Bazelon Center
http://www.bazelon.org/
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of people with mental illnesses through changes in policy and law.
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The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of people with mental illnesses through changes in policy and law. For nearly four decades our legal and policy advocates have engaged in impact litigation, policy reform and public education to ensure the rights of people with mental illnesses in all areas of life, including housing, employment, education, public systems, health care, the judiciary and more. The Bazelon Center envisions an America where people who have mental disabilities exercise their own life choices and have access to the resources that enable them to participate fully in their communities. ...more
C.H.A.N.C.E.
http://www.chance1002.qwestoffice.net/
We are a recovery support service serving the community within Linn County. We offer a variety of peer to peer services and self help groups (ie. anger management, parenting classes, step work groups, DDA, symptoms management, WRAP, etc) Anyone who wants to recovery from any type of addiction or mental health diagnosis is welcome and wanted. We offer a safe environment to relax, socialize, and find support. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call or stop by! Thanks and we hope that you come check us out!
Empowerment Initiatives
http://www.chooseempowerment.com/
Empowerment Initiatives is a cutting edge non-profit organization run by people with mental health diagnoses for people with mental health diagnoses. We opened our doors in April of 2004 and our first year of services was funded by the Real Choice Systems Change Grant. We became an independent non-profit (501(c) 3) in January of 2005 and provide opportunities for mental health recovery to residents of Multnomah County and Clackamas County, Oregon. Our programs are founded on the Four Principles of Self-Determination: Freedom, Authority, Responsibility, and Support.
Español
http://www.disabilityrightsoregon.org/resources/espanol
Este es un enlace a las publicaciones disponibles Disability Rights Oregon en español. This is a link to Disability Rights Oregon's publications available in Spanish.
Folktime
http://folktime.org/
FolkTime is a program that promotes the lives of individuals who face the daily challenges of mental illness, by providing meaningful opportunities that enrich their lives.
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FolkTime's mission is to provide opportunities for individuals facing the challenge of mental illness, to regain their sense of community, by providing a supportive environment which promotes peer support and self determination.
Foster Club
FosterClub is the national network for young people in foster care.
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Every two minutes, a child’s life changes as they enter the foster care system. Currently, there are over 513,000 young people in foster care in across America. FosterClub is their club — a place to turn for advice, information, and hope.
FosterClub helps open the way for these young people to transform their lives and provides a forum to raise their voice. Our members engage with peers and regain control over their situation through support, skill building, and healing opportunities. FosterClub’s young leaders achieve impressive levels of success as they demonstrate remarkable resilience. Here they have real life opportunities to become true heroes as they reach back to improve the foster care system for their younger peers.
The members of FosterClub are resilient young people determined to build a better future for themselves and for other kids coming up through the system behind them. Their success depends on the generosity of concerned individuals and collaborations with partner organizations. If you would like to learn more about FosterClub or how you can support young people in foster care. call 503-717-1552.
Mental Health Association of Portland
http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/
The Mental Health Association of Portland is a 501 C 3 not-for-profit organization, tax identification 20-0138570, with no paid staff and governed by an all-volunteer board. The organization is funded through individual donations and receives no government or corporate funding. The organization maintains a larger advisory council for individual advocacy tasks.
Mental Health Law in Oregon Guide (English)
http://www.disabilityrightsoregon.org/resources/5-publications-1/mental-health/mental-health-law-in-oregon-a-guide-for-individuals-with-mental-illness-english/view
This is a guide for individuals diagnosed with mental illness. It explains the laws and rights for adults with mental illness
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If you would like a hard copy of the guide, contact Disability Rights Oregon at 503-243-2081 or 1-800-452-1694. TTY: Use 711 Relay.
Mindfreedom
http://www.mindfreedom.org/
Win human rights in the mental health system!
NAMI-Oregon
http://www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Oregon
National Empowerment Center
http://www.power2u.org/
The mission of the National Empowerment Center Inc. is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people who have been labeled with mental illness. We carry that message with authority because we are a consumer/survivor/expatient-run organization and each of us is living a personal journey of recovery and empowerment. We are convinced that recovery and empowerment are not the privilege of a few exceptional leaders, but rather are possible for each person who has been labeled with mental illness. Whether on the back ward of a state mental institution or working as an executive in a corporation, we want people who are mental health consumers/survivors/expatients to know there is a place to turn to in order to receive the information they might need in order to regain control over their lives and the resources that affect their lives. That place is the National Empowerment Center.
National Mental Health Self-help Clearinghouse
http://mhselfhelp.org/
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, the nation's first national consumer technical assistance center, has played a major role in the development of the mental health consumer movement. The consumer movement strives for dignity, respect, and opportunity for those with mental illnesses. Consumers--those who receive or have received mental health services--continue to reject the label of "those who cannot help themselves."
Project Clean Slate
http://projectcleanslate.com/successes.cfm
For local governments, businesses and others to support the investments that improve the skills of workers, reduce legal impediments to employment, particularly those in minority, targeted and underserved communities. The financial drain these populations impose on the state, city and county resources can be reduced and, in fact, replenished.
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# Clears up decades of delinquent and uncollectible fines and penalties
# Allows law enforcement, corrections, and probation staff to concentrate on hard-core criminals
# Allows people a second or in some cases a third chance to clear up minor criminal and civil matters
# Reinstates driver's licenses after meeting certain criteria (i.e. insurance, community service, etc.)
# Opens opportunities for employment, education, and housing
# Participants may be eligible for reduced insurance rates
# Allows participants to obtain a tax paying job, instead of "alternative methods of income"
# Ability to impose "meaningful and relevant" community service requirements
# Establishes an effective follow-up and monitoring program to measure results
# Administered by professionals with vast minority and community outreach, legal, education, and employment experience
# Bridges and builds relationships between minority communities and the law enforcement and criminal justice systems
SHAMA House Working Wonders
http://www.shamahouse.org/shamahouse-about-us.htm
Our mission is to assist each other in promoting mental health by encouragement, empowerment, education and support to maintain wellness and make healthy decisions and choices regarding our lives.
Silver Sage Consumer Group
http://www.lifeways.org/services/malheur/community-support.html
Silver Sage Consumer Group in Malheur County offers peer support, reduces isolation with opportunities to socialize and develops community support and integration. They operate a consumer center at First United Methodist Church, 312 NW 2nd Street in Ontario, which is open from 9:00-Noon. You can e-mail for more information or call (541) 889-9167.
The International Centre for Recovery Action in Practice and Research
http://www.icra-wholelife.org/
ICRA Whole Life promotes recovery for people with mental health problems and issues.
Recovery is about people being able to take up their lives again.
It is important for individuals to be supported in their “recovery journeys” by effective and committed mental health workers, family members, friends, local communities and services.
The challenge is to ensure that the opportunity to benefit from recovery practice is available to all.
Most service users, family members, workers, managers and policy makers agree there is a need to change the current system in order to be more recovery oriented.
To accomplish this we have set up this website to enable recovery practitioners to share their commitment, knowledge, and experience of good practice, with each other and the wider community.
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ICRA Whole Life promotes recovery for people with mental health problems and issues.
Recovery is about people being able to take up their lives again.
It is important for individuals to be supported in their “recovery journeys” by effective and committed mental health workers, family members, friends, local communities and services.
The challenge is to ensure that the opportunity to benefit from recovery practice is available to all.
Most service users, family members, workers, managers and policy makers agree there is a need to change the current system in order to be more recovery oriented.
To accomplish this we have set up this website to enable recovery practitioners to share their commitment, knowledge, and experience of good practice, with each other and the wider community.
This site will connect recovery communities (service users, family members, workers, managers and policy makers) with Recovery Community Development Sites, Faculty Members and Members worldwide as learning collaborators by providing meaningful:
Information
Training/Education
Consultancy
Practice development
Research
Veterans' Peer Support
http://www.veteranrecovery.org/peer_support/index.htm
Peer support can be better described as mutual support. This is important to understand. We are equals. We share a sense of mutuality not superiority. The idea of being equal to people and being able to learn from each other is important for mutual support. Not being competitive or superior is important.
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Trying to see what the other person has to offer and learning from them is a characteristic of mutual/peer educational support meetings. The idea of mutuality is important to people. People want to feel acknowledged. People want their views considered. People want their ideas accepted.
Mutual support meetings are a process of attraction. I like the people who attend and they like me. We work together. We try to find a way to talk with each other. We support each other after we have gotten together. After coming together, we stay and try to learn from each other. Our interests are based on mutual respect and knowledge.
---- Moe Armstrong
Vet to Vet Program
Vets4Warriors
http://www.vets4warriors.com/
Why Call Us?
We are here to help. We have all served in uniform for the United States Military. Some members of our staff have served in combat missions while others have served in supporting and peace keeping missions. However, we are all Veterans of the United States Military and we are all here to help the men and women who are currently serving or have served in the National Guard and Reserve.
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While our mission is to serve military and Veterans, we are a separate organization outside of the military. We are also separate from the Veterans Administration. We don't discuss your calls with the military, the VA, or anyone else; your calls to us are completely confidential and, if you choose, you may remain anonymous.
Our staff will listen and not judge you for anything. If you want to just talk, we will support that. If you need some information, we can help you find it. Our deal is to partner with you on your quest and do our best to help you succeed.