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Information on New Medicare coverage of Medications
Consumer-Run Statewide Organizations
Links to other Empowering Websites
Systems Advocacy: What It Is and How to Do It - This free audiovisual presentation by the UIC National Research and Training Center covers grassroots organizing, how to create an advocacy plan, negotiation strategies and tactics, and "nuts and bolts" skills building including effective advocacy letter writing, phone calls to policy makers, and managing in-person meetings. Funded by NIDRR and CMHS, the archived webcast is available at www.cmhsrp.uic.edu/nrtc/advocacywebcast.asp.
Connectedness and Citizenship: Redefining Social Integration by Norma Ware et al (pdf- 81 kb, 6 pages)
Assessing the Promise: An Evaluation of the Work of the Consumer and Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Centers including the National Empowerment Center, 2002 Report (PDF 1,623KB, 63 pages) ROSI (Recovery Oriented Systems Indicators):
Excerpted from the ROSI Research Team’s 2005 handout entitled Piloting the Recovery Oriented System Indicators (ROSI) Administrative Data Profile and Consumer Self-Report Survey. Please note additional use guidelines in the ROSI instrument description section (PDF - 320.41KB, 17 pages)
Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures, Volume II - One of a series of materials produced by the Evaluation Center@HSRI (PDF - 7,917KB, 254 pages) Please note: This is a very large file.
An Evaluation of Peer-Delivered Mental Health Disaster Relief Services in New York City - By Hardiman, et al. May 2005. This is an evaluation of the impact of peer delivered mental health services as part of Project Liberty following 9/11 (PDF - 965.83KB, 79 pages)
Self-help Clearinghouse Newsletter on Role of Peers in Disaster Relief(PDF - 575KB, 4 pages, published June, 2006)
From Relief to Recovery - Peer Support by Consumers Relieves the Traumas of Disasters and Facilitates Recovery from Mental Illness. By Daniel Fisher, National Empowerment Center (NEC), with assistance from Kay Rote, Oklahoma; LaVerne Miller, New York; David Romprey, Oregon; and Beth Filson, Georgia (PDF - 432KB, 15 pages, published September, 2006)
Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Statewide Consumer/Survivor Organizations (PDF 2MB - 104 pages) By the National Empowerment Center (NEC) and the Recovery Consortium, published October 2006. Please note: This is a very large file. For additional information go to the Recovery Consortium page.
Empowerment from Participation in Consumer-run Organizations - Effects of participation in consumer-operated service programs on both personal and organizationally mediated empowerment: Results of multisite study by E. Sally Rogers, ScD; Gregory B. Teague, PhD; Carolyn Lichenstein, PhD; Jean Campbell, PhD; Asya Lyass, MA; Ren Chen, MS; Steven Banks, PhD. (PDF, 15 pages, 233KB)
For Trauma-Informed materials & trainers, email jmckinney@mhasp.org
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