WISCONSIN UNITED
for MENTAL HEALTH

Mental Health Policy Issues

Shel Gross, Mental Health America of Wisconsin, Office of Public Policy (680) 250-4368

• Parity, Budget, Mental Health Redesign
• Corrections
• Consumer-operated Services

Recovery and the Consumer Movement

Molly Cisco, Grassroots Empowerment Project (608) 206-5094

• Self help and peer support
• Mental health consumer movement
• Recovery, including personal stories
• Grassroots organizing for people with mental illness

General Mental Health Issues

Mental Health America of Wisconsin
(414) 276-3122 or (877) 642-4630

• Workplace related issues
• School and youth related issues for students, teachers, and staff

Legal and Advocacy Issues

Disability Rights Wisconsin, formerly Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, (414) 773-4646

• Issues relating to mental illness such as recovery, service and support needs for persons who are trauma survivors, children's mental health services, treatment needs of persons in the criminal justice system.
  
• Legal issues relating to mental illness - patient rights, civil commitment, protective services, guardianship, confidentiality, housing and employment discrimination, special education, child welfare and juvenile justice, rights of persons who are incarcerated.
  
• Advocacy training for consumers and family members.