• Brevard Drop-In Center—To plan, develop and sustain a consumer-run drop-in center in Brevard County, Fla.
• Meaningful Minds of Louisiana—To establish and build a statewide consumer organization that provides mental health education and advocacy.
• New Partnerships for Women—To further develop a grassroots organization in Dane County, Wis., designed to promote healing and recovery for women who have histories of trauma and mental health or substance abuse problems.
• The Phoenix Place—To implement “phase two” organizational establishment activities of a drop-in clubhouse in Amelia, Ohio.
• The Recovery Group—To establish a consumer-run drop-in center for under-served Washington, D.C., residents.
• Albuquerque Drop-In Center—To conduct a community assessment of mental health services in Bernalillo County, N.M., and to create a comprehensive, holistic, recovery-focused system of services and supports.
• Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership—To collaborate with the Consumer Empowerment Leadership Training (an academy of the MHA of Virginia) to develop a mental health system recovery assessment in the state using consumers to examine the system, and to work with stakeholders to create a recoveryoriented system.
• West Virginia Mental Health Consumers’ Association—To conduct a mental health services assessment using consumer-provider assessment teams and to develop materials designed to educate stakeholders about the steps needed to transform the state’s mental health system.

Developed in 1998 to support and strengthen consumer-run organizations, NCSTAC is funded by a grant from the federal Center for Mental Health Services. NCSTAC ensures that consumer groups have the necessary resources to fully participate in the design, implementation and evaluation of recoveryoriented, consumer-driven mental health services.

Visit us at www.ncstac.org for more information and for free publications and resources specifically designed for new and expanding consumer groups.