The CAFE TA Center

Here's what's happening!

Share Your Thoughts on Recovery through CAFE TAC’s Video Project at Alternatives 2013

The CAFE TA Center is inviting Alternatives 2013 attendees to take part in our new video project, “What Does Recovery Mean to You?” The idea behind the project is to capture the voices of people in recovery, so they can share what recovery has meant in their own life. Then CAFE TAC will take those comments and put them together in a short video that will promote recovery that advocates will be able to share widely! If you will be at Alternatives in Austin this December and would like to have your voice be part of our project, simply visit …

Focus: Behavioral Health Leads the Way in Changing the Accreditation Process

What is “accreditation” and why does it matter? “Accreditation” is the process whereby a health care provider obtains impartial, outside approval for the manner in which it provides services. Traditionally, the accreditation process has involved outside experts looking closely at health care providers, their staffs, their internal processes, and other measurable factors. Rarely has accreditation been seen as an opportunity for a meaningful improvement in services. That’s beginning to change, however, thanks to the growth of consumer-centered care in the behavioral health arena. Check out CAFE TAC’s latest Focus newsletter, to learn how behavioral health is leading the way in …

CAFE TAC Presents: Conflict Resolution: Challenging Organizational Change and Growth

As consumer organizations grow and change, they can experience internal conflict about the path they will take through that growth. Advocates within organizations can share convictions about the importance of mental health, while disagreeing vehemently about how to move their organization forward. So how can organizations manage those conflicts, and find a way to turn disagreement into productive action? CAFE TAC’s latest training, Conflict Resolution: Challenging Organizational Change and Growth, offers some advice on how to understand conflict, and turn it into a net positive for your organization. Check it out today!

About The CAFE TA Center

The CAFÉ TA Center is a program of The Family Café, a cross-disability organization that has been connecting individuals with information, training and resources since 1998. The Center is supported by SAMHSA to operate one of its five national technical assistance centers; providing technical assistance, training, and resources that facilitate the restructuring of the mental health system through effective consumer directed approaches for adults with serious mental illnesses across the country.

We Exist to Help You

The CAFÉ TA Center is committed to providing quality training to consumers and advocates throughout the country. Consumers in the community need the right knowledge and tools to effectively organize, speak for themselves, and thrive in their daily lives. Thanks to the technology available, it has become relatively easy to connect with consumers and advocates and share resources without having to ask people to interrupt their daily routines by traveling to attend training.

Check Our Resource Bank

The CAFÉ TA Center is committed to connecting consumers, advocates and organizations with information and resources that can make a real difference for them, regardless of where they come from. That’s why we have created this section, to house those resources that partners, experts, peers and advocates and developed and chosen to share with others. We truly believe that our advocacy and capacity can be greatly enhanced by working together, not only across states and SAMHSA programs, but also across the entire spectrum of healthcare and human services advocacy.

820 East Park Ave. Suite F-100. Tallahassee, FL 32301

Phone: 850/224-4670

Toll Free: 855/CAFE-TAC (223-3822)

Fax: 850/224-4674

Email: cafetacenter@gmail.com