Anxiety Disorders transforms the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. It fosters innovative thinking and ensures that a full array of novel scientific perspectives are used to further discovery in the evolving science of brain, behavior, and experience. From the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health is a national family-run organization linking more than 120 chapters and state organizations focused on the issues of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and their families. It was conceived in Arlington, Virginia in February, 1989 by a group of 18 people determined to make a difference in the way the system works. The National Federation works to develop and implement policies, legislation, funding mechanisms, and service systems that utilize the strengths of families. Its emphasis on advocacy offers families a voice in the formation of national policy, services and supports for children with mental health needs and their families.
MindFreedom International (MFI) is a nonprofit organization that unites sponsor and affiliate grassroots groups with thousands of individual members to win human rights and alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities. New
Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) MDRI, a sponsor group of MFI, works for human rights of people all over the world who are have a “mental disability” diagnosis. Updated
Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) Updated
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Provides access to SAMHSA publications, grants information, data files, and statistics. Updated
SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists) is an international association of individuals and organizations with special interests in the exchange and dissemination of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) information. New
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Brushes with Life Arts Program is a creative arts program for people in treatment at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health; members of Club Nova, a local clubhouse for persons with mental illness; and other select community programs in the Chapel Hill area. It is a program of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Psychiatry, Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health. Updated
Seasonal Affective Disorder from Mental Health America. SAD, the "winter blues", is a subtype of depression or bipolar disorder that occurs and ends around the same time every year.
Vesta, Inc. is a private, nonprofit, comprehensive behavioral health care organization with seven locations throughout Maryland. Vesta offers comprehensive, flexible, and ongoing services for adults, children and adolescents with a wide range of psychological difficulties, including serious and persistent mental illness. Updated
Able Trust – Look at My Ability The Able Trust, also known as the Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational Rehabilitation, is a 501(c)(3) public-private partnership foundation established by the Florida Legislature in 1990. Its mission is to be a key leader in providing Floridians with disabilities opportunities for successful employment.
Abilities Network from the Maryland Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Administration, seeing abilities not disabilities. Our mission is to challenge the community to acknowledge the value and equality of people of all abilities.
AccessCollege: The Employment Office from the DO-IT Program at the University of Washington. The Employment Office provides information and resources and shares promising practices for the purpose of increasing access to careers for individuals with disabilities.
Action Without Borders runs the Idealist.org website. It is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate job and volunteer opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
American Hospital Association (AHA) Job Opportunities The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898.
Australian Network on Disability (AND) is a not-for-profit organisation resourced by its members to advance the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business. We help our members and clients to welcome people with disability as employees, customers and suppliers. We are not an employment agency, and do not find jobs for people with disability. Rather, we work with our member organisations so that they become more confident and prepared to welcome people with disability into their organisations. [Australia]
Careers & the DisABLED Magazine, established in 1986, is the nation's first and only career-guidance and recruitment magazine for people with disabilities who are at undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels. Each issue features a special Braille section.
Cornell research: "People with Disabilities and the Technology-Driven Workplace," by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, NCC, Director Program on Employment and Disability at Cornell University, William Erickson, and Jennifer Schramm (October 2003)
"Disability Employment Guide 101," (.pdf) jointly developed by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Workforce Preparation
Disability:IN formerly the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®), has since become the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide.
DisabledPerson.com aims to help you, a person with a disability, find employment
Iowa Department for the Blind, provides employment services to blind and visually impaired Iowans who are looking for a job or want to retain or advance in their current career. It offers a program of specialized, integrated services that blind and severely visually impaired Iowans need to live independently and work competitively. Also has excellent information about making the Web accessible, tools and assistive devices, and more.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.
Job Hunter's Bible.com "The Seven Basic Skill Sets: Let’s Start with Whether or Not You Are Handicapped" by Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute
Native Employment Works (NEW) provides funding for a variety of work-related activities to support job readiness, job placement and job retention. Provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Family Assistance.
Office of Indian Services (OIS) Division of Workforce Development (DWD) administers the Job Training and Placement Program within the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The DWD coordinates a wide variety of employment, training, education, childcare, welfare, economic development, job development and related programs on behalf of American Indians and Alaska Natives Native American and Tribal Education, Jobs, and Economic Development.
National Organization on Disability (NOD) is a private, non-profit organization that promotes the full participation and contributions of America^#39;s 56 million people with disabilities in all aspects of life. Today, NOD focuses on increasing employment opportunities for the 79 percent of working-age Americans with disabilities who are not employed.
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Nursing Jobs for travel, per diem, and permanent nursing positions; in-patient, out-patient, or hospice.
TravelNursing.org – Travel Nursing Job Opportunities for Registered Nurses
SourceAmerican (formerly NISH), a national nonprofit, is the leading source of job opportunities for a dedicated and highly qualified workforce – people with significant disabilities. Through our work, we make the American Dream more accessible to a segment of the population where nearly 80% do not have jobs. We are an AbilityOne authorized enterprise and we put the AbilityOne Program into action for our Federal Government customers… We accomplish this through a nationwide network of more than 550 community nonprofit agency partners to fulfill contracting needs for the Federal Government, commercial businesses and government contractors. Our network provides training to people with disabilities, assists them in identifying employment options that most of us take for granted, and then enables them to be successful at work. SourceAmerica is the vital link between jobs and the people who can do them.
The Viscardi Center Abilities! prepares adolescents and adults with all types of disabilities (cognitive, physical, learning, developmental) and levels of experience for entry or re-entry into the workforce by assisting them in securing pre-employment services as well as employment so that they can enjoy independent living, full community participation and economic self-sufficiency. Our track record in placing individuals with disabilities in the workplace is unsurpassed and our employment services include a comprehensive array of career assessments, job training, business skills development, job placement and follow-up programs and services based on individual needs and vocational interests.
Ticket to Work provided by the Social Security Administration. The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program is an employment program for people with disabilities who are interested in going to work. The Ticket Program is part of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 – legislation designed to remove many of the barriers that previously influenced people's decisions about going to work because of the concerns over losing health care coverage. The goal of the Ticket Program is to increase opportunities and choices for Social Security disability beneficiaries to obtain employment, vocational rehabilitation (VR), and other support services from public and private providers, employers, and other organizations.
TransCen, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving educational and employment outcomes for people with disabilities
Social Security Publication (SSA Publication No. 64-030, (Red Book), January 2020, ICN 436900) is a guide to plans for achieving self-support: The Social Security Red Book. The Red Book contains a general description of the Social Security's disability-related policies. The Red Book, including the Spanish language version, is available online at: www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook. The Red Book is also available in alternative formats. Updated
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