Practical Help for Troubled Youth & Adults
And for Those Who Minister to Them

On-Site Help for Troubled Youth & Adults

• Help for Urgent Needs
• "Help Me Now!" - online and offline helps for the hurting
• Suicidal? Need Help? - a free book offer and points to immediate online help

• For Personal Study & Growth
• Bible Basics - answers a multitude of questions
• Black Samson - a powerful, online testimony of God's delivering power
• Chicken! - by David Wilkerson
• Christian Rock - by David Wilkerson
• Christian Rock - Music From Hell!
• Drug Addict's Marriage Creed
• God's Simple Plan of Salvation - makes an attractive printout (from the tract with permission)
• Help Yourself! You Can Turn Your Life Around!
• How To Be Born Again - a very thorough Bible study outline
• Rock Bottom - by David Wilkerson (title says it all)
• Trapped! - by David Wilkerson about rape
• Two-Day Salvation Seminar - an in-depth study to help clear all doubts
• Two of Me! - by David Wilkerson
• Who Told You You Are Unworthy? - by David Wilkerson about rape
• You Can Have a Miracle! - by David Wilkerson
• Your Friends Matter to God! - by David Wilkerson

• Christian Rehabilitation Programs and Preliminary Application
  Preliminary Application for Program Entry - Sign up here for a Christian live-in program
• Christian Rehabilitation Programs - Such as Teen Challenge (Worldwide)

Off-Site Resources for Troubled Youth & Adults

• How Others Found Freedom
• Black Samson - a powerful, online testimony of God's delivering power
• Unshackled Radio Drama

• Crisis Pregnancies & Rape
• America's Crisis Pregnancy Helpline
• Let's Talk Adoption
• Open Hearts Ministry - Ministering to the abused and equipping others to do the same
• Post-Abortion Resources
• Place your baby in an open adoption with Christian families - Lifetime Adoption Facilitation Center
• Help for Victims of Crime - Office for Victims of Crime
• Stop Prisoner Rape - Combating prisoner rape and helping survivors of jailhouse rape.
• Teen Mother Choices

• Directories
• Federal Prison Directory
• Find a Counselor
• Prisoner Resource Directory
• Parenting Resources - Focus on the Family

• Emergency Housing
• Homeless Shelters and Programs
• Rescue Missions - Indexed by state

• Help for Christian Leaders & Their Families
  A Program For Restoring Fallen Ministers and Religious Leaders
• Focus on the Family Pastoral Ministries - (toll-free) 1-887-233-4455 - a safe place where pastors and their wives can find help for themselves

• Recovery Resources
• Challenge Study Bible - Written specifically for people who are in recovery
• Christian Recovery Resources
• Christian Recovery Connection
• Christian Recovery Online Bookstore
• Christians in Recovery Resources Database - Christian counselors, support groups, treatment programs and referral centers
• Confident Kids Support Groups - for hurting children and for struggling parents
• Finding a Church to Support Your Recovery - National Association for Christian Recovery
• Free Bible
• Get Smart About Drugs - DEA resource
• International Network of Prison Ministries
• Overcoming Addiction
• Prison Videos - Christian videos to prisons, jails & reformatories
• Support Groups for Christians in Recovery
• End Human Trafficking
• When Violence Comes Home
• Where to Start Recovery

• Sentenced
• Pen Pal Program
• Preparing for Release
• Prison Survival Guide

• Sexual Addictions
• Global AIDS Partnership - Worldwide Resources
• How To Overcome Addiction To Pornography
• Overcoming Addiction
• Recovery from Sexual Addiction
• Resources for Sexual Addicts - Pure Life Ministries
• Restored Hope Network

Ohio Specific Help for Troubled Youth & Adults

• Central Ohio Human Trafficking 614-285-4357 (Central Ohioans outside 614 area code call 888-881-5465)
• Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
• Ohio Department of Youth Services
• Ohio Offender Information Database
• Ohio Prison Directory
• Ohio Prison Profiles
• Victim Services - Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction

On-Site Help for Those Who Minister to Troubled Youth & Adults

• Christian Rehabilitation Programs - Such as Teen Challenge (Worldwide)
• Program Info Collection Form - Please send us info. on programs you don't see listed here
• Tips for writing inmates- a guideline of DOs and DON'Ts (includes death-row inmate art)
• Bible Basics - answers a multitude of questions
• Two-Day Salvation Seminar - excellent teaching series
• David Wilkerson Mini-Books - a powerful resource! (uploaded by our webmaster)

Off-Site Resources for Those Who Minister to Troubled Youth & Adults

• Bible Gateway
• Bob Larson Ministries
• Internet Resources for Inner City Workers
• Justice Fellowship
• Nicky Cruz Outreach
• Re-Entry Service Programs - California
• Resources for Helping Gamblers and Their Families - Focus on the Family
• Urban Workers Resource Catalog
• What is the occult?
• Women's & Family Ministry Track

• Alcohol Addiction
• Alcoholics Victorious
• Christian Addiction Rehabilitation Association
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• New Hope for Adult Children of Alcoholics - Focus on the Family

• Children & Youth
• Confident Kids Support Groups - For hurting children and for struggling parents
• Resources for Troubled Teens - Focus on the Family
• Resources for Youth & Children's Workers
• StrugglingTeens - A resource for parents & professionals trying to help at-risk teenagers.
• Teen Challenge - Founded by David Wilkerson
• Urban & Youth Ministries
• Why are kids shooting their classmates?
• Women's & Family Ministry Track

• Counseling
• Counseling/Support/Encouragement Sites
• Counseling the Depressed
• Find a Counselor
• How to Help a person who is suffering from depression
• Special counseling concerns for women in family shelters

• Crisis Pregnancies & Rape
• America's Crisis Pregnancy Helpline
• Are You Struggling with Postabortion Stress? - Focus on the Family
• Open Hearts Ministry - Ministering to the abused and equipping others to do the same
• Resources for Victims of Rape - Focus on the Family
• Stop Prisoner Rape - Combating prisoner rape and helping survivors of jailhouse rape.
• Teen Mother Choices

• Department of Corrections
• Corrections Connection Network - Largest online resource for corrections
• Corrections Links
• Criminal Justice Links - APBnews
• Criminal Justice Search Engine
• Department of Corrections
• Education & Employment Referral Directory
• Federal Bureau of Prisons - Inmate Information
• Federal Prison Directory
• Ohio Prison Directory
• prisons.com - employment, victim issues, and much more
• Profile of Ohio Prisoners
• State Prison Profiles

• Drug Abuse
• Christian Addiction Rehabilitation Association
• Drug, Alcohol Abuse by Ministry Kids
• Drugs people use and their long-term effects
• Drug tips for parents
• Get Smart About Drugs - DEA resource
• How to detect if someone is using drugs
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• Not Alone - How to recognize drug use and where to find help
• One Way 2 Play - Drug Free!
• Parent's Guide on Drug Abuse
• Recovery from Addictions
• When Your Child Does Drugs (ministry kids)

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Census Bureau Facts
  Consumer Focus: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• GrandsPlace
• Help for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Raising Your Grandchildren

• Helping the Homeless
• 8 Ways to Truly Help the Homeless
• 54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless
• Nationwide Homeless Shelter Directory
• How to Help the Homeless

• Human Trafficking
• Report Human Trafficing to National Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888
• Human Trafficking Help

• Inmate Search
• How to Get Inmate Information (Fed & State)
• How to obtain information on Inmates (Fed & State)
• Inmate Locator
• Instant Technologies A FREE missing persons search
• Ohio Offender Information Database

• Law Enforcement
• - COPNet & Police Resource List
• Local Police Crime Maps
• Neighborhood CrimeCheck
• Peace Officer & First Responder Prayer Partners International - Ministry to Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders
• Police Chaplaincy Handbook

• Prison Ministry
• ACTS-Chaplains-List - email discussion group for prison chaplains, volunteers, and staff
• Chaplains Online
• Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul - Free to Prison, jail, and youth detention center administrators
• - Free videos to prisons from Eden Communications
• Pastors to Prisoners - Supports ordained ministers working with incarcerated
• Prisoner Resource Directory
• Prison Fellowship
• Prison Law Page:Legal news and writing concerning California state prisoners.
• Search for resources by state
  Romans Chapter 8 Ministry - Letter writing ministry to inmates

• Recovery Resources
• Christian Recovery Connection
• Christian Recovery Professionals Discussion List
• National Association for Christian Recovery
• Pen Pal Program
• Recovery from Addictions
• Recovery Ministry in the Local Church

• Rescue Missions
• Computer & Internet Resources for Rescue Missions
• Guide to Effective Rescue Mission Recovery Programs
• Internet Resources for Inner City Workers
• Online College for Rescue Mission Ministry
• City Vision College (Formerly known as Rescue College)
• Rescue Mission Management & Administration Training
• Rescue Mission Resource Page
• Rescue Missions - Indexed by state
• The Salvation Army International Headquarters
• Urban Workers Resource Catalog

• Sexual Addictions
• AIDS Resources - Focus on the Family
• Christian Addiction Rehabilitation Association
• Christian Resources about Homosexuality and AIDS - Worldwide Resources
• Pure Intimacy - A resource for those struggling with online pornography and affairs
• Recovery from Addictions
  Recovery from Sexual Addiction
• Resources for Sexual Addicts - Pure Life Ministries
• Restored Hope Network

• Victims of Crime
• Civil Legal Remedies for Crime Victims
• Help for victims
• Neighborhood Watch
• Office for Victims of Crime
• Police Auctions - Register your stolen items at StealitBack, and you may get them returned for free!
• Prison Fellowship Ministries Neighbors Who Care Page - Practical assistance to victims of crime
• prisons.com - employment, victim issues, and much more
• Victim Information and Notification Everyday - offender status notification service
• Victim Services - Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
• Victim's Rights in Michigan

• What You Can Do
• Changing the Heart of a Rebel
• Drug or Alcohol Addiction Intervention Step by Step
• Wanted by the FBI - Be a part of the solution
• What You Can Do to Prevent Gang Violence
• How To Raise a Crook - Take heed!
• Love Inc - Helping church people help their neighbors in need
• StrugglingTeens - A resource for parents & professionals trying to help at-risk teenagers.
• What if jail or prison becomes a part of your child's life?
• What to do if someone you know is raped

Ohio Specific Help for Those Who Minister to Troubled Youth & Adults

• Lorain County Computerized Court Records
• Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
• Ohio Department of Youth Services
• Ohio Offender Information Database
• Ohio Prison Directory
• Ohio Prisons - State Profile
• Profile of Ohio Prisoners
• Support Group for Parents of Murdered Children
• Victim Services - Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction

Please let us know if you find help through this page or can add to this growing list of practical resources.

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