Erin Eisman
Winona, MN , United States
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| To Write Love on Her Arms
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Shining Light in the Darkness. Believe, Hope!
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“Simply put, treatment works, if you can get it. But in America today, it is clear that many people living with mental illness are not provided with the essential treatment they need.” ... Read More
“Simply put, treatment works, if you can get it. But in America today, it is clear that many people living with mental illness are not provided with the essential treatment they need.”
—Michael J. Fitzpatrick, executive director of NAMI National, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Grading the States 2006, Arlington, Va. Close
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7/5/2010
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TWLOHA INC
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Melbourne , FL
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PO Box 2203, Melbourne , FL
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To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
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AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
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NEW YORK , NY
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120 WALL STREET, 29TH FLOOR, NEW YORK , NY
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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those impacted by suicide.
To fully achieve its mission, AFSP engages in the following Six Core Strategies:
1. Funds scientific research
2. Offers educational programs for professionals
3. Educates the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention
4. Promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention
5. Provides programs and resources for survivors of suicide loss and involves them in the work of the Foundation
6. Provides programs and resources for people with mood disorders and their families, and involves them in the work of the Foundation
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NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION
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GREAT NECK , NY
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60 CUTTERMILL RD STE 404 , GREAT NECK , NY
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NARSAD, The World's Leading Charity Dedicated to Mental Health Research is the largest donor-supported organization in the world that supports research on brain and behavior disorders.
The organization’s mission is to raise and distribute funding for the most promising psychiatric disease research in order to develop new preventative measures, better diagnoses and improved treatments for these conditions. NARSAD also believes in educating the public about the value of psychiatric research.
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EATING DISORDERS COALITION FOR RESEARCH POLICY AND ACTION INC
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WASHINGTON , DC
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720 7TH ST NW STE 300 , WASHINGTON , DC
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Our Mission
To advance the federal recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority
Our Goals
With more focused attention on educating and working with Congress, we can effectively influence federal policy. Our specific goals are to:- Raise awareness among policy makers and the public at large about the serious health risk posed by eating disorders
- Promote federal support for improved access to care
- Increase resources for research, education, prevention, and improved training
- Increase funding and support for scientific research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of eating disorder
- Promote initiatives that support the healthy development of children
- Mobilize concerned citizens to advocate on behalf of people with eating disorders, their families, and professionals working with these populations
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SURVIVOR RESOURCES
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SAINT PAUL , MN
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367 GROVE ST , SAINT PAUL , MN
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Survivor Resources, formerly the Victim Intervention Project, Inc. (VIPI), was developed at the request of Lt. Joe Corcoran, retired Commander of the St. Paul Police Homicide Unit. Corcoran recognized that families of homicide victims didn’t get help until their case was charged, and that for some cases which are never charged, families never receive help at all. Soon afterward, he had a conversation with Margaret McAbee, Linda Norquist and Gayle Roy from Family Service, Inc., organizers of the first-of-its-kind weekly support group for family members of homicide victims. Corcoran asked to attend a meeting of the support group, and later challenged the St. Paul Police Chaplains to develop a program that would respond to the needs of these people. He asked the chaplains specifically to seek the assistance of the support group creators.
Three police chaplains, Maggie Rein, Dick Barrett and Bill Holden, picked up the challenge along with Norquist, Roy and McAbee. McAbee and Roy were conducting the support group for Homicide survivors. Representing the St. Paul Police Department, the St. Paul Police Chaplains, the St. Paul Area Council of Churches, Parents of Murdered Children, and Family Service, Inc., this group began regular meetings to hammer out the plan that would become the Victim Intervention Project. Over the next two years, other agencies including the Ramsey County Sheriff, the St. Paul Interdenominational Black Ministerial Alliance, the Ramsey County Attorney Office Victim Witness Division, and the Suburban Police Chaplains Corp joined the effort.
Family Service stepped forward, accepting responsibility for and raising funds to begin the project. With funding from the United Way and the Bush and Emma Howe Foundations, the project was officially launched in May 1995 with the hiring of Margaret McAbee, its first paid employee. When the project was evaluated after the first 13 months, 428 clients had been served. VIP was given high marks by the clients, the homicide investigators, the victim witness advocates, the medical examiner, and the police chaplains. After two years at Family Service, VIP was ready to try its wings.
For six months, Hand in Hand served as fiscal agent for the project while VIP incorporated as the Victim Intervention Project Institute (VIPI) and attained non-profit status. With the initial funds nearly gone, VIPI was awarded a continuation grant from the MN Center for Crime Victim Services. On July 1, 1997, VIPI officially became an independent entity. The St. Paul Police Department and the City of St. Paul lobbied the state legislature for additional funds needed to maintain the project. Other individuals and businesses also supported the project.
The St. Paul Police Department currently provides office space in the Homicide Unit as well as telephone lines and service. Holy Spirit, St. Matthews, Gustavus Adolphus, and Gloria Dei Churches have donated space for support groups and training. The Sheraton Inn Midway, Concordia College, Cretin Derham High School, St. Matthews Lutheran Church and the Radisson Plaza Hotel have provided space for Memorial Services. Other contributors are listed on our Donations page.
After learning about the work of the Victim Intervention Program’s work the Minneapolis Homicide Unit asked VIPI to provide services in Minneapolis and Hennepin County. Staff, clients and volunteers lobbied the legislature to seek the funds to begin serving the citizens of Minneapolis. Dina Mitchell, an early contributor to VIP during her graduate studies, became the program’s second employee in October 2002 when she arrived in Minneapolis to serve their city. Nearly a year later Mitchell left an established program to be a full time mom, and the program was left in the capable hands of Chaplain Frank Thell. Frank has just retired from full time employment with Survivor Resources, but will continue working part time to support clients.
After ten years of service in the metro area VIPI undertook a large strategic planning process to evaluate our program, mission, goals and objectives. Our staff and board determined it was time for a new name and marketing materials to more accurately describe our work. When the I-35W Bridge Collapsed on August 1, 2007, our staff responded, with new materials in hand--we officially began using our new name: Survivor Resources.
Julie Chalmers, a longtime volunteer joined our staff as a full-time counselor that same day, and was immediately able to respond to the bridge collapse. In the days following the bridge collapse, our staff recognized the critical need for the people involved to come together for the purpose of connecting with others who would understand the feelings they were experiencing. Survivor Resources held the first support group just three weeks after the collapse. With Frank's retirement, Julie will take over the Minneapolis office of Survivor Resources.
Survivor Resources continues to serve its clients with crisis response and follow-up care, with support groups for homicide, suicide and accidental death survivors, with annual memorial services, and through a variety of presentations in the community. Survivor Resources strives to educate the public and heighten their awareness to the victim’s plight. As we look to the future, we hope to broaden the scope and breadth of services offered by Survivor Resources.
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