The below links and resources have historically been useful.

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Links

California Network of Mental Health Clients, whose goal is to provide a strong voice of, by and for mental health clients; to be heard on all issues concerning clients and public policies affecting them in the government, the media, and the community. http://www.californiaclients.org/

Protection and Advocacy Their goal is advancing the human and legal rights of people with disabilities. http://www.pai-ca.org

Mind Freedom Support Coalition International will take leadership in vitalizing the mind freedom movement by uniting groups in a cooperative spirit, celebrating empowering emotional support, and launching human rights campaigns that activate a wide diversity of the public.http://www.MindFreedom.org

Colation of Californians for Olmstead Dedicated to the proposition that California should manage its overall system of health and long term care so that people living in the most integrated setting becomes the norm.http://www.pai-ca.org/coco

Suicide and Crisis Helplines around the World http://www.suicide-helplines.org/

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation’s largest patient-directed, illness-specific organization.DBSA was formerly the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (National DMDA.) DBSA is a not-for-profit organization that educates the public concerning the nature of depressive and bipolar illnesses as treatable medical diseases. http://www.dbsalliance.org/

A page full of links provided by the N.Y. University School of Psychiatry http://www.mentalhealth.com/p13.html#Mood

MEDI-CAL web site: This site provides access to provider bulletins, manuals, regulations and forms for enrolling in the Medi-Cal program. http://www.medi-cal.ca.gov/

Kathi's Mental Health Review was designed as a foundation and a cutting edge source for Borderline Personality Disorder. With this information on-line I hope to provide a better understanding for consumers, students & professionals http://www.toddlertime.com/

What is bipolar disorder? The Stanford University School of Medicine http://www.stanford.edu/group/bipolar.clinic/what_is/index.html

Schizophrenia.com Information for clients and their families plus chatrooms. http://www.schizophrenia.com/

Schizophrenia Help Resource Center http://www.schizophrenia-help.com/

Buckelew http://www.buckelew.org provides a continuum of services to increase self-sufficiency and enhance the quality of life for people with a mental illness in the North Bay (Marin County, Sonoma County, and Napa County). These services for adults with a mental illness include group homes, transitional, and independent living arrangements, recovery-oriented supportive services, activities, family counseling and education, and job-training and employment placement programs.

Catholic Charities Diocese of Santa Rosa http://www.srcharities.org offers services to all people in need including the homeless and hungry, families in crisis, at-risk children, single mothers, caregivers, individuals with Alzheimer's disease, and immigrants. They also operate the largest family shelter between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oregon border.

CRI http://www.cri-dove.org is a non-profit corporation established in 1976 by a group of disabled and non-disabled individuals to advance the rights of persons with disabilities to equal justice, access, opportunity and participation in our communities.

Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (formerly PEO) http://www.capsonoma.org helps people to achieve economic and social stability; helps to build community, and to advocate for social and economic justice.

Redwood Gospel Mission http://www.srmission.org provides housing and other services for the homeless.

Sonoma County Human Services deal with a range of programs which address complex community issues such as poverty, homelessness, domestic violence and abuse of children and the elderly. http://www.sonoma-county.org/human/index.htm

YMCA http://www.scfymca.org

Women's Justice Center http://www.justicewomen.com provides advocacy, free of charge, for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. They also provide advocacy training and community education, coordinate the Task Force on Women in Policing with the goal of increasing the number of women and minorities in our law enforcement agencies and are committed to equal justice for all women and girls.

Resources

PES Sonoma County emergency mental heath hotline (707) 576-8181 or 1-800-746-8181

CSN Community Support Network 1430 Guerneville Road, Ste. 1 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 (707) 575-0979 Fax 577-8347

Living Room A day time shelter for homeless women and children. (707) 579-0142

YWCA Domestic violence hotline Address is confidential (707) 546-1234

F.I.S.H. 3 days of groceries, diapers, baby formula. Call M-F 10:30am to 1:30pm and Sat. 10:30-11:30am 1055 Benton St., Santa Rosa, CA 95404 (707) 527-5151

Feed Our Children Harvest Christian Center, 915 Piner, Ste.H, Santa Rosa. Groceries. Thurs Noon-3:30 Soc. Sec. card for adults & children. Serves Sonoma County. (707) 575-1620