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The STAR Center provides Support,
Technical Assistance and Resources
to assist consumer-operated and consumer-helper programs in meeting the
needs of under-served populations.
In pursuit of this mission we offer a broad array of technical assistance to consumer operated and peer run programs, leadership trainings, national teleconferences, consumer scholarships-for attendance to the annual Alternatives Conference, national identification of culturally competent consumer operated programs-as part of our Consumer Operated Service Identifier or COSI Project, and an online Cultural Resource Directory.
The STAR Center is funded by a grant from the Center for Mental Health
Services, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Please visit our partner TA Centers:
- National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center at Mental Health America
- National Empowerment Center
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
- Technical Assistance Center at Depression Bipolar Support Alliance
Upcoming Events:
Free HRC Webcast: Consumer Integration: Why It Matters, How It Works
Date: July 9, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 ET
Sowing the Seeds for Recovery 2009 Conference
August 18-22, 2009
Little America Hotel
Salt Lake City, UT
Life Beyond Trauma - Dissociation and Sexual Trauma Conference
October 2-4, 2009
Dallas, TX
The only national mental health conference organized by and for people diagnosed with mental illnesses. Scholarship application deadline is June 5th!
October 28 - November 1, 2009
Hilton Omaha
Omaha, NE
Recent News:
STAR Center Teleconference: Recovery
This call took place June 30th, if you missed it, you can now hear it online!
10 Tools to "Live your Life Well"
Live Your Life Well is a national public education campaign dedicated to helping people better cope with stress and enhance their well-being.
STAR Center creates Technical Assistance Request Form.
submit request for technical assistance...
Curriculum for Training Personal Assistance Service Providers
Results on Certified Peer Specialist Job Titles and Job Descriptions
A report recently released by the UPenn Collaborative presents the job titles and descriptions that were provided by 275 respondents who responded to a brief online survey of certified peer specialists (CPS) working in paid positions in the United States.
Find resources by community:
Links to resources in languages
other than English.
Sign up to receive the STAR Center's quarterly newsletter, Recovering Together, via email. Or read the newsletter online in the Recovering Together archive.
Visit our event archive for audio files, transcripts, and reports on previous STAR Center events.
NAMI gratefully acknowledges the Center for Mental Health Services/Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its continual support and funding of the Support, Technical Assistance, Resource (STAR) Center.
With grateful acknowledgment to the federal Center for Mental Health Services (CHMS).
CMHS was established under the 1992 ADAMHA Reorganization Act, Public Law 102-321, which mandates CMHS' leadership role in delivering mental health services, generating and applying new knowledge, and establishing national mental health policy. CMHS is a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (opens in new window), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (opens in new window).
© 2009 The STAR Center