One Vet`s stOry Of trauma

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One Vet’s stOry Of trauma
W
hen you treat trauma,” Angela Agnew says today, “you
treat the whole person.” Angela has been out of the military since
1988. After more than 30 years of seeking help for being diagnosed piecemeal with addiction, depression, bipolar, eating disorders, physical pain and high blood pressure, she has finally come
to the crux of her dilemma. In 2013, she was finally diagnosed
with PTSD – trauma – and now considers it her “primary issue.”
She has also found that many times people have been diagnosed
with bipolar disorder when, in fact, they have PTSD because of
the similarities of symptoms. A psychiatrist told her that is because of missed questions asked during the evaluation.
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Consumer Action Network
Vol. 6 no. 5, December 2015
Page 1
Inside this issue:
Table of Contents
One Vet’s Story on
Trauma
1
Building a TraumaBased Nation
19
Patty Smith, Vet
Mental Health Month
5
5
Oliver Sacks: RIP
20
First Stop Recovery
Our Door in DC
Hill Day 2015
Addiction to
Medication: Opioid
Issues
6
7
8
9
Traveling with
Grace
In Memoriam:
Jonea’ Thomas
21
Climb the Hill to
Recovery
10
Home, the movie
22
March for Dignity
23
CAN Mentoring
11
24
25
Wordsearch
14
Crisis Intervention
Officers: A Parent
Speaks Out
Volunteering and
Civic Engagement in
DC
15
Get Motivated DC
CAN’s Training at DC
Recovery Academy
18
Community
Resources
26-27
CAN seeks to promote and model, both internally and to external stakeholders, core values that will EMPOWER us all to fulfill the mission of promoting recovery and self-advocacy.
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One Vet’s Story of Trauma
(cont. from page 1)
Over the last nine months, Angela started outpatient trauma treatment and subsequently embarked on a 6-week inpatient trauma
treatment program at Bay Pines VA Center for Sexual Trauma
Services in Florida, the first trauma-specific care services in the
country. She lost 40 pounds, her blood pressure dropped, she has
no need for pain or blood pressure medication, she doesn’t depend on food and she no longer experiences extreme bouts of depression that led to many hospitalizations. A former addiction
counselor herself and former addict who understands trauma, she
gets that it was only a matter of time before she tried drugs again.
She says she had been “white knuckling” it until she finally got
help for her trauma.
These days, Angela continues individual therapy, support groups,
is a member of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and involved
with prison ministry and sings in her church choir.
She says there are increasingly more reports of trauma from military bases now that each VA hospital has a trauma coordinator,
including dealing with sexual harassment. She contends that of
16 hospital trauma units, 8 were composed of women, and 8 of
men. This shows that men are affected by sexual trauma equally
as much as women.
It took many years, but in 2014 Angela finally received 100% of
her benefits from the Compensation and Review Board. In so
many ways, she is at last getting the full acknowledgement, recognition and treatment she so richly deserves.
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PROUDLY,
WE HONOR
OUR VETERANS,
THEIR LEADERSHIP,
THEIR SACRIFICE AND
ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Patty Smith,
Vet
(excerpted from StreetSense.org)
Street Sense vendor, cancer
survivor, veteran and writer Patty
Smith has seen and done almost
everything.
Born in Mississippi, Patty Smith
moved to Pittsburgh with her
mother when she was almost 6
years old. (…)
Her aunt encouraged her to get a
stable job, so Patty decided to
move back to DC and join the
army.
She recalls going through basis
training and alternate
individual training. “Every day
we got up at 4 in the morning
and then exercised and did a
bunch of stuff. We got drilled,
and got hollered at. We were
tired out.”
She served with the military
police for one year, and then
moved back to Pittsburgh to
work five years in the 302
Medical Battalion. Office
management was becoming
Patty’s specialty. (…)
Patty is now seeking out writing
programs to improve her
writing skills.
READ MORE ABOUT
PATTY SMITH AT
STREETSENSE.ORG.
Search “Patty Smith.”
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First Stop Recovery Resource
and Wellness Center (FSR)
Our Grand Opening:
January 26 from 12 noon to 8pm
All are welcome to come out and get familiar with the services
we offer. We welcome volunteers and welcome the support of
our community agencies and programs. Our organization offers
resources to meet the needs of the consumers. We use a holistic
approach to wellness and support for those in pursuit of recovery
of all forms. In addition, we now have a Peer Institute which
offers a wide range of education and training to enhance Certified
Peer Specialists and Peers Supporters.
FSR is sponsoring 7 DAY/PEER WELLNESS
CRUISE: Nov. 25—Dec. 3, 2017.
Call for more information.
(202) 642-5061
101 Xenia Street, SW (off of South Capitol Street SW)
Entrance at the rear of Covenant Baptist Church)
Washington, DC 20032
Phone # (202) 642-5061.
For more information:
info@firststoprecovery.org
Hours of Operation:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday (10-6pm)
Tuesday, Thursday (12-8pm)
Esther Ford,
Executive Director
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OUR DOOR IN DC
Our Door Community Wellness Center, a program of Green Door
Behavioral Health, provides mutual support, self help, advocacy,
education, information and referral services to assist people with mental
health and/or substance issues to regain control over their lives and start
the recovery process.
Health professionals know there is a link between mental and
physical health, and Our Door promotes that linkage with clients by
encouraging them to actively participate in their wellness. Offering
resources, referrals and information on community programs and services,
Our Door creates for guests a space to relax or participate in regularlyscheduled activities.
The Wellness Center was established by a contract between Green
Door Behavioral Health and the DC Department of Behavioral Health
(DBH). Our Door is based on SAMHSA’s Eight Dimensions of Wellness
(emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical,
social and spiritual).
Our Door is located at 1201 B1 South Capitol Street SW (next to
Grand China Carryout and M St SW, across from 7-Eleven). It is open to
the public, ages 18 and over, Tues-Sat, 9 am to 5 pm. No appointment
required. More information is available by calling 202.554.2926 or at
http://www.greendoor.org/getting-help/services-new/our-door/.
Melinda Hasbrouck, Our Door’s Executive
Director, lives in Washington, DC and selfidentifies as a current consumer of mental health
services, who has recovered from serious mental
illnesses. Melinda developed a passion for mental/
behavioral health advocacy from her own
experiences recovering from serious mental illness
utilizing the DC mental/behavioral health system.
Melinda can be reached at 202-494-9200 x419 or emailed at
melindah@greendoor.org.
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Hill Day 2015
Every year, more than 500 consumers, advocates, behavioral
health executives, administrators, board members and community stakeholders converge
on Capitol Hill and meet their
state legislators and let their
voices be heard. This way, we
can make a direct impact on
public policy, especially concerning behavioral health.
Each state has a State Captain
who is the point of contact and
will coordinate the Hill visits
for you and your fellow participants.
CAN started the two-day event
by attending NBC Meet the
Press’s Chuck Todd’s presentation about the presidential race
called “The Race Ahead: Insights on the Course of American Politics.” Todd gave us
useful tidbits about political
candidates, joking that members
of congress and senators are
like dogs: they’re well behaved by themselves but
when they get in a pack they
can create a ruckus.
At the same Grant
Hyatt Hotel, CAN met at the
DC table the next day and,
with other attendees from different states prepared to meet
their legislators, we got ready
to visit Eleanor Holmes Norton, the sole DC representative. We walked to the Capitol
Building and around into the
Rayburn office building but
unfortunately we weren’t able
to see her. Next year, we
hope to meet with Congresswomen Norton on Hill Day.
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ADDICTION TO MEDICATION:
OPIOID ISSUES
What are opioids? According
to the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA), opioids
are medications that relieve
pain. They reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching
the brain and affect those
brain areas controlling emotion, which diminishes the
effects of a painful stimulus.
They include painkillers such
as morphine, methadone, Buprenorphine, hydrocodone,
and oxycodone. Heroin is also
an opioid. They are sold under brand names like: OxyContin®, Percocet®, Palladone®, Vicodin®, Percodan®, Tylox® and Demerol®
among others.
During Hill Day on October
6, CAN attended a Congressional Briefing on the Opioid
Epidemic co-sponsored by the
National Council for Behav-
Health and Hazelden Betty Ford Institute for Recovery.
Featured speakers focused on efforts
to address the national opioid crisis
through improved education for doctors and other prescribers. Dr. Mehmet Oz of The Oz Show along with
the other speakers further familiarized
themselves with mental heath. Others
included: Mary Bono (former US Representative), Michael Botticelli
(Director of White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy),
MacKenzie Phillips (actress and person in long-term recovery), John
Tilley (Kentucky House of Representatives), Jeannie Sperry (Adult Pain
Rehabilitation Clinical Director, Mayo
Clinic), Marvin Seppala (Chief Medical Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford
Foundation).
The forum addressed the challenges
among doctors today of treating pain
while at the same time preventing
opioid addiction and overdose.
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CLIMB THE HILL TO RECOVERY
Breakfast Panel at Ronald Reagan Building
On October 9, A breakfast panel was held in support of the 5.7 million Americans with bipolar disorder.
The breakfast observes the organization’s partnership in
2015 Mental Health Awareness Week and Hill Day held
each year in DC.
Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, author of the bi-partisan HR Bill 2646 entitled Helping
Families in
Mental Health
Crisis Act, was
a featured hon-
oree. Other
speakers included
Carlos Zarate,
MD, neurobiology
and mood dis-
orders section at
NIMH; Pete
Earley, former
Washington Post reporter, advocate and author on mental health and justice; and Keith O’Neil, Super Bowl
Champion linebacker, shared his personal experience
with bipolar.
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CAN Mentoring
Mentoring, according to the US Department of Education, is a sustained relationship between a youth and an
adult. The word mentoring comes from the Greek word
meaning enduring. The goal in a mentoring relationship
is, in fact, to last. Through continued involvement, says
the Department of Ed, the adult offers support, guidance
and assistance as the younger person goes through a
difficult period, faces new challenges or works to correct earlier problems.
CAN has embarked on a mentor program, both
individual and group. The importance of such a program is to schedule regular sessions and activities, such
as discussions, games, sports, outings, history, in order
for the mentee-mentor relationship to deepen and grow,
so that trust can bloom.
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CAN Mentoring (continued)
For one reason or another, many of these youth
have trust issues, especially with adult authority figures
in their lives. Mentoring can help open the dialogue in a
safe place for these youth. Trust should be a bi-product
of the fun, interesting interactions between youth and
adult.
Some of the activities we shared with the mentees
this year include: attending a Nationals game, exploring
the H Street Fair on one of the hottest days of the summer, and playing basketball at a nearby park. The spirit
of the baseball game got the mentees excited to find out
who was up to bat and who had the most runs — and at
least temporarily forget about their problems. The H
Street Fair offered live rock music, demonstrations and
first-rate food from around the District. The half a
dozen mentees dove into the fair with vigor and swam
around it all like young chameleons.
CAN also organized a Jeopardy/It’s Academic
(“Jeopardemics”) game for the mentees on topics they
were familiar with, like rap music and sports figures, to
engender competition.
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CAN Mentoring continued
In addition, CAN orchestrated an outing to the
Kennedy Center for a photo exhibit, “From Civil War to
Civil Rights.” Prior to attending the exhibit, CAN presented an overview to the mentees of main points in the
Civil War — slavery, President Lincoln being the only
pro-abolition candidate — and then more recent civil
rights events, such as Brown vs. Board of Education,
Birmingham, Alabama riots, Martin Luther King’s rousing “I Have A Dream” speech.
CAN arranged role plays on employment where
mentees answered and asked typical questions on a job
interview.
At the end of the exercise, mentees gave the following feedback: “ I learned to be respectful and have a
good relationship with people.” “I learned how to be
positive.” “I learned how to carry myself in a certain
way.” “I learned how to get a job.”
.
*****
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WORDSEARCH
In this puzzle, the words are placed diagonally, up and down, forward and backwards. You must locate and circle the words from
the Word List. Answers will appear on CAN’s website.
www.can-dc.org
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Volunteering and Civic Engagement
in the District of Columbia - 2014
Please note that DC is listed as both a state and large city. For the state, data were
collected within the District's geographic boundaries. For the city, data were
collected within the Washington, DC metropolitan area, which includes a larger
geographic region. www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/dc
Trends and Highlights Overview
Overall, in District of Columbia in 2014:
 31.3% of residents volunteer, ranking them 14th among the 50
states and Washington, DC.
 171,540 volunteers
 35.9 volunteer hours per capita
 19.6 million hours of service
 $452.6 million of service contributed
 49.5% of residents donate $25 or more to charity
Civic Life in America (2013 data):
 87.5% frequently eat dinner with other members of the household
 85.7% frequently talk with neighbors
 48.6% of residents participate in groups and/or organizations
 64.3% of residents engage in "informal volunteering" (for
example, doing favors for neighbors)
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Welcome!
New DBH Director
Tanya A. Royster, MD
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Best of luck,
Dr. Barbara Bazron
and Shannon Hall,
embarking on your
new professional
ventures in Maryland
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CAN’S TRAINING
AT DC RECOVERY ACADEMY
CAN is enjoying a collaboration with DC Recovery Academy.
In her peer training, Dana Ebiasah,
Support Specialist at the Academy,
did a site visit and training at CAN’s
office. Finished with her own training and embarking on her next step
at the Academy, she was instrumental in introducing the directors to
what CAN does. Subsequently,
CAN was invited to give outreach
trainings there.
Located on South Capitol
Street in SW, The Academy was
launched in April 2013 as a
“normalizing environment” where
each client can focus on recovery
goals. Clients range from 18 to 35
years old and are living with serious
and persistent mental illness,
aometimes co-occurring with
substance use disorders. The
structure of the Academy resembles a community college,
providing a psycho-educational
curriculum in 12-week cycles.
CAN offers outreach
presentations at the Academy
the third Wednesday of each
month. CAN has presented
trainings of self-advocacy and
self-care, consumer rights, role
modeling and outlook from individuals who have mental diagnoses. CAN also did a session on Setting Goals and how
to use SMART goals. Consumers quickly grasped its purpose;
at the onset, they said, “Setting
goals means getting more focus,
clarity and knowing what
you’re doing.”
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I n Building a
Trauma-Informed
Nation: Moving the
Conversation into
Action, the event held
September 29-30,
2015 at the US
Department of Labor, participants sought to catalyze a trauma-informed
national strategy. The event was sponsored by the Federal Partners Committee
on Women & Trauma, an active interagency collaboration including 13
Federal Departments, with more than 100 members, representing more than 40
agencies and offices. The Committee is dedicated to advancing genderresponsive, trauma-informed approached to improve the health and well-being
of individuals across the country and around the world. The meeting
highlighted effective implementation of trauma-informed approaches in four
major areas: education, health care, the justice system and communities and
congregations.
To widen the reach of this conversation, the keynote, panels, plenary
presentations and dialogue time with presenters was webcast to “amplifier
sites” across the country with interactivity between the amplifier sites and the
main event in Washington, DC. At each amplifier site, major stakeholders
convened in the interactive webcast and catalyzed local dialogue and action.
After each topical area plenary, panel presentations and discussion session, the
DC site and virtual participants at amplifier sites engaged in strategic action
planning.
Presentations brought to light effective collaborations, workplace
issues, promising practices and programs at state and local levels. There were
interactive working sessions to engage in strategic action planning in local
areas and agencies. Speakers included Gary Slutkin, MD, Director, Cure
Violence; Nancy Hardt, MD, UF College of Medicine, Co-Founder,
Peace4Gainesville; Father Jeff Putthoff, Founder, Hopeworks ‘N Camden;
Tina Maria Hahn, MD, Pediatrician from Michigan; Naina Khanna, Executive
Director of the Positive Women’s Network; Barb Trader, Executive Director of
TASH and Robin Delany-Shabazz, Associate Administrator, State and
Community Development in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention at the Department of Justice.
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Oliver Sacks, British neurologist (July 9, 1933August 30, 2015), fought his entire career to
reduce the stigma of mental and neurological
illness.
“The brain is the most incredible thing in the universe.”
“There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one
like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave
holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate - the genetic and neural fate - of
every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own
life, to die his own death.”
———
One example of his work, Awakenings,
thrusts into the light the therapeutic efforts of Sacks to bring sleeping-sickness
patients out of their slumber with a new
drug and human kindness. Critics say:
“Few doctors can compare with Oliver
Sacks for expressing the relation of medicine to the human spirit.”
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TRAVELING WITH GRACE
IN MEMORIAM: Jonea’ Thomas
Jonea’ worked at Consumer Action Network during summer
school breaks for three consecutive summers before graduating
high school. She was one of the note takers responsible for
documenting the direct voices of consumers as they were
interviewed by the Consumer Satisfaction Team and helped to
facilitate groups at Consumer Residential Facilities. She also
assisted advocates in their daily advocacy reports.
Jonea’ passed away on August 28 and we take this opportunity to
share a glimpse of her work at CAN. We are thankful for all of
her labor over the years. Consumer Action Network salutes and
celebrates this beautiful young soldier.
Rest in peace!
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“Recovery entails having a home,” is how Jean Harris, Vice President
of NAMI DC, opened the film program dedicated to Home, the 2013 movie
directed by Jono Oliver, starring Gbenga Akinnagbe. The film was shown at
All Souls Church by NAMI on October 28 to approximately 50 friends of
NAMI DC from the Washington, DC area.
Home illustrates the struggles of Jack, a young man who is in recovery after many years with schizophrenia. He lives in a group home and works
as a messenger in New York City. Throughout the movie, his aim is to move
out of the group home and live independently in his own apartment. By way
of explaining his condition, he says “I used to be pretty messed up but I’m not
now.” There are flashbacks in the film showing his full-blown mental illness
and the disruption and crimes it caused.
His son, who lives with his mother, inquires about his father’s “bad
days.” The son wants to know why he took a match to a stack of newspapers
and burned the house down.
The movie frames Jack’s meticulous exit strategy to leave his group
home. It paints a clear picture of life in a group home, including a group field
trip to a pharmacy and a restaurant where the group becomes rambunctious and
starts a fight with the staff. In the end, Jack is allowed to leave the group home
on good terms and make a new life, including frequent visits from his son, in a
fairly spacious New York apartment. “There are some things,” Jack advises,
“that you are responsible for.”
After the movie, NAMI DC arranged a panel of two consumers in
recovery to talk for several minutes about their experience with housing. One
said that after 12 hospitalizations in one year, he found an apartment on Craig’s
List, much to his disbelief. The other couldn’t emphasize enough the importance of dialoguing with your doctor and taking your meds. He, too, found a
house after years in the hospital, and lives there today with his wife.
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The March for Dignity and Change in
Mental Health
Hyatt Regency Washington —
August 24, 2015
It was 91 degrees out. The sun
beat hard on the gravel path
from the Smithsonian buildings
to the hotel. We, as CAN,
marched in a sea of green
t-shirts, in the first annual
March for Dignity and Change
in Mental Health. We marched
to the tent and platform where
passionate, speakers — and
shade!— awaited.
From the tent, speakers made
fervent remarks about
consumers’ rights, personal
accounts of struggles with
mental illness and substance
abuse, voting for positive
mental health policy as well as
stories of stigma of mental
illness that must be wiped out.
was a staunch supporter of the cause
that marked the first March for Dignity
in existence. Like causes from other
disabilities to agedness, this March
aims to get the word out as to the rights
and recovery of the mentally ill population.
“WHAT DO WE WANT?
DIGNITY! WHEN DO WE WANT
IT? NOW!” echoed down the Mall.
The March was the entryway to the
WRAP International Conference, spotlighting founder Mary Ellen Copeland,
who described to a full house her current work with intentional peer support,
and an array of workshops and speakers
on wellness and recovery.
Believing that recovery is
possible for every person who
has experienced some form of
mental illness, CAN
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DC CRISIS
INTERVENTION OFFICERS—
A PARENT SPEAKS OUT
Very popular with the kids, this one special CIT officer was back in
the day. He would be at the meetings in Ward 8, and you would
often see him performing security in the Ward 8 community. CIT
officers make a difference on a public and personal level. They
play an intricate role in our communities in helping to recognize
and offering support for unrecognizable mental health issues.
Instead of taking people to jail, the CIT officers can get an emergency detention warrant. This warrant allows the officer to take
people who may need mental help to get evaluated. As with any
mental health issue, it is most helpful to have someone look beyond the issue and see the person. Some consumers are fortunate
to have family, friends, and other concerned people in their lives
to help during difficult times, but others have one who can identify
that help is needed.
Sometimes the youth in our communities do things that would call
for attention, like being depressed and no one recognizing his
symptoms in one case. No one talked openly about neither depression nor mental health issues in this one community back in
1991, but now everyone talks about mental health and stigma
openly throughout that community, recognizing that youth too
have issues mental health including depression.
Thanks to all the CIT officers for standing-up and joining the movement because it’s not enough to only say that you care. We, as a
community of advocates, are saying that we have to show those
who are affected by mental health issues that we care.
This article is dedicated to Office J.D. Smith (no relation) who for
many years has made a difference on both an individual and community level in Ward 8.
— Written by the Frankie Smith Foundation, LLC.
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GET MOTIVATED WASHINGTON, DC
www.getmotivated.com
A lot of people are talking about getting motivated in
the New Year. When you are motivated you respond differently. Les Brown shares that from the beginning of time motivation has been the fuel that propelled the hearts of men and
women to take action. Motivation is the primary component
for success so every one needs to have extra motivation.
Are you motivated to tackle any challenge? Are you or
someone you know worried in fear doubt or unbelief? Is anyone around you under-performing?
In September at the Warner Theatre, the following motivating speakers spent a day in a powerful leadership workshop. Here are some of America’s best motivational speakers:
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Les Brown #1 Motivational speaker, “How to Stay Movtivated!”
Dr. Clarice Fluitt World’s Top Leadership Expert, “How to
Lead so Others Will Follow”
Dr. Keith Johnson – America’s #1 Confidence Coach,
“Living Life with Confidence”
Dr. Willie Jolley – America’s #1 Inspirational Speaker,
“Setbacks are Setups for Comebacks”
Bob Kittell – America’s Top Communications Skills Expert,
“How to Communicate Far More Effectively”
Omar Periu – America’s #1 Sales Trainer, “How to Outperform and Outsell the Competition”
Bob Harrison – America’s Authority on Financial Increase,
“The Financial Secrets of Success”
Brian J Forte – World’s #1 Business Trainer, “You Can
Have it All”
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
DC GOVERNMENT
SHELTERS
Department of Behavioral Health
Access Help Line
1-888-7WE-HELP
DC Housing Authority
202-535-1000
Income Maintenance Admin
Food Stamps, TANF, Medicaid, IDA
202-698-3900
Board of Elections and Ethics
202-727-2525
Division of Tax and Revenue
202-727-4TAX
Mayor’s Office
311
Community for Creative
Non-Violence
202-393-1909
DC General
Family Shelter
202-675-5000
Central Union Mission
202-745-7118
Hypothermia Shelter Hotline
1-800-535-7252
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Social Security Administration
1-800-772-1213
Housing and Urban Development
202-708-1112
Immigration and Naturalization
National Customer Service Center
1-800-375-5283
Internal Revenue Service
1-800-829-1040
LEGAL AGENCIES
University Legal Services
202-547-4747
Washington Legal Clinic
for the Homeless (WLCH)
202-328-5505
DC Bar Pro Bono Program
202-737-4700
WOMEN & FAMILIES
House of Ruth
202-667-7001
Ramona’s Way
202-257-6790
My Sister’s Place
202-529-5991
Nat’l Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline
202-671-7233
Champs Hotline
202-481-1450
Crisis and Family Stress Hotline
202-223-2255
Adult Protective Services Hotline
202-541-3951
Mary’s Center
202-483-8196
DUAL DIAGNOSIS SERVICES
APRA
202-442-5955
N St Village NW
202-939-2076
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
GENERAL SERVICES
Green Door, Inc.
202-464-9200
Community Connections
202-546-1512
Washington Hospital Center
at Trinity Square
202-877-6333
McClendon Center
202-745-0073 or 202-737-6191
Energy Hotline
202-673-6750
DC Rape Crisis Center
202-333-7273
Mental Health Emergencies
202-673-9319
Safe Link phones
1 800 977-3768
http://www.dcfoodfinder.org
INTERNET/SOCIAL RESOURCE
http://www.prlog.org/10437673bipolar-entrepreneur-launchesfree-mental-health-socialnetwork.html
HOUSING PROGRAMS
Community Council for the
Homeless (CCHFP)
202-364-1419
Manna Housing
202-832-1845
Woodley House, Inc.
202-328-4069
Landlord Tenant Resource Center
M-F 9:15am to 12 pm
510 4th St., NW
HOME HEALTH CARE
Human Touch
202-483-9111
EMPLOYMENT-EDUCATION
Ida Mae Campbell Center
1231-B Good Hope Rd. SE
202-241-6317
Rehabilitation Services Administration
202-442-8400
VA RESOURCES
VA CRRC (Community Resource
and Referral Center)
Medical Center
1500 Franklin St. NE
202-636-7660
Department of Behavioral Health
64 New York Avenue, NE, 3rd Floor,
Phone: (202) 673-7440
Fax: (202) 673-3433
TTY: (202) 673-7500
Access Help Line
1-888-7WE-HELP
35 K St NE Washington DC 20002
(202) 442-4100
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Consumer Action Network (CAN)
1300 L St., N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 842-0001
Toll Free: 1-866-314-9226
Fax: 202-842-2685
e-mail: info@can-dc.org
Website: www.can-dc.org
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CAN Mission Statement
Consumer Action Network (CAN) empowers mental
health consumers by promoting recovery and
self-advocacy.
CAN is a 501(c) (3) Organization
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