NEWS

Hudson River Peer Networking Group
1-3 pm

Hudson, NY

Center for Advocacy Voice and Empowerment

CAVE is located in the Fairview Plaza above the Family Dollar Store. There is also a lovely affirmative business deli, OASIS, on the same floor that some group members meet in for a dutch lunch.

We will meet every last Thursday of every month.

The Yahoo! group for the Hudson River Peer Networking Group: HRPNG2006. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and type in HRPNG2006.

For more information, call 1-800-mhepinc.

Summer Workshop: Summer Serenity: Finding Balance Through
Self-Care and Stress Reduction

Sharon M. Cadiz, Ed.D. will facilitate this two-day workshop at the Howie T. Harp Peer Advocacy Center. More information.

2005

MHEP Wins SAMHSA Statewide Consumer Network Grant

The Mental Health Empowerment Project, Inc. (MHEP) was one of nineteen recipients of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Statewide Consumer Network Grant. MHEP proposes to engage in a consensus building process to create a statewide coalition of existing peer networking groups, peer-run initiatives, and mutual-aid groups to identify and promote the needs of mental health consumers. The coalitions are expected to share skills on a peer-group-to-peer-group level and address consumer concerns that impact the mental health system at local, state and federal level in a way that transforms the paradigm of mental health services into a recovery-oriented one.

To achieve these ambitious goals MHEP is developing a committee to try to help establish a New York City Peer Networking Group (NYC PNG). The first meeting for this group was held on February 17th via teleconference. One of the other projects in the works is the awarding of mini-grants to established peer networking groups. These grants are to be used for the building of networking membership or increasing the skills and knowledge that help improve the operation of the peer networking group and the enhancing of groups networking abilities. MHEP will also be hosting a day long gathering of peer networking groups and peer-run initiatives throughout New York State to start the consensus building to identify and promote the needs and concerns of mental health consumers across the state.

If you live in the New York City area and would like to become involved with the planning of the NYC PNG or for more information about any of the initiatives please feel free to contact us at 518-434-1393 or 800/MHEPINC.

To see the Peer Networking web site go to:  www.nypeernetworking.org.

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