Where to Turn
CMHS-Funded Resources for Consumers/Survivors
CMHS Consumer Affairs
Iris Hyman
Carole Schauer
Center for Mental Health Services
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13-103
Rockville, Md. 20857
(301) 443-9824 (Iris) or (301) 443-8304 (Carole)
(301) 443-4449 (TDD)
(800) 345-0981
e-mail: ihyman@samhsa.gov
e-mail: cschauer@samhsa.gov
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center
1 (800) 789-2647 (voice)
mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
National Empowerment Center
599 Canal Street, 5 East
Lawrence, Mass. 01840
1-800-power2u
(800) TDD-POWER (TDD)
(978 )681-6426 (fax)
web site: www.power2u.org
Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC)
P.O. Box 11000
Charleston, W.Va. 25339
1 (888) 825-TECH (8324)
(304) 346-9992 (fax)
Web site: www.contac.org
National Mental Health Consumer's Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1000
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
1 (800) 553-4539 (voice)
(215) 636-6310 (fax)
e-mail: mhselfhelp@libertynet.org
web site: www.mhselfhelp.org
National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC)
for State Mental Health Planning
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 302
Alexandria, Va. 22314
(703) 739-9333
(703) 548-9517 (fax)
web site: www.nasmhpd.org/ntac
National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
(Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center)
2001 N. Beauregard Street - 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969-NMHA or 6642
web site: www.nmha.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(Special Support Center)
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
703-524-7600
www.nami.org
Other Useful Information
Veterans Administration Adds Hotline for Health Benefits: The Veterans Administration has established a toll-free hotline for information about newly eligible guidelines that expand medical benefits to millions of former military personnel. Under eligibility changes that took effect October 1, virtually all qualified veterans will be able to get outpatient care, prescription medicines and a full range of medical benefits. The toll-free number, (877) 222-8387, is answered from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Counselors can send enrollment packages to veterans or provide the location and phone numbers of hundreds of new VA clinics.
The Consumer-Operated Services Program web site - www.cstprogram.org - was developed by the Missouri Institute of Mental Health's Program in Consumer Studies and Training. The site provides up-to-date information on the multi-site project, information on the study sites and a range of mailing lists and chat rooms.
Just for Kids web site is now available on the SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information
Center web site.
Check out this web site especially adapted for kids and offering links to other government kids sites - mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/kidsarea
New Web Site Links Public to HHS Initiative To Eliminate Racial, Ethnic Health Disparities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a new site to make available information about its Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health - a new strategy unveiled earlier this year to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in six key areas of health status by the year 2010. The new web site is now available - raceandhealth.hhs.gov. Users will be able to access information about racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S. as well as background material on the various components and goals of the health disparities initiative.
Consumer Affairs Bulletin
Volume 4, No. 1, Spring 1999
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