Community Resources
This page is dedicated to providing families with community resources to foster mental health and help families who need additional community support. Below we have organized information that can be helpful for accessing resources in our community. Please contact your child's school with specific concerns and needs so that we may support you and your child.
Anti-Bullying Free and Reduced Meals & Information After School Programs Resorces for Coping with Stress Aging Anger Management Basic Needs Childcare Crime Victims/Domestic Violence/Legal Assistance Disabled & Medical Support Juvenile Diversion Literacy & Tutoring Mental Health Counseling Mentoring Military Resources Parenting Support Substance Abuse Volunteer Opportunities Warning Signs
Webinar: How to Tell When a Child is Struggling EmotionallyVirtual Learning Warning Signs Self-Harm Warning Signs
Community Mental Health Counseling Links Center for Community Solutions Home Start East County Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital San Diego Youth Services - East County Behavioral Health Community Assessment Team Rady's Behavioral Health Services NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness List of Mental Health Resources
Anti-Bullying Anti-Bullying Awareness Anti-Bullying Alliance Anti Bullying Hotline How to Talk to Kids About Bullying
Free and Reduced Meals Information Free and Reduced Meal Information Free and Reduced Meal Flyer
Resources for Coping with Stress Stress and Anxiety Resource by Grade Level How to Talk to Your Child About Covid
After School Programs Cameron YMCA in Santee Boys and Girls Club of East County Project SAFE/ASES (fee based for K-8) City of Santee Teen Center Aging County of San Diego-Aging and Independent Services (AIS) Alzheimer's Association Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Care HICAP (Medi-Care Counseling) -Elder Law Association Meals on Wheels (60+ yrs & caretakers) Retired Senior Volunteer Program Center for Social Advocacy (CSA) Southern Caregiver Resource Center
Anger Management San Diego Youth & Community Services Santee Family Counseling-Sliding Scale Home Start-Counseling-Sliding Scale Mending Matters-High School National Conflict Resolution Center Basic Needs
2-1-1 San Diego Community Information Exchange Community Services for Families Safe Parking Program ACTION NAMI San Diego Crisis House (Housing and Food) Food Stamps and Public Assistance Meals on Wheel (60+ years & caretakers) Salvation Army-Food Salvation Army-Homeless Outreach Salvation Army-Social Services Jewish Family Services Foodmobile (All homebound persons) Santee Santas American Red Cross/W.I.C. Program (Food) Center for Social Advocacy (Housing Issues) East County Transitional Living Center (Housing) Storefront Shelter (Homeless Youth Shelter) Benefits CalWIN (Medical, Food & Cash Assistance Courage to Call Santee Food Bank YMCA of San Diego County
Childcare Head Start (Administration) Prospect Ave State Preschool Yale Preschool YMCA Childcare Resource Service YMCA Respite Services (For Kinship Caregivers) Child Development Associates (CDA) Maxim Companion Services (For Kinship Caregivers) Boys and Girls Club of East County National Conflict Resolution Center Institute For Public Strategies
Crime Victims/Domestic Violence/Legal Assistance
Child Abuse Hotline Home Start (Child Abuse Program-East County) Center for Community Solutions (Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Elder Abuse) Disabled & Medical Support Challenge Center (Advanced Rehab Center) NAMI National Association of the Mentally Ill San Diego Center for the Blind Aging and Independent Services Domestic Violence Services (24 hour toll free crisis line) Crisis House (DV Shelter) Elder Abuse Reporting San Diego Youth & Community Services (Cool Beds) National Deaf Advocacy & Family Justice Center Center for Community Soultions Project Safehouse East County A Better Life Together
Juvenile Diversion San Diego Youth & Community Service Santee Sheriff Santee Teen Center Literacy/Tutoring Momentum Tutoring Santee Library Santee School District (Private Tutors) Mediation/Parent Child Issues Parent Child Mediation YMCA Oz Program National Conflict Resolution Center Mental Health Counseling Center for Community Solutions Home Start East County Santee Family Counseling Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital National Association of the Menally Ill San Diego Youth Services-East County Behavioral Health Mentoring Big Brother Big Sisters Boys to Men (boys ages 14-17) Military Resources Fleet & FamilySupport NBSD School Liaison Officer Chanin Massaglia San Diego Healthcare System-Military Department of Veteran Affairs Mental Health Systems: Family Forces Program The Focus Project Courage to Call Navy Community Support Military Families Resource Center Parenting Support 211 Information for Referrals Sevices for San Diego Door of Hope Home Start - (In Home Parent Education) San Diego and Community Services Parenting Program YMCA Kinship Program Community Services for Families Substance Abuse Al-Anon Family Groups Alcohol and Drug Abuse Hotline Alcoholics Anonymous Communities Against Substance Abuse McAlister Institute (Includes Teen Recovery & Drug Testing) Narcotics Anonymous Parent Care Santee Solutions Coalition Volunteers of America Detox Vista Hill Parentcare Family Recovery Center Phoenix House Academy (Residential, Adolescent)
Volunteer Opportunities Boys and Girls Club Lutheran Social Services-Caring Neighbors Santee Food Bank Meals on Wheels Santee Chamber of Commerce Santee Santas Santee Teen Center (6th-12th grade) Sonrise Church Stanford Court Santee Library YMCA East County
Coffee with Counselors
This link provides access to a series of recorded webinars on a variety of topics: