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Teen Sites

Selective list of websites for young adults: 

Driver Licenses & Practice Tests

Bullying

General Health
See also library health information databases.

Healthy Relationships

  • Love Is Respect resource to empower youth to prevent and end dating abuse. It is a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Mental Health:
**If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please call 911.  The following resources are not meant to replace a healthcare professional.

  • Ok2talk.org (**TW: sensitive subjects discussed)  a community where teens and young adults struggling with mental health conditions can find a safe place to talk about what they’re experiencing by sharing their personal stories of recovery, tragedy, struggle or hope.  All submissions are reviewed by the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI).

Substance Abuse

LGBT+ Youth

  • Campus Pride Index national listing of LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.

  • Campus Pride a national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students. The primary objective of Campus Pride is to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBTQ and ally students on college campuses across the United States.

  • COLAGE an organization that unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.

  • GLBT National Help Center youth talkline, online peer support chat, and a weekly trans teens online talk group.

  • GSA Network Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.  Local Schools that have a GSA chapter: Pinellas,Pasco,Hillsborough.

  • Guide to College for LGBTQ students  created by AffordableColleges.com, this guide is packed with information specific to LGBTQ students, including scholarship information and accessing a school’s LGBTQ community.

  • Metro Wellness Tampa Bay  LGBT Focus, youth programs, counseling available.

  • National Youth Advocacy Coalition a national organization seeking to strengthen the role of LGBTQ youth in the broader gay rights movement. Has blog entries aimed at teens and young adults.

  • Scarleteen sexuality information for teens and young adults.

  • The Trevor Project national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people. They have a 24/7 hotline for people to call for help. You can also text or chat through their website.  If you need immediate help, please click the link.

Pinellas County 

Information & Resource Services

  • 211 Cares information about and referrals to human services information.

Community Resources for food assistance, services and COVID-19 information and updates. 

Food Assistance

LGBT+

Mental Health Services

  • Healthy Transitions Pinellas Healthy Transitions helps any youth or young person between the ages of 16 and 25 years old who is a resident of the state of Florida and is suffering from a serious mental health condition or a co-occurring serious mental health condition and substance use disorder. The program aims to improve access to treatment and support services for youth and young adults and reduce the stigma of mental health by empowering young people to be their best.

Pinellas County Schools

Youth Shelter & Homelessness Support:
See also library Testing and Education Reference Center database

  • Family Resources offers local counseling services, shelter and transitional living programs, and an array of community-based programs that assist youth in dealing with family issues, peer pressures, and other social challenges. Services offer hope while providing the education, skill building and therapeutic support that gives youth and families the tools necessary to resolve conflicts and experience successful, permanent relationships.