Program Manual for a Consumer-Run Drop-In Center

This manual by Bonnie Schell, M.A., CPRP is developed for the COSP-Multi Site Study of SAMHSA and based on the Mental Health Client Action Network in Santa Cruz, CA.

http://www.parecovery.org/documents/Drop_In_Program_Manual.pdf

Benefits of Peer Provided Services and Drop In Centers

A brief summary of research demonstrating the benefits of peer run services:

http://akmhcweb.org/recovery/PeerSupport.pdf

Consumers Hold the Keys: A Manual Consumer-Run Drop-in Centers

This manual details the values and principles behind consumer-run drop-in centers and effective strategies on putting these into practice when establishing and operating your drop-in center.

Carol T. Mowbray, University of Michigan.

http://www.northcare-up.org/ACCS_Manual.pdf

Consumers Drop-In Centers: Operations, Services, and Consumer Involvement

Results from a study conducted with 32 consumer-run drop-in centers in Michigan. By Carol T. Mowbray, Elizabeth A.R. Robinson, and Mark C. Holter.

http://hsw.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/4/248.abstract