In June of 2021 The CAFÉ TA Center hosted a learning community that explored the topic of personal money management for peers and mental health consumers. Participants learned from each other about how to overcome challenges related to personal finance that can be exacerbated by their lived experience. This learning community further explored some of […]
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Check out the newest edition of the Focus 2.0 newsletter! This issue examines the role people with lived experience of mental health conditions can play in Mental Health Month, provides an updated on our most recent training activities, and introduces a new feature, “Capacity Corner,” where we take a look at some common leadership challenges
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The CAFÉ TA Center presented Destigmatizing Mental Health, Inside and Out: A Youth Perspective at 2 PM ET on Tuesday, March 30th. A recording of this webinar is available here. Youth leadership in mental health can take many forms, and there are endless paths to get there. In this webinar, one young leader, Sylvie Krause,
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The CAFÉ TA Center recently completed its first learning community, which explored the topic of peer leadership, and how people with mental health conditions can turn their lived experience into positive change in their communities. What’s a “learning community”? It’s an opportunity for a small group of people to come together to learn about and
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The CAFÉ TA Center hosted a webinar on financial literacy and money basics, “A Foundation for Your Finances: A Review of the Basic Building Blocks of Personal Financial Sustainability for Peers and Consumers” on Wednesday, January 27th. Dealing with finances and money management can be intimidating. There are new terms to learn, and a lot
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The CAFE TA Center is excited to share the first edition of its new Focus 2.0 newsletter! This issue introduces the new CAFE TAC, examines the topics we’ll be exploring over the coming years, and offers some useful resources on COVID-19 and mental health. You can find the latest Focus 2.0 online here. As always,
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The CAFÉ TA Center is pleased to announce that we have received a new SAMHSA-funded five-year Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center grant award! Over the past ten years, CAFÉ TAC has worked closely with a variety of peer-run organizations that represent people with mental health conditions and certified peer specialists in states across the country.
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The CAFÉ TA Center hosted a webinar on peer leadership, “Leadership Roles for Peers and Peer Specialists . . . within Peer-Run Organizations, the CPS Industry, and the Peer Community” at 2PM ET on Thursday, November 5th, 2020. Individuals with mental health conditions have the experience, knowledge, and understanding to transform the mental health system
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Join us for the next webinar in the Peer-Run Organization Learning Collaborative Series! Staying in Your Lane: Managing Roles and Responsibilities as your Peer-Run Organization Grows Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 2:00 – 3:30 ET As peer-run organizations grow, the roles and responsibilities of individuals involved in the organization evolve in complex ways. A new organization
With the arrival of a new year, we’re also pleased to announce a new series of webinars in the Peer-Run Organization Learning Collaborative Webinar Series. This series of webinars is hosted by the five Consumer/Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Centers: the National Empowerment Center, the CAFÉ TA Center, NAMI STAR Center, Doors to Wellbeing, and Peerlink.
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