The CAFE TA Center
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Help SAMHSA Define Recovery
Over the past year as part of its Recovery Support Strategic Initiative—SAMHSA has worked with a range of stakeholders to develop a working definition of recovery that “captures the essential, common experiences of those recovering from mental and substance use disorders,” as well as 10 guiding principles that support recovery. Here’s what they have come up with: Recovery From Mental and Substance Use Disorders – A process of change through which individuals work to improve their own health and well-being, live a self-directed life, and strive to achieve their full potential. Ten Guiding Principles of Recovery: Recovery is person-driven. Recovery …
National Wellness Week and the Wellness Works Initiative
As part of National Recovery Month, SAMHSA will launch the first National Wellness Week from September 19-25, 2011 to promote the many ways wellness can improve quality of life and increase life expectancy for people diagnosed with mental health issues. As part of National Wellness Week, the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery and the consumer-run and consumer-supporter Technical Assistance Centers—the National Empowerment Center, the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self Help Clearinghouse, the Peerlink Technical Assistance Center, Café TA Center, and the NAMI STAR Center – invite you to submit a piece of original creative work expressing what wellness means in …
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.