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A Focus 2.0 on Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Planning
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 make sure you’re ready for whatever comes your way! In this issue, we also catch you up on our ongoing employment series, provide an update on SAMHSA’s new Office of Recovery, and discuss the value of investing in your organization’s staff in our regular “Capacity …
CAFE TAC Presents: So You’re Ready to Work, Now What?
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 for people with lived experience of serious mental health conditions, but those individuals face unique challenges in getting the right job and succeeding in the workplace. CAFÉ TAC’s 12-part interactive employment training series is designed to address those challenges, by equipping peers with the skills …
A Focus on Voting
The CAFE TA Center is pleased to share the latest edition of the Focus 2.0 newsletter! This issue takes a look at how voting and civic engagement can be a part of life in the community for people in mental health recovery, and offers tips and resources on how to access the right to vote. You will also find details about a new SAMHSA resource on peer support in crisis care settings, an item on Recovery Month, and our regular Capacity Corner feature, which provides a useful strategic planning roadmap this time. Check out the latest Focus 2.0 newsletter here!

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.