Resources for Youth and Young Adults
- Active Minds: Premier nonprofit organization promoting mental health for young adults.
- Doors to Wellbeing: Doors To Wellbeing is the new National Consumer Technical Assistance Center (TAC) established by the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery with funding support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Doors to Wellbeing was developed to focus on engaging the assets, enthusiasm, and lived-experience of youth and young adult to help energize the consumer-led movement for recovery and wellness in the United States.
- Jed Foundation: The Jed Foundation (JED) empowers teens and young adults with the skills and support to grow into healthy, thriving adults
- Mental Health | Youth.gov: Comprehensive resources for youth and young adults ranging from warning signs to treatment options.
- Mental Health America : Mental Health America (MHA)'s work aims to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and support; with recovery as the goal.
- Mental Health Resources For Adolescents and Young Adults – SAHM (adolescenthealth.org): Extensive online resources for youth and young adults, including youth friendly mental health online resources, apps and tech services and advocacy.
- Mental Illness and Substance Use in Young Adults | SAMHSA: Facts on mental illness and substance use in youth and young adults.
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center: Provides resources on prevention and programs aimed at suicide prevention for many populations, including youth and young adults.
- Teens & Young Adults | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: Topics include how to help a friend to managing mental health in college.
- The PEAL Center – Helping Families of Children with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs: Dedicated to promoting inclusion and access in education and healthcare.
- The Trevor Project — Saving Young LGBTQ Lives: Leading organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
- Youth MOVE National | Youth Development Organization: A youth-driven organization with local chapters dedicated to improving services that support positive growth and development by uniting the voices of individuals with lived experience in various systems—including mental health, juvenile justice, education, and child welfare.
- Youth MOVE PA - Home (wildapricot.org): For youth aged 16-29 in PA, represents, empowers, and encourages all peers and allies to unite in educating and providing supports through advocacy. Provides information on mental health services, drug and alcohol services, youth suicide prevention resources and peer to peer support.