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Join the First Session in CAFE TAC’s Emerging Adult Series
Join CAFE TAC for the first webinar in our new Empowering Your Emerging Adult Series: Exploring Identity, Self-Discovery, and Social Connections Thursday, September 25th at 2:00 PM ET. Register here! This powerful session dives into the heart of your emerging adult’s journey to self-discovery. Learn how to foster their exploration of identity, values, dreams and goals while encouraging meaningful social connections—necessary steps in their recovery and growth. Hear inspiring stories from parents who’ve walked this path and discover actionable strategies to create a nurturing environment for your young adult while also supporting your own well-being. Gain Insight: Understand the vital role of identity exploration and social connections in your child’s recovery journey. Learn Practical Tools: Discover how to encourage self-discovery and supportive friendships with confidence. Be Inspired: Connect with peer-led stories that resonate and empower you to support your emerging adult. This webinar is the first in our Empowering Your
Focus 2.0: Mike Veny Brings Rhythms of Recovery to The 27th Annual Family Cafe
The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here! This edition shares an overview of a keynote address delivered by mental health self-advocate Mike Veny at The 27th Annual Family Cafe, and highlights the need to build bridges between the mental health community and the larger disability rights movement. It also includes info on a new resource on reducing justice system involvement for people with mental health conditions, and a “Capacity Corner” column with tips for hosting a fundraising event. Check out the latest Focus 2.0 here!
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!
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.