More interesting & timely information, thank you so much Sylvia - we are so
grateful for all of your posts (e-lamp-posts!). :) LDMF.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Caras" <sylvia@...>
To: <IRIS@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:01 AM
Subject: NAC approves SOCSI recommendations


Ttwo recommendations from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
National Advisory Council (NAC) Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues
(SOCSI) that the Council passed last week. The first passed unanimously,
the second with one abstention.

1. In recognition of the importance of meaningfully involving Americans
with various disabilities and to promote cross-disability (physical,
developmental, psychological) collaboration and attention to
cross-disability issues, SAMHSA/CMHS is encouraged to conduct outreach to
such individuals and include their appointment to the SAMHSA/CMHS National
Advisory Council.

2. In accordance with the current Self-Help Technical Assistance Center
Request for Applications (RFA), SAMHSA/CMHS is strongly encouraged to
continue ­ past the RFA's one-year commitment - to fund and support the
national mental health consumer technical assistance conference entitled
"Alternatives" and to retain its respected, time-honored name and to
maintain that the event is consumer planned and managed.

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