SAMHSA’s new 988 website serves as a one-stop-shop for 988 resources. It explains what 988, the new suicide and crisis lifeline, does and provides information relevant to anyone working to strengthen suicide prevention and mental health crisis services.
Building Community Support to Prevent Family Involvement in the Child Welfare System
This hour-long webinar, developed by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, suggests strategies for encouraging family care plans. Such plans can prevent child welfare involvement—and family separation—for infants and their parents/caregivers who are identified as affected by prenatal substance exposure.
Compassion Fatigue and Self-care for Crisis Counselors
This resource helps you learn more about compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and self-care techniques you can use as a crisis counselor before, during, and after a disaster.
Pre-Disaster Organizational Resilience
In this episode, we hear from Thomas R. Thomson, the Access Specialist and Disaster Coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. He discusses how an agency can prepare itself for a disaster, increase employee resilience, and serve the community in a time of need.
Be Red Cross Ready: Wild Fire Safety Checklist
This fact sheet provides information on how to prepare for a wildfire.