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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 Mental Health Association Consumer-Supporter Technical Assistance Center (NCSTAC)
- NETAC (National Empowerment Technical Assistance Center)
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
- Depression Bipolar Support Alliace (DBSA)
Upcoming Events:
National Association of Rural Mental Health
Preconference: August 6, 2008
August 6 - 9, 2008
Theme:
"Changing Practices – Changing Rural Environment"
National Association of Peer Specialists
August 20 - 22, 2008
Theme:
"The Recovery Revolution:
Peer Specialists on the Front Line"
Latino Behavioral Health Institute 14th Annual Latino Conference
Pre-conference: September 15, 2008
September 16 - 18, 2008
Theme:
"Addressing Latino Behavioral Health Requirements in
the Workforce, Prevention and Early Intervention"
Recent News:
UIC/STAR Center web survey now online
In conjunction, the STAR Center and the UIC National Research and Training Center, have posted the on-line survey regarding cultural competence in peer-run programs.
Online "Clubhouse" is Unique, New Opportunity for Support and Hope
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) has launched FacingUs.org, a unique website with innovative and interactive features that will enable those living...
National Research and Training Center (NRTC)
The UIC National Research and Training Center
announces a free webcast, "Systems Advocacy:
What It Is and How to Do It." This audiovisual presentation 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.
Recovered Dignity Memorial Information & Video
National Consumer Memorial Planned
Hundreds of thousands of individuals have died in state psychiatric hospitals across the country. Most are buried on hospital grounds in unnamed graves.
A memorial to hundreds of thousands of people who died in state psychiatric hospitals—many of whom are buried in unmarked graves—has been planned for the grounds of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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).
© 2008 The STAR Center