Resource Listings of: The National Empowerment Center 20 Ballard Rd. Lawrence, MA 01843 (800) POWER 2 U (508) 681-6426 FAX empower@world.std.com State-Wide Consumer/Survivor Organizations Current Information: June 1, 1994 Alabama: Mental Health Consumers of Alabama P.O. Box 70459 Montgomery, Alabama 36107 1-800-264-6422 Alaska: Mental Health Consumers of Alaska Susan Marshall, Director 101 E. 9th Avenue, Suite A 3 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 (907) 277-3817 1-800-478-3817 Arkansas: P.E.O.P.L. 4313 West Markham Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-4096 (501) 686-9273 (800) 23 PEOPL California: California Network of Mental Health Clients 1722 J Street, Suite 324 Sacramento, California 95814 (916) 443-3232 Colorado: SCCORE, Statewide Consumers of Colorado 3520 West Oxford Avenue Denver, Colorado 80236 (303) 762-4339 Colorado AMI 110 Fillmore Street Denver, CO 80206 (303) 321-3104 Connecticut: Mental Health Assoc. of Connecticut, Inc. 20-30 Beaver Road Wethersfield, CT 06109 1-800-842-1501 Delaware: Mental Health Assoc in Delaware 1813 No Franklin Street Wilmington, DE 19802 (302) 656-8308 Florida: Florida Consumer Action Council for Mental Health Beverly Seiple P.O. Box 4303 Pensacola, FL 32507 (904) 455-2479 Florida DMDA Frank Burgmann 7334 Point of Rocks Sarasota, FL 34239 (813) 349-8879 Consumer Council 11600 S.W. 70th Avenue Miami, Fl 33156 Joanie Halberg (305) 663-1231 Florida Cares Gary Quick P.O. Box 5902 Daytona, FL 32118 (904) 254-8821 Florida AMI 7096 Pine Bluff Drive Lake Worth, FL 33467 (305) 439-0539 Georgia: Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network P.O. Box 3026 Albany, GA 31706 1-800-297-6146 Hawaii: The Office of United Self-Help 277 Ohua Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 (808) 926-0466 Mental Health Assoc. of Hawaii 200 N. Vinyard Blvd., Suite 300 Honolulu, HI 96817 (808) 521-1846 Idaho: LAMP Roger Black, President Boise, ID (208) 334-0856 Illinois: AMI Illinois State Coalition P.O. Box 863 Glenview, IL 60025 (312) 207-9966 Recovery, Inc. 802 N. Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60610 Indiana: KEY Consumer Organization 210 N. Warman Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46222 (317) 630-4210 Kansas: Kansas Mental Illness Awareness Council Su Budd, Coordinator P.O. Box 12821 Kansas City, Kansas 66112 (913) 334-3491 Kentucky: ATAK/MI - Advocates Taking Action in Kentucky Against Mental Illness 2707 Gleeson Lane Jeffersontown, KY 40299 (502) 245-5281 Louisiana: CONFIDENT, INC. 1201 Capital Access Road Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Maine: Portland Coalition for the Psychiatrically Labelled Claudia Anderson, Executive Director P.O. Box 4138, Station A Portland, Maine 04101 (207) 777-2208 Maryland: On Our Own. Inc. 5422 Belair Road Baltimore, Maryland 21206 (410) 488-4480 On Our Own of Maryland, Inc. 3421 Benson Avenue, Suite 210A Baltimore, MD 21227 (410) 646-0262 Minnesota: Bruce Weinstock Liaison, Local Advisory Councils State Mental Health Advisory Council Dept. of Human Services 444 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-3828 MH Advocates Coalition of Minnesota, Inc. 265 Fort Road St. Paul, MN 55102 (612) 222-2741 Missouri: Missouri AMI 10 Blackpool Lane St. Louis, MO 63132 (314) 993-6937 New Hampshire: DMHDS Office of Consumer Affairs 105 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 New Jersey: C.S.P. New Jersey 30 Broad Street Freehold, New Jersey 07728 (201) 780-1175 New York: MPAAA Mental Patients Action Advocate Assoc. 266 Hudson Avenue Albany, NY 12210 1-800-293-3797 Project Release Center for Indep. of Disabled in NY 841 Broadway, Suite 205 New York, NY 10003 (212) 679-0100 North Carolina: North Carolina Mental Health Consumers' Organization P.O. Box 27042 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7042 (919) 834-2285 (800) 326-3842 Ohio: Ohio Advocates for Mental Health Douglas DeVoe, Executive Director 1068 Goodale Blvd. Columbus, Ohio 43212 (800) 589-2603 in state, (800) 860-0118 out of state Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers Association Nancy Glusker, President 108 E Walnut Street Lancaster, PA 17602 (717) 291-9482 Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Organization of Consumers Antonia Otero, Vice President Calle 6 #116 Urban San Viente Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 00693 (803) 858-1424 Rhode Island: Alliance of Mental Illness Rhode Island Cottage 403 600 New London Avenue Cranston, RI 02920 (401) 464-3060 Council of Community MH Center 43 Jefferson Blvd. Warwick, RI 02888 (401) 461-0900 MDDA 40 Stenton Avenue Providence, RI 02906 (401) 861-9326 South Carolina: South Carolina MH Association Rebecca Miles, Executive Director 1823 Gadsden Street Columbia, South Carolina 29202 (803) 779-5363 Tennessee: Tennessee AMI 1900 N. Winston, Road, #511 Knoxville, TN 37919 (615) 531-TAMI Texas: Neches Crossing 6207 Sharaton Suite 201 Austin, Texas 78723 (512) 459-7681 Texas AMI 902 Terrace Mountain Drive Austin, TX 78746 (512) 327-4253 Utah: Utah AMI P.O. Box 26561 Salt Lake City, UT 84126 (801) 583-2500 Vermont: Vermont Psychiatric Survivors P.O. Box 817 Middlebury, Vermont 05753 (800) 564-2106 Virginia: Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association 5001 West Broad Street, Suite 216 Richmond, Virginia 23230 (804) 288-7326 (804) 288-1582 FAX West Virginia: West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association Information and Referral Services, CCPL 455 9'th Street Huntington, WV 25701 (304) 529-2600 Wisconsin: Wisconsin Network of Mental Health Consumers Route 3, Box 404 Ashland, Wisconsin 54806 Wyoming: Wyoming Coalition for Consumer Self-Advocacy 1949 East "A" Street Casper, Wyoming 82601 (307) 234-0440 Please Note: These Consumer/Survivor Groups listings may be subject to changes in name, address or telephone number. Additionally, new state-wide organizations may have recently formed. If you are aware of any additions, deletions or changes . . . please contact the National Empowerment Center at 800 POWER 2 U. State Offices of Consumer and Ex-Patient Relations Alabama Joel Slack Alabama Dept of M.H. Office of Consumer & Ex-Patient Relations P.O. Box 3710 Montgomery, AL 36109-0710 (205) 271-9258 Connecticut Karen Kangas Director of Community Education Connecticut Dept of MH 90 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 (203) 566-5837 Fax (203) 566-6195 Florida Franklin Robinson Building 6, Rm 183 1317 Winewood Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700 (904) 487-2920 Ext. 120 Fax (904) 487-2239 Gayle Bluebird 4249 Bogainvilla Drive Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida 33308 (305) 321-3040 Georgia Larry Fricks, Director Office of Consumer Relations Georgia Department of Mental Health Third Floor, Suite 100 #2 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 657-2170 Fax (404) 657-2187 Kentucky Paul Weaver Office of Consumer Advocacy Department of Mental Health Cabinet of Human Resources East 275 Main Street Frankfort, KY 40621 (502) 564-4448 Fax (502) 564-3844 Maine Kathy Long, Director Office of Consumer Affairs Maine Dept of Mental Health and Mental Retardation State House, Station 40 Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-4253 Fax (207) 287-4268 Jean Campbell, Director ORQAIS Maine Dept of Mental Health and Mental Retardation State House, Station 40 Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-4253 Fax (207) 287-4268 Massachusetts Steve Holochuck DMH-OCER Office 25 Staniford St Boston, MA 02114 (617) 727-5600 X406 Fax (617) 727-5500 X375 New Hampshire David Hilton, Consumer Liaison Office of Consumer Affairs Office of Comm Mental Health Serv Adm Div of Mental Health and Develop Serv 105 Pleasant St Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-5045 Fax (603) 271-5040 New Mexico Consumer and Family Affairs Coordinator New Mexico Dept of Mental Health Division of Mental Health 1190 St. Francis Drive P.O. Box 26110 Santa Fe, NM 87502 (505) 827-2637 Fax (505) 827-2695 New York Darby Penny Special Asst. to the Commissioner for Recipient Affairs Office of Mental Health 44 Holland Avenue Albany, NY 12229 (518) 473-6579 Fax (518) 473-7926 Oregon Garrett Smith Oregon Director of Consumer Advocacy 2575 Bittern Street, NE Salem, OR 97310-0520 (503) 945-9732 Tennessee Scott Philpo Office of Consumer Affairs Tennessee Dept. of Mental Health The Doctors Building 706 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-0675 (615) 741-1464 Fax (615) 741-0770 Texas Cyndy Hopkins, Director Office of Consumer Affairs Texas Mental Health/Mental Retardation 909 West 45th P.O. Box 12668 Austin, TX 78711-2668 (512) 206-4767 Fax (512) 206-4723 Utah Phyllis Learned Consumer Affairs Specialist State Div of Mental Health 120 North 200 West Salt Lake City, UT 84103 (801) 538-9887 Fax (801) 538-4334 Virginia Ken Osborn Office of Consumer Affairs Dept of Mental Health 109 Governor Street P.O. Box 1797 Richmond, VA 23214 (804) 786-5763 Fax (804) 371-0092 Washington State Nancy Donigan, Service Coordinator Jon Ihler, Service Coordinator Office of Consumer Affairs DSHS Division of Mental Health P.O. Box 45320 Olympia, WA 98504-5320 Nancy (206) 664-8248 Jon (206) 664-8247 Fax (206) 753-2746 Please Note: The development of offices for consumer and ex-patient relations is an area of dramatic change in recent years. There has been strong interest in state offices of mental health and consumers/survivors have been hired across the country. New offices/directors are constantly being added and people being hired. If you are aware of other OCER offices, please let us know. Additionally, Joel Slack of Alabama chairs an association of OCER directors. NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMER/EX-PATIENT/ PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR ORGANIZATIONS Updated: June 1, 1994 Altered States of the Arts Gayle Bluebird 4249 Bougainvilla Drive Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL 33308 (305) 493-7464 or (305) 321-3040 MHONA International Center for and by Victims and Survivors of Violent Trauma P.O. Box 22162 San Francisco, CA 94122 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) 2101 Wilson Blvd. #302 Arlington, VA 22201-3008 1-800-950-NAMI National Association of Psychiatric Survivors (NAPS) Rae Unzicker P.O. Box 618 Sioux Falls, SD 57101-0618 (605) 332-9124 / 334-4067 National Association for Rights, Protection & Advocacy (NARPA) Bill Johnson, Administrative Coordinator 587 Marshall Ave St. Paul, MN 55102 (612) 224-7761 National Depressive & Manic Depressive Association (NDMDA) Michelle Walsh North Franklin St., Suite 510 Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 642-0049 National Empowerment Center (NEC) 20 Ballard Road Lawrence, MA 01843 empower@world.std.com (508) 681-6426 FAX (800) POWER 2 U National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Information Resources and Inquiries Branch 5600 Fishers Lane Romm 15C-05 Rockville, MD 20857 (301) 443-4513 National Mental Health Consumers Association (NMHCA) David Granger, President 2825 Bridge Ave #2 Cleveland, OH 44113 (216) 241-3400 National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse Joseph Rogers, Executive Director 311 South Juniper Street, Suite 1000 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (800) 553-4KEY (215) 735-6082 / (215) 735-0275 FAX# Reclamation, Inc. Don Culwell, Director HC4, Box 254 Blanco, TX 78606 (512) 833-4946 Support Coalition International AND Dendron & CHRP Janet Foner, Co-Coordinator David Oaks, Co-Coordinator 920 Brandt Avenue Box 11284 New Cumberland, PA 17070 Eugene, OR 97440 (717) 774-6465 (503) 341-0100 voicemail Tardive Dyskinesia National Association 4244 University Way NE PO Box 45732 Seattle WA 98145-0732 (206) 522-3166