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Website Provides Teen Mental Health & Wellness Resources

By Sondra Wallace
JFS Mental Health Coalition Coordinator

YouBeYou.us has been redesigned with information and resources about teen mental health and wellness. The site seeks to encourage youth to ​embrace a focus on progress rather than perfection in their daily life by integrating their mind, body, and soul through hope, help, and strength.

“The newly designed YouBeYou.us website is a wonderful addition to the programming and services we provide to schools across the Kansas City area.  Sharing the message of hope, help, and strength has such a positive effect on the health and wellness of our youth. The website is a great place to find these messages, resources, and connections for anyone in the community.”

In addition to direct feeds to the YouBeYou social media sites, topics include information about:

  • Hope + Strength
  • Anxiety + Stress
  • Depression
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Sexuality + Gender Identity
  • Consent + Sexual Assault
  • Substance Use
  • Eating Disorders

You Be You offers programming in schools connecting teens and educators to positive mental health and wellness tools, as well as resources to find help for individuals, friends, and family.  Resources include counseling through JFS and other community agencies and suicide prevention. The program is funded in part by the Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County. For more information, contact info@youbeyou.us.

If you or someone you care about is in immediate danger, text the crisis line at 741741, call 1-800-273-8255, or chat online. If you or someone you know is going through a difficult time and would like to talk to a caring professional,  contact JFS at 913-327-8250 or info@youbeyou.us

“You Be You” was originally created in 2017 as a teen mental health campaign developed by Bernstein-Rein Advertising in collaboration with the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition and Jewish Family Services.

 

 

 

 

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Meets first and third WednesdayThe ongoing support group is for individuals grieving fromthe death of a loved one. The group provides an opportunityto address issues of loss and grief within a Jewish spiritualcontext in a[...]
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Title: New Year, NewHabits: Exploring Self-Care Tools and TechniquesFacilitators: JFS Therapists, Lauren Glass & KathleenHallingJoin us in this interactive session to learn the benefits ofself-care and how to develop a more compassionate and supportive relationshipwith[...]
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