Community Resources: teens

The Haven Mpowerment Project mobilizes young gay/bisexual men in the Ozarks to shape a healthy community for themselves, build positive social connections, and support their friends to have safer sex.

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Tags: youth, gay men, bisexual, southwest missouri, social, safe sex, teens

The Fulton High School PRISM Club welcomes all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, questioning students and their straight allies to come together for education, support and fun.  Through group discussion, social activities and sexual orientation/gender identity education PRISM hopes to create a safe place of support, reduce isolation and depression in LGBTQ youth as well as help create a safe school environment free from homophobia, sexual, verbal and physical harassment.

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Tags: students, youth, teens, fulton, lgbt, allies, social, get involved, safe space, school

When you were younger, the adults in your life made most of your decisions for you. But that’s changed. You make most of your decisions now. You’re in control of the direction your life takes. So, where is your life going? What do you want to be? What do you value? These are huge questions, with no easy answers. Sections of this website can help you sort things out.

This site is designed and run by people at the National Cancer Institute. We want you to take control of your health. And that’s why we developed this site. We’re NOT going to tell you what to do. This site is designed to help you understand the decisions you make—especially the decision to quit smoking—and how those decisions fit into your life.

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Tags: smoking, teens, health, tobacco

The Kansas City Dream Center is a service-based non-profit focusing on helping the homeless and those in poverty in the Kansas City area. 

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Tags: homeless, kansas city, resources, support, western missouri, shelter, case management, transportation

Nationally, GLSEN works to ensure safe schools for ALL students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. There are over 40 Chapters around the country, which work closely with the national staff of GLSEN to implement programs, and to keep national staff informed of local events.

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Tags: bullying, education, get involved, kansas city, youth, students, sexual orientation, gender identity, teens, GSA, gay, lesbian, genderidentity

Passages is Kansas City’s youth empowerment group dedicated to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning youth, and straight allies. Passages meets every Wednesday night in a drug-free, alcohol-free, and hate-free environment for fun, games, music, movies, food, and more! Passages Youth Center is non-profit organization that aims to help youth grow and develop into strong individuals with confidence in who they are. All youth over 14 and under 21 can come to have fun and meet new friends.

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121 Help.me is an online crisis intervention center that fosters support for teens struggling with crisis and provides information for parents striving to become better at supporting their struggling teens.

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Tags: bullying, national, crisis, teens, parents, intervention, support