The ASPIRA Association, Inc. is the only national nonprofit organization devoted solely to the education and leadership development of Puerto Rican and other Latino youth. ASPIRA takes its name from the Spanish verb aspirar, "aspire."

Since 1961 ASPIRA has pursued its mission of empowering the Latino community through the development of its youth. All of ASPIRA's goals and activities spring from one basic belief: Puerto Ricans and Latinos have the collective potential to move their community forward.  ASPIRA looks at Latino youth and sees this potential; leaders waiting to emerge. With community-based offices in large cities of six states and Puerto Rico, ASPIRA's 1,100 staff members work with over 50,000 youth and their families each year to develop that potential. These are our Aspirantes---those youth who will become educated, committed leaders for the community's future benefit.

http://www.aspira.org/

The Chrysalis Center is community mental health center providing a comprehensive array of behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and their families who are experiencing behavioral and/or emotional difficulties.  Originally operating as the Crawford Center and serving six boys in a small therapeutic group home, Chrysalis began providing a full range of behavioral health services in March, 1999.  The Chrysalis Center evolved in response to a growing community need to provide children with quality mental health care.  Chrysalis was founded on the concept of developing quality services in areas of need and where services were void or lacking.  Today, The Chrysalis Center is serving children and families throughout Broward County with innovative programs and a comprehensive array of services.  Our mission, to help improve the lives of children and families in our community, is reflected best through the dedication and commitment of the people working at The Chrysalis Center.

http://www.chrysaliscenter.org/

The Connect to Protect Mission

• Reduce HIV/AIDS rates among adolescents and young adults by combining the strength of communities and researchers to build a new vision to protect youth.
• Develop partnerships that build upon the diverse insight and skills of researchers and the community.
• Identify culturally responsive research based interventions.

http://www.adolescentaids.org/c2p.html

Family Service Agency (FSA), founded in 1957, is a non-profit community oriented service organization of professional, personal counselors. We are dedicated to offering low cost professional counseling services to individuals and families. Our goal is to promote individual and family well-being by enhancing the problem-solving and coping capacities of people and linking them to systems that have the resources to further assist them. All services are opened to voluntary or mandated clients. Services are available in both English and Spanish.

http://www.familyagency.org/

First Call For Help is a caring voice at the other end of the phone for people in their time of personal need or despair. Through its 24-hour Helplines, First Call offers crisis and suicide counseling, empathetic listening, and information and referrals to Broward County, Florida's health and human service programs. First Call is the only program providing these essential services 24 hours a day, seven days a week to any caller - any time - for any need.

http://www.211broward.com/

Friends of Children, Youth and Families, Inc. (hereafter referred to as Friends of Children) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) agency that recently celebrated its 13th year of providing services to thousands of troubled children and families in Broward County, Florida. Founded in 1992 by Willie Myles, an educator and child advocate, Friends of Children was born to be an agency that deals with the basic needs of our children and families, as well as the root causes of their dilemmas.  Initially supported only by Mr. Myles's $7,000 of life savings, Friends of Children has evolved to become one of Broward's premier providers of specialized services to diverse populations. In the bible, Jeremiah 8:20 reminds us that "The harvest has past, the summer has ended, and yet we are not saved". Though we are proud of our growth and successes, we understand clearly that there is much more work to be done.

http://www.FriendsofChildren.net/

As a community mental health center with more than 50 years of experience, Henderson Mental Health Center, Inc. (H.M.H.C.) remains committed to quality mental health care for all people of Broward County. With fully accredited mental health programs, by CARF... the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, Henderson offers a broad range of services and programs both independently and in partnership with other non-profit organizations and private sector companies.

http://hendersonmhc.org/

MediNurse Behavioral Solutions provides in home and outpatient individual/family counseling services for children ages 6-17 years old in Broward County. Therapy, behavior tech/ specialist, and psychiatric services are available. Please contact the Assessment department at 954-484-0051 and ask for Trisha Fitzwilliam to complete an intake.

Community Youth Services (CYS) has distinguished itself as a quality provider of youth and family prevention, early intervention, and substance abuse outpatient services.  Memorial Healthcare's Community Youth Services' mission is "to enhance the ability of our youth and families to succeed in life".  CYS is fully accredited by JCAHO, licensed by the Department of Children and Families, and certified by the Department of Juvenile Justice, Healthy Families America as well as the Broward County Human Services Division for demonstrating a commitment to "Standards of Excellence".   CYS is also an approved provider with Broward Schools for in school and after school services.

Our Children Our Future, Inc. is a community mental health agency which has been specializing in services to children, adolescents, and families.  The agency provides services that are culturally competent through multilingual staff which includes English, Spanish, Creole, French and Russian.  We provide services for children ages 3 to 21.

http://ochild.org/

Smith Community Mental Health is a community mental health center committed to creating programs and services designed by the needs of our Broward County clients and the community with which we collaborate. As a service oriented agency, our community focus guides the creation of specialty programs and allows the agency to enhance the spectrum of services delivered to special needs youth and families in Broward.

http://smithcmh.com/

Spectrum/Miami Behavioral programs provide comprehensive community mental health care/ Substance abuse services through a wide-array of services in communities throughout South Florida. Services are provided throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties at more than 15 locations. Staff members include psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors and others dedicated to serve the community by providing services that promote health and productivity.

http://www.mbhc.org/spi/index2.html

The Starting Place is a comprehensive substance abuse and behavioral health agency that has been serving South Florida youth and their families for 37 years.  A full array of services delivered by professional staff includes residential and co-occurring residential substance abuse treatment, day treatment, school and community-based substance abuse prevention, intervention and mental health counseling services, day treatment, case management, wraparound facilitation, assessment and referral, and aftercare services.  As a fully CARF accredited agency, The Starting Place utilizes proven effective approaches that meet and exceed established standards to maximize successful outcomes.

http://www.startingplace.org/

The purpose of SWAT is to provide a means by which the young people of Florida may develop a coordinated, unified assault against the manipulation of Big Tobacco. SWAT will also provide young people with the chance to be advocates and to get involved within their state, regions and communities. SWAT will allow youth to gain "real-life" experiences through planning, executing, and evaluating tobacco prevention activities. SWAT will also attempt to provide meaningful workshops and training sessions that will allow youth to be more effective in any endeavor that they choose to undertake.

http://www.gen-swat.com/

The United Way of Broward County created the Commission on Substance Abuse in November of 1988 during the height of a crack cocaine epidemic that was sweeping south Florida and the nation at large. Today, its primary role is to serve as a coalition-building organization that brokers partnerships between federal, state and local agencies to foster, develop and enhance integrated counter-drug efforts throughout Broward County and to search for innovative and effective ways to address the issue of substance abuse. Since its inception, the Commission has directed over 25-million dollars to community-based programs that fight and treat substance abuse and help prevent youth from using drugs. Through a federal block grant that it coordinates in Broward County, the Commission currently directs funding to and supervises over 20 programs that focus on preventing drug use and preventing violence. Twice honored with invitations to the White House and receptions with the President, the Commission also was recognized in 1996 as "Anti-Drug Coalition of the Year" by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).

http://www.drugfreebroward.org/

WID serves the entire family at the Jim and Jan Moran Family Center in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, offering Survivor individual and group counseling for men, women, and children. Counseling for victims of Same-Sex relationships are also available. During the client intake process, counselors evaluate the client's needs for crisis and domestic violence counseling. WID also provides Parenting and female Anger Management classes. Accommodations will be made to meet all language needs, as well as special services for the hearing impaired. Currently, groups and individual sessions are available in both Spanish and Creole. A male Batterers' Intervention Program is also available.

http://www.womenindistress.org/