Answers for Parents is a free hotline that may be able to help parents with a troubled teen or young adult.

They may be able to help through the following programs:

• Residential Treatment Centers / Programs
• Therapeutic Boarding Schools
• Residential Youth Development Programs / Schools
• Transitional Boarding Schools
• Regular / Traditional Boarding Schools
• Wilderness and/or Outdoor Therapeutic Programs
• In-Home Intervention Programs
• Boot Camps
• Military Schools

Please call or visit website for more information.

The resource center provides parenting classes to help people be good parents to their children. Workshops are held four to seven times a year to help parents with a variety of issues. Please call for more information.

Topics Include:

• Communication
• Problem Solving Skills
• Responsibility
• Self-discipline
• Self-esteem

The Florida Abuse Hotline accepts reports 24 hours a day. Anyone who suspects that a child or vulnerable adult is abused or neglected needs to make a report. You can report online, by phone or by fax.

Abuse Hotline: 1.800.962.2873
Florida Relay Services: dial 711 or TTY: 1.800.955.8771
Report online: https://reportabuse.dcf.state.fl.us/

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (The Alliance) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to provide programs and activities aimed at outreach, education, early intervention, and advocacy for all eating disorders.

The Alliance offers:

Help is available in the form of payment and services. Payment programs give money to victims for crime-related expenses. This could include:

• Medical Costs
• Mental Health Counseling
• Funeral and burial cost
• Lost wages or loss of support

Assistance programs provide a range of services, including:

• Crisis Intervention
• Counseling
• Emergency Shelter
• Criminal Justice Advocacy
• Emergency Transportation

Please call for more information.

Family Help is a juvenile justice prevention program. It helps families who have a child who is a runaway, truant and/or ungovernable. The aim of the program is to prevent youth from entering the child welfare and/or the juvenile justice system. Services are usually short term, about 13 to 16 weeks. For some youth in need, services may be for a longer term. Fees for services are based on a sliding scale. No family is turned away based on inability to pay. Please see the website for more information.