention Works – Information about prevention efforts in Clallam County, WA
SNAP (Special Needs Assistance Program)
Volunteer Center of Clallam County
Washington State Links
Access Washington – Information on services available in the state of Washington
Children’s Alliance – 1-800-854-KIDS. Information on current legislative issues.
Children’s Home Society of Washington
Children’s Hospital – Toll Free 1-877-526-2500
Foundation for Early Learning – THRIVE
Northwest Childrens Foundation
Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State
School’s Out Washington
Talaris Research Institute
United Way of King County – SOAR Initiative – SOAR is a partnership of business and community leaders, grant makers, non-profit organizations, schools, governments, parents and faith-based groups in Seattle and King County.
National Links
Annie E Casey Foundation
Center for Children with Special Needs (Program of Children’s Hospital)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (information on product recalls)https://www.newmouth.com/pediatric-dentristry/
Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Oral Health
Drugwatch’s E-Cigarettes guide covers how they work, the harmful chemicals found in them, FDA regulations and their rapidly growing use among youth”
Future of Children
Fit for a Kid (Daimler Chrysler Car Seat Checks of any car seat)
HealthyChildren.org American Academy of Pediatrics
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Safe Kids Campaign
Ounce of Prevention
Career Development Suite for Social Workers–To help support social workers, and the communities of Port Angeles, SocialWork.org has curated a series of open-use guides to give young professionals and students in the field the best information we can find on developing a career in social work. This includes critical topics such as landing internships, obtaining licensure, building a resume, and professional networking. Additionally, we’ve built state-specific guides to social work that are sure to help anyone across the nation interested in starting their career in social work. You can take a look at our guides below:
Professional Networking Practices
Degrees and Licensure in Washington
Social Workers Needed Information on need and education resources
Local Media Links
Forks Forum
KONP Radio
Peninsula Daily News
Sequim Gazette
Sequim This Week
Education Links
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Cape Flattery School District
Crescent School District
Olympic Christian School
Olympic Educational Service District
Queen of Angels School
Quillayute Valley School District
Peninsula College
Port Angeles School District
Sequim School District
Tribal Links
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Lower Elwha Tribe
Makah Nation
Quileute Tribe
Growing up Drug Free
Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT)
National Clearninghouse for Drug & Alcohol Prevention
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIAA – Alcohol Prevention Website for Middle Schoolers
On-line Pamphlets by substance
Parenting is Prevention
Parents: The Anti-Drug
Partnership for Drug Free America
Publications for Parents
Risky Behaviors & Senior Year – http://www.theantidrug.com/OpenLetter/
User Name: openletter Password: mcflash
Science of Addiction
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Anti-Drug
Time to Talk: Get Help Talking to Your Kids about Drugs & Alcohol
Meth Links
PBS Frontline “The Meth Epidemic” FAQs – http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/meth/faqs/
Partnership for a Drug Free America – FAQs – http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/meth_faq.html
Children & the Community:
ONDCP– Impact of Meth on Children – DEC Programs
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/NEWS/press05/meth_children_factsheet.html
Partnership for a Drug Free America – how meth affects a community
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/meth_affects_community.html
Meth and Child Welfare: Promising Solutions for Children, Their Parents, and Grandparents
http://ipath.gu.org/documents/A0/Meth_Child_Welfare_Final_cover.pdf
National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children – www.nationaldec.org
Drug-specific information:
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) – www.dea.gov
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) site for teens – www.justthinktwice.com
ONDCP Meth Fact sheet – http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/methamph/
ONDCP Meth Drug Facts – http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/methamphetamine/index.html
Resources:
ONDCP/ HHS/ DOJ – http://www.methresources.gov/
Rural Assistance Center – Meth information for rural areas – http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/meth/
Tobacco Links
Washington State Quit Line 1-877-270-STOP (7867)
Secondhand smokes you Campaign
Washington State Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
CDC’s Tobacco Page
CDC’s “Got a Minute? Give it to Your Kid” brochure
Clallam County Smoke Free Guide
Environmental Protection Agency – protecting children from environmental risks
(pdf version) also available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese).
EPA Smoke-Free Homes or EPA’s Smoke-Free Home Pledge
Dads Links
Dads & Daughters
Dads at a Distance
Fathering Magazine
Fathers Raising Children Project
National Center for Fathering
Responsible Single Fathers
Single & Custodial Father’s Network
Other Helpful Links
Best Practices List (For grants)
Casanet.org (Court Appointed Special Advocate)
Census Data
Children of Prisoners Library
Demographic Information
Developmental Assets
Grants.gov
Incredible Years (Training information)
Judy Ford
West CAPT