Michigan Recovery Council, Part Two

September 21, 2007:

There was continuing discussion of the role PSS can play during access, and the impact that it has on the hope of persons in distress.

Jenneth Carpenter from HSRI gave a presentation of Recovery and the Federal Transformation grants process.

There are two groups of measures:

• Individual surveys
• Measures of organizational support of recovery

This reflects the idea that there are two dimensions of recovery:

• Supporting one's mental health
• Addressing environmental barriers

10 fundemental components:

• Self Direction
• Person-centered
• Empowerment
• Holistic
• Non-linear
• Strengths based
• Peer support
• Respect
• Responsibility
• One more I didn't catch

Recovery is a process composed of non-linear stages and recovery is self-defined.

The transformation Grants are designed for 5 years of re-fabricating the infrastructure of mental health system to include recovery as a primary paradigm. 9 grants have been given to states, with Michigan not being one of them. States were slower to start-up, and that detailed and actionable transformation plans was more challenging than they thought. The States are planning a wide range of activities.

Lunchtime!!