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The Role of Consumer Run Organizations in Helping Persons with Mental Health Needs in a Changing Health Care Environment

Focus newsletter, Healthcare reform / Jeremy Countryman

The implementation of the Affordable Care Act presents both challenges and opportunities for individual behavioral health consumers and consumer organizations alike. For individuals, there will be a challenge in identifying how their healthcare may change, and finding reliable answers to their questions about those changes. For consumer organizations, there will be a new role to […]

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A Focus on the Affordable Care Act

Focus newsletter, Healthcare reform, Latest News / Jeremy Countryman

Now that the suspense is over, and we know that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, it’s time for mental health consumer to start educating themselves about the impact of this landmark legislation. There are plenty of opinions about the ACA coming from pundits and politicians, but where are the facts? What

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A Focus on Charitable Giving

Focus newsletter, Latest News, Organizational Development / Jeremy Countryman

In the newest edition of its Focus newsletter, The CAFE TA Center continues its series on funding for consumer run organizations. This time, we examine charitable giving. Charitable giving is relatively familiar to most people, as many of us have been asked to donate money to support some cause or organization. But how does it

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Focus 15: Locating Grant Resources

Focus newsletter, Organizational Development / Jeremy Countryman

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

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Focus 12: Board Development

Focus newsletter, Organizational Development / Jeremy Countryman

The latest edition of The CAFE TA Center’s Focus newsletter examines the challenges that organizations face in recruiting and maintaining an effective, involved Board of Directors. Most consumer organizations aspire to become 501c3 non-profits. To qualify for that status, a Board of Directors must be in place. Once the Board is in place, it has

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Organizational Development: Getting your Nonprofit Status is Just the Beginning

Focus newsletter, Organizational Development / Jeremy Countryman

The CAFE TA Center presents the latest edition of its Focus newsletter: Organizational Development: Getting your Nonprofit Status is Just the Beginning. Many consumers in communities around the country would like to start their own consumer organization, and that’s a really positive impulse. At the same time, there’s more to having a successful organization that

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Focus 8: Disaster Preparedness: Are We Ready?

Disaster Preparedness, Focus newsletter / Jeremy Countryman

From tornadoes in the Midwest, to flooding in the Northeast, to wild fires in the Southwest, recent events have reminded us that everyone needs to be ready for a potential disaster. Times of natural or man-made disaster can be especially difficult for Americans with behavioral health needs, as they can be cut off from essential

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Focus 7: Supported Education: Is It A Right?

Focus newsletter, Latest News / Jeremy Countryman

The CAFE TA Center is committed to helping people succeed through Supported Education, and is here to provide reliable information on how consumers can benefit from educational opportunities. Of course, many consumers have questions about Supported Education, especially when it comes to determining what an institution of higher learning is required to provide in terms

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Focus 5: Emerging Adults Need Consumer Support

Focus newsletter / Jeremy Countryman

Emerging adulthood is the phase between adolescence and full-fledged adulthood. Traditionally services in the behavioral health realm have been divided between systems designed for children, and systems designed for adults. Late adolescence and early adulthood are a critical period in human development, and an especially vulnerable time for those with behavioral health issues, with young

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Focus Issue 4: Fighting Workplace Stigma

Focus newsletter, Latest News / Jeremy Countryman

One of the biggest obstacles that individuals with mental illness face in the workplace is stigma. Stigma results in negative perceptions of an individual based on their illness, and results in many negative assumptions about an individual’s ability to perform their job and succeed on the part of co-workers and supervisors. Sometimes, stigma can be

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