Jeremy Countryman

Join a Conversation about Intellectual and Developmental Disabilites and Mental Health Disabilities

The CAFÉ TA Center invites you to join a conversation that will explore the intersection of psychiatric disabilities and intellectual or developmental disabilities, including common experiences and priorities, and ways to develop a shared vision of person-centered systems of care. This conversation began with a webinar that was hosted on March 30. View the recording […]

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A Focus on The National Supported Education Database Survey

The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! This time, we share some information on the ongoing National Supported Education Database survey that CAFE TAC is working on along with its partner national consumer and consumer-supporter TA centers. Not sure what supported education is or how it works? You can find a

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The National Supported Education Database Survey

CAFE TAC and its fellow national consumer and consumer-supporter TA centers are working together to create a database of supported education programs, and we’re asking for your help! Do you operate a program that provides dedicated supported education services for individuals with psychiatric disabilities/mental illness? Please complete our survey at https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_71fqLc9gJzVbrvg. Do you know of

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Tips for Employers on Hiring Individuals with Mental Health Conditions

Finding sustainable, quality employment is central to self-sufficiency, thriving in the community, and supporting recovery. That’s why the CAFE TA Center is committed to bridging the gap between people with lived experience of mental health conditions and employers of all kinds. Our new tip-sheet for employers, Tips for Employers on Hiring Individuals with Mental Health

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Join The Family Mental Health Learning Community

CAFÉ TAC invites you to continue our ongoing conversation about how family members of youth and adults with mental health conditions can effectively support their family member’s recovery and improve whole family wellness through our five-part Family Mental Health Learning Community series. Sign up here! In September, CAFÉ TAC hosted a webinar, “What’s this Recovery,

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The Second Webinar and Learning Communtiy Conversation in our Integrated Care Series: “Integrated Care, Integrating Peer Support”

CAFÉ TAC recently hosted the second webinar in its ongoing series on the challenges and opportunities presented by integrated care, and the implications for mental health peers and peer-run organizations in their efforts to promote recovery values and drive systems change. This webinar, Integrated Care, Integrating Peer Support, shared information about integrated care models that

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A Webinar on Family Mental Health and Recovery

CAFÉ TAC recently hosted a webinar on how family members of youth and adults with mental health conditions can effectively support their family member’s recovery and improve whole family wellness.   Find the recording here! This webinar, What’s this Recovery, Wellness and Well-Being Thing? How to Support Yourself and Your Family Member, was hosted by

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A Learning Community on Integrated Care

The CAFE TA Center recently hosted two learning community meetings to follow-up on a recent webinar on integrated care, The Time is NOW: Peer-Run Organizations and Integrated Care, which can be found here. Attendees had the opportunity to continue the ongoing conversation about how peers and peer organizations can position themselves to promote recovery values

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A Webinar on The Future of Integrated Care

CAFÉ TAC recently hosted you to attend a free webinar on the challenges and opportunities presented by integrated care, and the implications for mental health peers and peer-run organizations in their efforts to promote recovery values and drive systems change. This webinar, The Time is NOW: Peer-Run Organizations and Integrated Care, was hosted by Cherene

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A Learning Community on Self-Disclosure, Representation, and Empowerment

The CAFÉ TA Center recently hosted a Learning Community that explored the decisions people with lived experience of mental health conditions make about how they talk about their own mental health, how mental health is represented in our public discourse, and how people can create a space for their own empowerment and impact the way

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