This webpage provides information on mental health resources and is not a crisis or suicide response website. If you are in crisis or experiencing thoughts of suicide, please call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. The service is free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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988 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | SAMHSA
This collection of frequently asked questions are designed to help you better understand the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) regularly adds new FAQs and updates responses as they continue to talk with partners around the country.
Book a Social Worker | St. Louis County Library
Social Workers are available at five St. Louis County Library locations to help community members get connected to resources and assistance needed to improve their quality of life. Click the link above to be directed to their contact form, and a social worker will connect with you to discuss your needs further.
Clementine Gets UNSTUCK! | Kids Can Club
Clementine Gets UNSTUCK! is the first publication in the Kids Can Club™ Collection, a children’s book series written to engage and empower young readers through connection with the Kids Can Club kids’ struggles and then their successes, achieved through the use of simple wellness tools. The Kids Can Club website expands the series’ content with activities, games, additional exercises and interaction with the Kids Can Club characters.
IDM Mobile | I Define ME Movement
The I Define ME (IDM) Movement is where Girls and Women – locally, nationally, and globally – define their purpose! The IDM Movement focuses on Wellness, Opportunity, Knowledge, and Empowerment. Learn more about the IDM Girl Wellness Mobile and the various IDM Movement offerings on their website linked above.
Our Family's Doing Yoga | Black Kids Do Yoga
Our Family’s Doing Yoga, LLC is an initiative created by SonJoria Sydnor to support family and childhood wellness in Black communities. In addition to Sydnor’s published book, Our Family’s Doing Yoga, other resources such as the Black/Brown Kids Do Yoga Club, a podcast, and YouTube channel are available on the website linked above.
Our Story | The Sophia Project
The Sophia Project Inc.'s mission is to engage, educate, and empower young women to make sound decisions, embrace personal awareness, and build healthy relationships. Click to learn more about their in-school empowerment sessions, workshops, Urban Girl Institute, and more available on the website linked above.
Perception Isn't Always Reality: Mental Health | Saint Louis Story Stitchers
Perception Isn’t Always Reality: Mental Health is produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective in Saint Louis, Missouri. It is a series to reduce mental health care stigma among Black youth in St. Louis City and County through the creation and dissemination of a public service announcement (PSA) campaign. The project is created by 10 Black youth (ages 16-24) and 10 adult artist-mentors of color working in collaboration with health experts, community residents, and marketing, media, and communication professionals. Click the link above to listen to their podcast and learn more about this PSA campaign. Click the link here to go directly to the PSA playlist on YouTube.
Safe Place® | National Safe Place Network
Safe Place provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for youth in need. As a community initiative, the program designates schools, fire stations, libraries, and other youth-friendly organizations as Safe Place locations, which display the yellow and black signs. Safe Place locations extend the doors of the local youth service agency or shelter to support teens in crisis situations, creating a safety net for youth.
The Village PATH’s mission is to increase awareness, access, and acceptance of mental wellness within Black communities. Services include The Black MenTell Village Podcast, The Village Healing and Writing Circle (HAWC), and other mental wellness services for boys and men. More information is available on the website linked above.