Family

Building Blocks for a Healthy Future
Building Blocks for a Healthy Future is an early childhood substance abuse prevention program developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that educates parents and caregivers about the basics of prevention in order to promote a healthy lifestyle. Designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 3 to 6, Building Blocks will help you open up the lines of communication with young children—and make it easier to keep those lines of communication open as they grow older.

Too Smart To Start
Too Smart To Start is a public education initiative that provides research-based strategies and materials to professionals and volunteers at the community level to help them conduct an underage alcohol use prevention initiative. The materials are designed to educate 9- to 13-year-olds about the harms of alcohol use and to support parents and caregivers as they participate in their children’s activities.

A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free
A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free is a public education Web site developed to communicate to parents and other caring adults about how they can help promote their child's mental health and reduce his or her risk for becoming involved with alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.

Halemos en Confianza
The Hablemos en Confianza public education initiative includes 12 communication materials designed to encourage and strengthen dialogue between Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino parents and their children about the dangers of substance abuse.

15+ Make Time To Listen, Take Time To Talk (School Violence)
15+ Make Time To Listen, Take Time To Talk is a Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) campaign designed to provide practical guidance to parents and caregivers about how to make time to effectively communicate with their children. The campaign is based on the premise that parents who talk with their children about what is happening in their lives are better able to guide their children toward more positive, skill-enhancing activities and friendships.

Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign
The Caring for Every Child's Mental Health communications campaign began as a national public information and education campaign to 1) increase public awareness about the importance of protecting and nurturing the mental health of young people; 2) foster recognition that many children have mental health problems that are real, painful, and sometimes severe; and 3) encourage caregivers to seek early, appropriate treatment and services. The campaign helps families, educators, health care providers, and young people recognize mental health problems and to seek or recommend appropriate services. It also strives to reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems.

Listening Dads Are Champs
CMHS, in partnership with the Baltimore Ravens football team and the National Campaign Against Youth Violence, has launched a project in Baltimore, MD, to raise awareness about the importance of fathers and male caregivers spending time each day listening and talking with their children. The Listening Dads Are Champs project is part of the national CMHS campaign, 15+ Make Time To Listen, Take Time To Talk, which involves mothers, fathers, and caregivers of children throughout the country.

Partnership to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
The Partnership to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome unites communities nationwide in a public health response to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol-related birth defects.