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Reports/Manuals on the Internet

This page includes links to various recovery-oriented research & committee reports as well as manuals designed to assist with the development and operation of consumer-operated agencies.

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Community Needs Assessment - NEW National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center.  Alexandria, Virginia.  
Community Rehabilitation Programs and Organizational Change: A Mentor Guide to Increase Customized Employment Outcomes  - NEW Butterworth, J.; Gandolf, C. (UMASS Boston); Revell, W. & K. Inge (Virginia Commonwealth University. (2007).  Office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of Labor.
Journey of Despair, Journeys of Hope: Young Adults Talk About Severe Mental Distress, Mental Health Services and Recovery - NEW Barnett, H. and H. Lapsley (2006).  Mental Health Commission Research Report, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Keystones for Collaboration and Leadership: Issues and Recommendations for the Transformation of Community Psychiatry  
- NEW
Sowers, W. and K. Thompson, editors (2007).  American Association of Community Psychiatrists.
Part II: How to Become a Nonprofit - NEW Parrish, Brian and Cassandra Nudel.  VOCAL Support Center (Virginia).
Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Oriented Statewide Consumer Organizations - NEW National Empowerment Center and the Recovery Consortium (2007).  Second edition.  Lawrence, MA: Author.
A Guide for Consumer Organization Leadership: Principles for Practice TenHoor, W.J. (2002) TenHoor and Associates; On the National Empowerment Center website
Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America (PDF) The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Final Report (July, 2003)
Certified Peer Specialist Training Program Descriptions   Katz, J. & M. Salzer (2006). UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration.  Philadelphia, PA.
Emerging New Practices in Organized Peer Support   Campbell, J. & Leaver, J. (2003).  NTAC
Freedom Self-Advocacy Curriculum
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National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
From Study to Action: A Strategic Plan for Transformation of Mental Health Care   Daniels, A. & N. Adams (2006).  The Partnership for Healthcare Change.
Fundraising Basics (PDF) National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center
Georgia's Consumer-Driven Road to Recovery: A Mental Health Consumer's Guide for Participation In and Development of Medicaid Reimbursable Peer Support Services Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (2003).  Georgia Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases

Guide to Proposal Writing (PDF)

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

How to Develop and Maintain a Consumer Advisory Board (PDF)

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

How to Establish 501 (c) (3) Status (PDF)

National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (PDF)

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.

Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? Onken, S.;  Dumont , J.; Ridgeway, P.; Dornan, D. and Ralph, R. (2002). Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? NASMHPD and NTAC
Mental Health Report: Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use Among Adults, 2000 and 2001 SAMHSA (Office of Applied Studies)
Peer Outcomes Protocol (POP): Psychometric Properties of the POP   Campbell, Jean; Einspahr, Kimberlee; Evenson, Richard; and Adkins, Rita (2004).  UIC National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability.
President's New Freedom Commission On Mental Health--Interim Report (PDF) New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

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