Fresh Start of Miami-Dade, Inc. is pleased to announce the award of a "Statewide Consumer Grant" from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) beginning October 2009.
The goal is to become a leader in the Statewide Recovery Movement advocating for culturally and linguistically competent services to underserved populations. The target population is comprised of adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses including veterans, victims of trauma, and individuals involved with the court system.
As guided by the WRAP model (i.e., Wellness Recovery Action Planning), The Consumer Network will be educating and empowering peers and building new infrastructure that will give priority to peer and provider collaboration. This will provide the opportunity for awareness, accessibility, and consumer leadership to promote changes to current statewide policy. The Consumer Network will focus on transforming the current system of care to a true consumer-driven system.
The Fresh Start Consumer Network of Florida will provide recovery, resiliency, and empowerment trainings & activities in English, Spanish, and Creole throughout the grant period to consumers, stakeholders, and providers in the State of Florida’s largest cities- Miami, Tampa, and Orlando.
Trainings will include: WRAP 3-day Introduction and 5-day Facilitator Trainings, WRAP for Veterans, Peer Specialist Training, Leadership & Advanced Directives.
Anyone from around the State is invited to participate!
If you are interested in receiving updates on these activities, please contact us and provide your name, phone number, email address, location, and organization (if applicable).
Contact Sandra McQueen-Baker, Project Director, at
Phone: 305-623-9937
E-mail: sandrabaker08@comcast.net
consumernetworkmiami@gmail.com
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