In recent years, a conversation about the growing professionalization of peer support, what it might look like, and what it could mean, has been ongoing, both within the peer support community, and among other mental health professionals. Providers’ willingness to invest in peer support as an effective service is growing. Peer specialists have a desire […]
News and Notes for April 12, 2017 Read More »
In putting the CAFÉ TAC News and Notes email together, we look to a number of sources, including other SAMHSA grant programs and mental health organizations that produce newsletters of their own, as well as Google Alerts, Facebook, Twitter, and emails from SAMHSA. To lead off this edition of our News and Notes, we thought
CAFE TAC News and Notes for August 11, 2016 Read More »
Last week was an eventful one, with the House of Representatives advancing HR 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. This bill represents the most significant effort at national mental health reform in a generation. It will now go to the Senate, where it is likely to be reconciled with mental health legislation
CAFE TAC News and Notes for July 11, 2016 Read More »
It’s hard to believe that it’s already halfway through 2016, but July is fast approaching! The latest news in the mental health community is all about the movement of federal mental health legislation from the House Energy and Commerce committee to the full House of Representatives. This piece of legislation, the Helping Families in Mental
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The CAFE TA Center is pleased to present its newest online training, Peers as Professionals: Workplace Success. There are many challenges for people with lived experience when it comes to engaging with the behavioral health workforce. Peer professionals want to remain true to the principles of recovery, help those they work with build on their strengths
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It’s no secret that we live in an extraordinarily dynamic moment for behavioral health, and the healthcare system in general. Major changes to healthcare laws, including the Affordable Care Act and mental health parity legislation, have opened up access to behavioral health care. At the same time, the value of lived experience as a professional
Focus: Peers at the Center of New Approaches to Coordinated Care Read More »
The CAFE TA Center is pleased to release the seventh and final video in its Recovery Stories series. In this segment, people with lived experience speak out about what they think the world needs to know about recovery. While recovery is a familiar concept for people in the peer support movement, those outside the behavioral
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The CAFE TA Center is pleased to announce its newest online training, Workforce Development: Advocating for Peer Support Specialist Positions. Within the mental health community, the value of peer specialists and their ability to connect with others by virtue of their combination of lived experience and expertise is relatively well-known. However, among funders, providers and
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The CAFE TA Center was on hand last week in Mississippi for the MS disAbility Megaconference. It was great to meet some of the peer leaders that are working to make sure that the consumer voice is well-represented in the conversation about the state’s behavioral health policy. As part of its participation, The CAFE TA
Peer Leadership Presentation Read More »
Every year, there are a wide variety of conferences, trainings and learning opportunities related to mental health, substance abuse, peer networks, trauma informed care, and other important behavioral health topics. These events typically invite the participation of consumers of behavioral health services, but unfortunately, there are some genuine barriers that can make it difficult for
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