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CAFE TAC Presents: Recovery High Schools: Fostering Resilience and Healing

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The CAFÉ TA Center hosted a free webinar on the role of Recovery High Schools in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of transition-age youth on Wednesday, April 26th at 3:00 EDT. View the recording here! The challenges faced by young people today are well-known and readily visible in the media. Increased suicide rates, incidences […]

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A Focus 2.0 on Women’s Mental Health

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The latest Focus 2.0 newsletter from CAFE TAC is here! This issue takes a look at recent CDC data about the declining mental health of young women, potential reasons behind it, and the role for peers in bringing recovery to a new generation. It also includes info about a chance to comment on SAMHSA’s new

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Supporting Employees with Mental Health Conditions: Two Short Case Scenarios

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CAFE TAC is pleased to share two new guides designed to help employers understand how to support employees with mental health conditions. A helpful way for employers to think through mental health in the workplace and the issues that come up in dealing with it is by imagining possible scenarios that could take place in

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Master Your Personal Narrative: Storytelling As A Leadership Tool

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Many in the peer support and recovery community are familiar with the idea of sharing one’s story in a personal recovery context. But what else can your story do? The CAFÉ TA Center’s training series, Master Your Personal Narrative: Storytelling As A Leadership Tool, broadens the idea of the personal recovery narrative and discusses how

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A Focus 2.0 on Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Planning

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The latest edition of the Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! This time we take a look at disaster preparedness. Natural disasters can be traumatizing experiences that create real challenges for people in recovery from serious mental health conditions. The good news is that by making disaster prep part of your personal recovery plan, you can

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CAFE TAC Presents: So You’re Ready to Work, Now What?

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The CAFÉ TA Center invites you to participate in its new interactive employment training series, So You’re Ready to Work, Now What? The first session is scheduled for Tuesday, October 11 at Noon ET / 9 AM PT. Register here! Finding and maintaining employment is an essential part of recovery and life in the community

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A Focus 2.0 on Mental Health and the Working World

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Check out the latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter! This edition is all about employment, with discussion of the barriers that people with mental health conditions face in finding and retaining meaningful work, and information about a new campaign from The Campaign for Disability Employment intended to address the challenge. We also share

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Supporting Employees With Mental Health Conditions

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Given the reality that 1 in 4 American adults will experience a mental health condition in a given year, accommodating and accounting for employees with mental health needs is something that no employer can avoid. In this new guide, Supporting Employees With Mental Health Conditions, CAFE TAC shares resources to help employers understand mental illness

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A Webinar and Learning Community Series on Peer-Run Crisis Alternatives

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CAFÉ TAC invites you to attend its webinar and Learning Community series, Peer-Run Crisis Alternatives: Warm Lines, Respites, Wellness Centers, Community Response Teams, and PAD’s.  Register here! Mental health systems of care are rapidly evolving to include expanded roles for peer- and consumer-run services, and this trend is especially prevalent in crisis response. In this

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