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Consumer-runs organizations are defined as organizations in which consumers make up the majority of the staff and the board of the organization. These consumer-run organizations encompass the entire state or large parts of states. These organizations can be contacted for consumer support groups or programs in their respective states.

NEC works to keep this list up to date.  If you know of an organization that should be added to this list, please send it to NEC.  

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Organization Address Contact

Wings Across Alabama PO Box 211286
Montgomery, AL 36121
888-946-4725
Director: Ronald Hunt
www.wingsalabama.org
Alaska Consumers Consortium

54932 Burdock Rd.
Kasilof, AK 99610

907- 262-2824
www.consumersconsortium.org
Network of Arkansans for Rights, Recovery and Self-Determination [NARRSD or The Network] 4313 West Markham Street, U 4-8, Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501.683.0387
Contact: Linda Donovan
Alabama Consumers Empowerment & Supports, Inc. 400 Eastern Boulevard Suite 201
Montgomery, Al 36117
888-WINGSAL
334-395-7616
Director: Rebecca Poole
HOPE, Inc. 236 S. Tucson Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85716-5519
520-770-1197
Director: Regina Koch-Mart
reginakochmart@hopetucson.org  
www.hopetucson.org
Recovery Empowerment Network (REN) PO Box 7732
Phoenix, AZ 85011-7732
602-248-0368
CEO: Ann Rider MSW, CPRP
www.recoveryempowermentnetwork.net
California Network
of Mental Health Clients
2012 19th Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95818
800-626-7447
916-443-3232
Director: Larry Belcher
www.californiaclients.org
WE CAN! of Colorado 1385 S. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 610
Denver, CO 80222
800-456-3249
720-228-2220
Director: Amy Smith (direct line 720-208-2228)
www.wecancolorado.org
Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. 300 Russell Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
800-573-6929
860-667-0460
Director: Melissa Marshall
www.mindlink.org
Florida Peer Network

 

13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MHC 2505, Tampa, FL 33612 877-FLA-PEER (877-352-7337)
Executive Director: Patrick Hendry
info@floridapeernetwork.org
http://floridapeernetwork.org
Georgia Mental
Health Consumer Network
246 Sycamore St.
Suite 160
Decatur, GA 30030
800-297-6146
404-687-9487
Director: Sherry Jenkins Tucker
www.gmhcn.org
United Self Help 2525 S. King St. Ste. 303
Honolulu, HI 96826
808-947-5558 or 866-866-4357
Director: William Bowles
director@unitedselfhelp.org
www.unitedselfhelp.org
KEY Consumer Organization 2506 Willowbrook Pkwy Suite 199
Indianapolis, IN 46205
800-933-KEYS (5397)
317-205-2500
Director: Ronda R. Ames
rondaames@keyconsumer.org

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Iowa Advocates for Mental Health Recovery (IAMHR) 2003 Geneva Street
Sioux City, IA 51103
563-564-2933
Director: Mike Wood
www.iarecovery.org
Kansas Consumer
AC for Adult Mental Health
Office: 358 N Main, Wichita, KS 67202
Mail: PO Box 485
Colby, KS 67701
Director: Gary J. Parker
Office: 316-978-5842; Cell Phone: 785-432-0412
www.kansascac.org 
Kentucky Consumer Advocate Network, Inc. 10510 LaGrange Road, Louisville, KY 40223 800 564-8034
502 245-5281
Executive Director: Doreen M. Mills, PhD
www.kycan.org 
Meaningful Minds of Louisiana 1345 West Willow Street
Lafayette, LA 70506
337-234-6291
Carole Glover
www.meaningfulmindsla.com
M-POWER 98 Magazine Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
877-769-7693
617-442-4111
Director: Deborah Delman
www.m-power.org
Freedom Center PO Box 623
Northampton, MA 01061
877-677-6424
www.freedom-center.org 
 
On Our Own of Maryland 1521 S Edgewood St. Suite C
Baltimore, MD 21227
800-704-0262
410-646-0262
Director: Michael Finkle
www.onourownmd.org
Advocacy Initiative Network of Maine PO Box 878
Bangor, ME 04402
888-375-5969
207-941-4734
Director: Melinda Davis
www.thenetwork123.com
Justice in Mental Health Organization 520 Cherry St.
Lansing, MI 48933
800-831-8035 (in Michigan only)
517-371-4661
Director: Brian Wellwood

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Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network of
Minnesota
1821 University Ave. W, S-160
St. Paul, MN 55104
800-483-2007
651-537-2800
Director: Maureen Marrin
www.mhcsn.net
Consumers Asserting Leadership in Montana (CALM4us) PO Box 1907, Great Falls, MT 406-381-0559
President: Charles Baker
www.calm4us.org
Mental Health Association of Nebraska Address: 1645 N St., Suite A
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-441-4371
Executive Director: Alan Green
www.mha-ne.org
Nevada Consumer Advocacy Network (NVCAN) 5836 South Pecos, Las Vegas , Nevada 89120 702-315-0492
Director: Alyce Thomas
Coalition of Mental Health Consumers 408 Sussex St.
Paterson, NJ 07503-1914
973-778-8810
Director: Annette Wright
Collaborative
Support Program of New Jersey
11 Spring St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-780-1175
Director: Margaret Swarbrick
www.cspnj.org
Mental Health Empowerment
Project
116 Everett Rd.
Suite 7
Albany, NY 12205
518-434-1393
Executive Director: Amy Colesante
www.mhepinc.org
Mental Patients Liberation Alliance 13 Hopper St.
Utica, NY 13501
315-732-5377
Director: George Ebert
PEOPLE, Inc. 378 Violet Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-452-2728
Director: Steve Miccio
www.projectstoempower.org
The Empowerment Center, Inc. 20 East First Street,
Suite 304
Mount Vernon, NY 10550
(914) 699-5036
Executive Director: James J. Rye,
www.theempowermentcenter.org
 
North Carolina Mental Health Consumers' Organization
PO Box 27042
Raleigh, NC 27611
800-326-3842
Director: Tisha Gamboa 
Oklahoma Mental Health Consumer Council 3200 NW 48th St. Suite 102
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
405-604-6975
Director: Kay Rote
www.okmhcc.org

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Oregon Mental Health Consumer/Psychiatric Survivor Coalition (OCSC) PO Box 11284 Eugene, OR 97440-3484 541-345-9106
President: Tracey Dumas, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania
Mental Health Consumers
Association
4105 Derry St.
Harrisburg, PA 17111
717-564-4930
Director: Mary Kohut
www.pmhca.org
Mental Health Consumer
Advocates of Rhode Island, Inc.
1280 N. Main St.
Providence, RI 02904
401-831-6937
Director: Anthony Pierre
www.mhcari.org
South Carolina
Share
427 Meeting St.
W. Columbia, SC 29169
800-832-8032
803-739-5712
Executive Director: Bonnie Pate
www.scshare.com
Tennessee Mental Health Consumers' Association 480 Craighead Street, Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37204
888-539-0393
615-250-1176
615-383-1176 fax
Director: Anthony Fox
Email: info@tmhca-tn.org
website: www.tmhca-tn.org/
Texas Mental Health Consumers 608 Morrow Street, Suite 103, Austin, Texas 78752 800-860-6057
512-451-3191
Director: Mike Halligan
www.tmhc.org
VOCAL, Inc. P.O. Box 1248
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-243-7878
Director: Brian Parrish
www.vocalsupportcenter.org
Vermont Psychiatric Survivors 1 Scale Avenue Suite 52
Rutland, VT 05743
802-775-6834
Director: Linda Corey
www.sover.net/~vpsinc

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Mental Health Action 126 SW 148th St., Suite C100-310
Burien, WA 98166
206-972-7647
President of the Board: Helen Nilon
West Virginia
Mental Health Consumers
Association
PO Box 11000
Charleston, WV 25339
800-598-8847, 304-345-7312
Executive Director: Debbie Toler
www.wvmhca.org
Grassroots Empowerment Project, Inc PO Box 8663
Madison, WI 53708
800-770-0588, 608-206-5094
Director: Molly Cisco
www.grassrootspower.org