NRTC Summit Overview

On April 15-16, 2009, the UIC National Research and Training Center brought together individuals in mental health recovery, service providers and administrators, researchers and educators, family members, advocates, and policy analysts for an invitational State of the Science Summit in downtown Chicago. Presentations at the Summit focused on advancing self-determination in an era of economic uncertainty coupled with the promises and pitfalls of the President’s 2009 Stimulus Bill. The four summit themes were:

• Person-Directed Recovery
• Consumer-Operated Services and Peer Support
• Employment and Economic Security
• Transparency and Accountability in Mental Health Financing

Also featured were the Center’s research and training projects, and how they contributed to this effort.