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Focus 2.0: Thank You for Five Great Years!
The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! With the federal grant that supports CAFE TAC coming to an end, this Focus 2.0 reviews training and resources we’ve produced over the past five years, and introduces our last two products, a guide to encourage employers to bring mindfulness to the workplace, and a guidebook to help anyone develop authentically youth-driven engagement events for youth. We also let everyone know that even though our grant is ending, all of the training and resources we’ve developed will still be available at cafetacenter.net. Check out the latest Focus 2.0 here!
Cooking Up Youth Engagement
CAFÉ TAC is excited to share a great new resource for youth looking to plan an authentically youth-driven event, or organizations trying to create a space for genuine youth-driven engagement, Cooking Up Youth Engagement: The CAFÉ TA Center Recipe for Youth Engagement Events, Inspired and Baked by The Florida Youth Council. This document offers a “how-to” for a group of youth, or an organization, to empower young people to plan and implement an engagement in which youth come together for a common purpose, whether it be training, advocacy around a specific issue, relationship-building, fun, entertainment, and connection, activity planning and delivery, or other youth-related activities. By following the right recipe, youth (and those who support youth) will understand how to plan and implement programming in a youth-driven manner that genuinely empowers the youth voice. In that spirit of youth-driven authenticity, CAFÉ TAC has created this guide in cooperation with The
Mindfulness in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers
Check out CAFE TAC’s latest guide for employers looking to enhance the wellness and productivity of their workforce, Mindfulness in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers. Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment with awareness and acceptance. In the workplace, mindfulness can significantly enhance employee well-being and improve overall organizational performance. In fact, mindfulness can play a part in the success of your organization by enhancing employee wellness, productivity, and retention. Learn how in Mindfulness in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers!
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.