File Cabinet

Key documents from VOCAL

VOCAL Hires It's First Executive Director

We are delighted to announce that VOCAL has hired Brian Parrish as full time, permanent Executive Director.. . . Read More

Assembly to Focus on Mentally Ill

Article Featuring VOCAL, from the Daily Progress

"Ultimately, we need better services. We need enough services and we need effective, recovery-oriented services". . . Read More

VOCAL Public Policy Statement

Prepared by Ann Benner & Bonnie Neighbour

VOCAL's statement of vision, mission, and values, and clarification of our stand on current consumer/survivor/peer issues. . . Read More

House Appropriations Statement

Speech by Brian Parrish

“If you feed a cold, you’ll have to starve a fever.” A friend of mine versed in folk healing wisdom once pointed out to me that this was the correct reading of the oft-repeated phrase. If someone is suffering from what appears to be the mental health equivalent of a cold, a mild depression or an anxiety attack, say, and they do not have access to health insurance, they may be turned away. . . Read More

Firewalkers

Proposal prepared by Cassandra Nudel & Ann Benner

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

Resolution in Honor of Ray Bridge

Prepared by David Mangano

The VOCAL Board of Directors congratulates and honors Mr. Raymond Bridge and the Laurie Mitchell Employment Center for “having demonstrated exemplary and innovative efforts in furthering the employment and workplace environment for people with disabilities. . . Read More

Promoting Wellness

Speech at the National Wellness Summit by Lauren Spiro

I grew up about 20 minutes from here in a middle-class neighborhood. I didn’t have to worry about my next meal or a safe, decent place to live; I took those resources for granted. I don’t take them for granted today. . . Read More

VOCAL Network

Proposal prepared by Cassandra Nudel & Ann Benner

Our statewide consumer network. Plans and dreams for the next three years.... Read More.

The ROSI Project

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.

Transformation Proposal

Proposal prepared by Cassandra Nudel, David Mangano & Mary McQuown

What do VOCAL and other consumer groups think should happen with transformation funds? What kind of activities create mental health system transformation?… Read More

ROSI Proposal

Proposal prepared by Cassandra Nudel

Virginia's first statewide peer-to-peer recovery survey… Read More

VOCAL Network Proposal

Prepared by Ray Bridge, Cassandra Nudel & Kathy McDonald

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 Proposal

Prepared by Cassandra Nudel & Brian Parrish

Across the country, WRAP and recovery education have proven to be powerful and successful methods for achieving hope, healing, and recovery… Read More
 

VOCAL Bylaws

The vision of VOCAL is to achieve a consumer-driven mental health system in the state of Virginia.... Read more