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Focus 15: Locating Grant Resources
One of the greatest challenges facing consumer organizations is finding the resources they need to do the important work they want to do in their communities. An organization might have a clearly defined mission and committed leadership, but where do they find the financial support to make their vision a reality? The CAFE TA Center is going to be sharing some tips on how to find those resources in the next few issues of our Focus newsletter. The latest edition, Focus 15, offers information on seeking grants. It answers some basic questions, like “What is a grant?” and “What are …
The CAFE TA Center Presents: Emerging Adults on Governance Boards
The CAFE TA Center is pleased to share its newest online training, Emerging Adults on Governance Boards. By including emerging adults, consumer organizations can make their commitment to welcoming a new generation of leaders clear, while also creating a meaningful role for those emerging adults that can help them to feel involved and empowered. Emerging Adults on Governance Boards offers insight into the benefits of including youth and emerging adults on the Boards of consumer organizations, and provides information on recruiting emerging adult leaders, creating a welcoming environment for them and integrating their perspectives into consumer organizations. Check it out …
Emerging Adults on Governance Boards
The CAFE TA Center is pleased to present its newest online training, Emerging Adults on Governance Boards. Many consumer operated organizations recognize the need to reach out to youth and emerging adults and to include them as part of the consumer movement. At the same time, it can be a challenge to identify youth participants, and to help them develop a meaningful role in a given organization. One successful tactic to encourage emerging adult involvement is the inclusion of youth and emerging adults on organizational Boards. By including emerging adults, consumer organizations can make their commitment to welcoming a new …
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.
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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.