Mental Health Hotline Numbers and Referral Resources - Missing Children Resources

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

Missing Children

• Vanished Children's Alliance
  Helps victims; conducts investigations; training & materials, registry; counselors; listening.
  1-800-VANISHED (sightings)
  www.vca.org

• Child Find of America
  Prevention and resolution of child abduction
  1-800-I AM LOST
  www.childfindofamerica.org

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
  Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
  703-235-3900

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  www.missingkids.com

• National Runaway Switchboard
  Keeps America's runaway and at-risk kids safe and off the streets
  1-800-RUNAWAY

Youth Issues/Problem Parenting

• Covenant House NineLine
  Referrals for youth or parents re: drugs, homelessness, runaways, etc. Message relays, reports of abuse. Helps parents with problems with their kids. If all counselors are busy, stay on line & one will be with you as soon as possible.
  1-800-999-9999 (24 hrs)

• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  Check the website for your state's resources
  Telephone: 800-695-0285
  www.nichcy.org

NIH'S INSTITUTES

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA
  www.niaaa.nih.gov

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD
  www.nichd.nih.gov

• National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA
  301-443-1124
  www.nida.nih.gov

• National Institute of Mental Health NIMH
  1-866-615-6464
  www.nimh.nih.gov

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  1-888-644-6226
  http://nccam.nih.gov

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