Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a system of planning for wellness and recovery using only what works for the individual. In a group setting, participants learn to identify when they’re doing well and not well, make a plan for keeping themselves well, and prepare for possible crisis.

Legislative Advocacy Training

Legislative Advocacy Training is for individuals interested in learning to advocate for mental health, substance use, and other social issues in state legislature.

Peer Support Specialist Training

CMWN’s Peer Support Specialist Training is for individuals living in recovery from mental health and substance use conditions who want to give back to people in early recovery by providing mutual support, service system navigation, and other services. The training is only open to people who have been in recovery for one year or more.

Ending the Silence

Ending the Silence is a mental health education program in which young adults present educational material and personal testimony about what it was like to be a youth with a mental health condition. This is an interactive, audience-engaging presentation that opens for discussion and questions. It is designed for high school students and is typically offered in a health, science, or psychology class.

In Our Own Voice Mental Health Education Program

In Our Own Voice is a public education program in which people who have mental health conditions present a 15 minute video and give personal testimony about what it’s like to live with a mental health condition. This is an interactive, audience-engaging presentation that opens for discussion and questions.

NoStigmas Project

The NoStigmas Project allows people to share their story in whatever form they see fit, whether its through writing, dancing, singing, painting, or any other art form. Selected projects are displayed at the annual Celebrate Life Wellness Fair in Chicago.

Clinician Support for Client Suicide

The Clinical Contacts list features clinicians across the country who are willing to support other clinicians who have recently experienced a client suicide.