File Cabinet

Key Documents from the CO-OP

Firewalkers
VOCAL is starting a new project Firewalkers: 7 Stories of 7 People Transformed by Mental Illness... Read More

CO-OP Year-in-Review
2007. What have we been up to in the past year?... Read More

Consumers Report
News from peers around the state. Interested in seeing what's going on where?. . . Read More

Peer-Led Workshops
At recent CO-OP events, we invited folks to design and lead their own workshops, planning teams, and discussion groups. Some workshops were planned ahead of time, others developed on-the-spot. The results were magical. . . Read More

Network Plans
What will the VOCAL Network be up to in the next three years? We've just completed a plan and proposal for our federal grant funding... Read More

CO-OP Year-in-Review
2006. What have we been up to in the past year?... Read More

Two People, Two Chairs Projects
Grassroots, peer-run projects. What have consumer groups in Virginia been up to lately?... Read More

ROSI Survey Outcomes
What do consumers think about the Mental Health System in Virginia? What’s helping recovery? What’s hindering it? We sent 14 consumer advocates out across the state to ask these questions… Read More

Peer Program Proposal
How can peer programs help create system transformation? Studies show participants in peer programs spend less time in hospitals, use fewer crisis services and… Read More

VOCAL Proposal
The VOCAL CO-OP has helped develop or strengthen over 30 peer-run programs in Virginia. VOCAL’s REACH program has trained 45 certified recovery facilitators to… Read More

Transformation Funds
What would VOCAL and other consumer groups like to see happen with Transformation Funds? What kind of activities would create transformation in our state?… Read More

Priorities from Peer Leaders
We asked staff members, board members, and volunteers from peer-run programs what kind of training and activities they really wanted. What did everyone say?… Read More

CO-OP Archives
CO-OP News from years gone by… Read More

CO-OP Year-In-Review
2005. What have we been up to this year?… Read More

ROSI Proposal
We are looking forward to collaborating with CELT to create a kind of grassroots program outreach that we have never done before… Read More

VOCAL Network
The Proposal That Started it All
As the first federal grant we have ever applied for, this application was a huge and exciting undertaking for us. One of the best things to come out of this… Read More

REACH
The Proposal That Started it All
Across the country, WRAP and recovery education have proven to be powerful and successful methods for achieving hope, healing, and recovery… Read More