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The CAFE TA Center

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The CAFE TA Center

Our approach is embodied in the acronym that gives our TA Center its name: Collaboration, Advocacy, Friendship and Empowerment.

CAFE TAC provides 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. 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. CAFE TAC is here to provide mental health consumers, families, professionals, and other stakeholders in the mental health system with information, training, networking opportunities and support as they seek to advocate for themselves and transform the mental health system of care to allow for and encourage genuine consumer involvement and peer leadership. We believe that better outcomes among Americans with serious mental illness will result from putting consumers with real world experience at the center of the mental health system of care, and we are here to provide the tools and expertise to make that happen. As a technical assistance center serving people with lived experience of mental health conditions, we have witnessed the transformative power of recovery advocates with lived experience of mental health conditions. We believe that recognition of the value and capability of people with lived experience, including certified peer specialists, is critical to radically improving the lives of people with mental health conditions, the systems that serve them, and the public’s understanding of mental health. To create the positive change we envision, CAFÉ TAC shares information on the evidence base for the effectiveness of people with lived experience in the system of care, and the many roles in which they can excel. The project also supports people with lived experience to grow and thrive in their recovery through access to educational opportunity, connection with family and other natural community supports, and linkages to resources on employment and economic self-sufficiency. Finally, CAFÉ TAC is a point of access for a wealth of nationally relevant resources, connecting individuals with news and information from a host of partners.

02/06/2026

Join us for Part Four of our ongoing Empowering Your Emerging Adult Series on Thursday, February 19th at 2 PM ET!

This session will focus on "Mending Family Bonds: Healing Relationships During Recovery."

Recovery can strain family relationships, but healing is possible. In this webinar, Kirsten and Charlotte share how they rebuilt trust with their emerging adult through open, heartfelt conversations. We’ll explore practical strategies for working through setbacks, fostering forgiveness, and creating a home that supports everyone’s healing, illustrated by real stories of hope and renewed connection.

See you there!

Emerging Adult Series Part Four – Mending Family Bonds: Healing Relationships During Recovery / Latest News, Recovery, Trainings, Webinars, Workforce Development, Youth and Emerging Adults / By Jeremy Countryman Are you supporting a young adult facing both mental health and substance use challenge...

01/23/2026

Join us next Wednesday for the third session in our four-part series on Empowering Peer Entrepreneurs!

Whether or not you caught parts 1 and 2, we would love to have you for this session on Ethics and Cultural Humility for Peer Entrepreneurs!

Get registered, and find links to recordings of parts 1 and 2, at the link below!

Empowering Peer Entrepreneurs: A Training Series for Lived Experience Leaders / Employment, Trainings, Uncategorized, Webinars, Workforce Development / By Jeremy Countryman CAFÉ TAC invites you to attend Empowering Peer Entrepreneurs: A Training Series for Lived Experience Leaders, a transformative...

01/13/2026

Starting TOMORROW! Join us for a transformative four-part training series designed to equip individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions—including peer support specialists—with the tools, confidence, and strategies to explore entrepreneurship as a pathway to financial independence and community impact.

01/12/2026

Join CAFE TAC for the third installment in our ongoing Emerging Adult Series, Thursday, January 22nd at 2 PM ET!

This session will focus on Navigating Co Occurring Challenges: Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Together.

From building resilience to navigating challenges, this series equips you with the knowledge and confidence to support your young adult toward a thriving future. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your caregiving journey!

Emerging Adult Series Part Three – Navigating Co Occurring Challenges: Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Together / Latest News, Recovery, Trainings, Webinars, Workforce Development, Youth and Emerging Adults / By Jeremy Countryman Are you supporting a young adult facing both mental healt...

01/09/2026

Join CAFE TAC for a transformative four-part training series designed to equip individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions—including peer support specialists—with the tools, confidence, and strategies to explore entrepreneurship as a pathway to financial independence and community impact.

Weekly on Wednesdays starting January 14th!

01/02/2026

CAFÉ TAC invites you to attend Empowering Peer Entrepreneurs: A Training Series for Lived Experience Leaders, a transformative four-part training series designed to equip individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions—including peer support specialists—with the tools, confidence, and strategies to explore entrepreneurship as a pathway to financial independence and community impact.

The first session will take place on Wednesday, January 14th at 2 PM ET, with additional sessions at the same time weekly through February 4th. There is no cost to attend, and certificates of attendance will be available upon request.

12/16/2025

The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here!

This edition shares information on an upcoming national organizing effort that’s seeking to bring the wider recovery community together, and shares a survey that offers a chance for everyone to share their input and priorities.

It also includes a review of CAFE TAC’s recent Peer Leadership and Community Engagement Series, a preview of the upcoming Empowering Peer Entrepreneurs Series, some holiday break resources, and a “Capacity Corner” column on managing your organization’s cash flow.

Focus 2.0: Share Your Voice to Contribute to National Organizing Efforts / Focus newsletter, Latest News, Organizational Development, Recovery, SAMHSA news, Workforce Development / By Jeremy Countryman The latest edition of CAFE TAC’s Focus 2.0 newsletter is here!This edition shares information on...

11/30/2025

Our ongoing Peer Leadership and Community Engagement webinar series continues on Wednesday, December 3rd and 2 PM ET!

This time, we'll be discussing Sustainable Leadership & Self-Care.

Join us!

Join CAFÉ TAC for our Four-Part Peer Leadership and Community Engagement Series / Employment, Latest News, Organizational Development, Recovery, Trainings, Webinars, Workforce Development / By Jeremy Countryman Join CAFÉ TAC for our four-part Peer Leadership and Community Engagement webinar series...

11/17/2025

Join us on Wednesday at 2 ET for the second part of our Peer Leadership and Community Engagement webinar series!

This session will focus on Ethics and Cultural Humility in Peer Work.

Join us!

11/13/2025

Join us today at 2 ET for the next session in our ongoing Empowering Your Emerging Adult Series!

This time the topic will be Fostering Independence in Emerging Adults: A Balanced Approach to Growth and Connection.

Come talk about how to foster independence and growth for the young person with a mental health condition in your life!

Emerging Adult Series Part Two – Fostering Independence in Emerging Adults: A Balanced Approach to Growth and Connection / Latest News, Organizational Development, Recovery, Trainings, Webinars, Workforce Development, Youth and Emerging Adults / By Jeremy Countryman Have you started supporting you...

11/12/2025

Don't forget to join us at 2 ET for Part 1 of our four-part series on Peer Leadership and Community Engagement!

This session will focus on Building Peer Communities & Mutual Aid Ecosystems.

Join us!

11/03/2025

Join us tomorrow at 10 ET for a conversation with Irish poet and mental health advocate Bill McKnight!

Bill has lived with a mental health condition since 1983 and has been writing since 2003. His first book, Loud Silence, was published in 2012. Since his initial stay in a psychiatric hospital in Belfast, he has committed himself to a simple mission. “If ever I get well enough I want to reach out to people who are going through what I’ve gone through.” That mission has led him to write six books, speak at international conferences, share essays, and appear on radio and TV.

Bill will share what he’s learned over his 40+ years of mental health lived experience and 20+ years of writing about it, the ups and downs of the writing business, and the many memorable moments along his path of advocacy and entrepreneurship.

See you there!

A Conversation on Mental Health Recovery, Wellness, and Entrepreneurship with Bill McKnight / Employment, Latest News, Recovery, Trainings, Webinars / By Jeremy Countryman The CAFÉ TA Center invites you to attend A Conversation on Mental Health Recovery, Wellness, and Entrepreneurship with author a...

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