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Who needs help?
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Child Under 5
Child (Ages 5-12)
Teenager (Ages 13-18)
Young Adult
What do they need help with?
(Select one category below)
Mental / Behavioral Health
Mental / Behavioral Health
• Acting emotionally detached or unable to connect well with others.
• Having trouble paying attention or focusing.
• Having problems sleeping or having bad dreams.
• Reporting frequent headaches or stomach pains.
• Not enjoying hobbies or interests.
• Feeling depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed.
• Having thoughts about hurting themselves or others.
• Not enjoying hobbies or interests.
• Feeling depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed.
• Having thoughts about hurting themselves or others.
Developmental / Intellectual Disabilities
Developmental / Intellectual Disabilities
• Not meeting typical developmental stages or milestones.
(i.e. not doing or delayed in sitting up, crawling, walking, or talking)
• Struggling with learning, language, daily interactions, or behavior.
• Struggling with learning, language, daily interactions, or behavior.
• Struggling with learning, language, daily interactions, or behavior.
Medical / Physical Health
Medical / Physical Health
• Being sick or seeking medical care often.
• Being sick or seeking medical care often.
• Being sick or seeking medical care often.
• Being sick or seeking medical care often.
Alcohol / Substance Use
Alcohol / Substance Use
• Showing sudden changes in mood and behavior.
• Changing friends, favorite activities, or hobbies.
• Showing sudden changes in mood and behavior.
• Changing friends, favorite activities, or hobbies.
School / Learning
School / Learning
• Trouble focusing, learning, doing school work.
• Having a hard time making friends/interacting with peers/adults.
• Problems with behavior.
• Trouble focusing, learning, doing school work.
• Having a hard time making friends/interacting with peers/adults.
• Problems with behavior.
• Trouble focusing, learning, doing school work.
• Having a hard time making friends/interacting with peers/adults.
• Problems with behavior.
• Trouble focusing, learning, doing school work.
• Having a hard time making friends/interacting with peers/adults.
• Problems with behavior.
Basic Necessities
Basic Necessities
• Not having a stable place to live or access to health care, dental care, food, or clothing.
• Not feeling safe in their home environment.
• Not having a stable place to live or access to health care, dental care, food, or clothing.
• Not feeling safe in their home environment.
• Not having a stable place to live or access to health care, dental care, food, or clothing.
• Not feeling safe in their home environment.
• Not having a stable place to live or access to health care, dental care, food, or clothing.
• Not feeling safe in their home environment.
Child Care
Child Care
• Not having access to quality, affordable child care.
• Not having access to quality, affordable child care.
Housing / Independent Living
Housing / Independent Living
• Experiencing homelessness or being at risk of losing a place to live.
• Not having the equipment, services, or resources to live independently.
• Experiencing homelessness or being at risk of losing a place to live.
• Not having the equipment, services, or resources to live independently.
Family / Youth Support & Peer Advocacy
Family / Youth Support & Peer Advocacy
• Lack support from family/friends during stressful times/situations.
• Not being able to ask for help/share needs/challenges.
• Lack support from family/friends during stressful times/situations.
• Not being able to ask for help/share needs/challenges.
• Lack support from family/friends during stressful times/situations.
• Not being able to ask for help/share needs/challenges.
• Lack support from family/friends during stressful times/situations.
• Not being able to ask for help/share needs/challenges.
Employment Services
Employment Services
• Having trouble finding, getting, or keeping a job.
• Having trouble finding, getting, or keeping a job.