1994: SMART Recovery is founded as a non-12-step program focused on self- empowerment. 1994: Larry Schomer is the first consumer to be elected as chair of the Wisconsin Council on Mental Health. 1995: Grassroots Empowerment Project is established under the umbrella of NAMI Wisconsin as the first statewide organization in Wisconsin run by consumers. 1995: Crossroads Conference on Trauma is held in Milwaukee, with consumers planning the conference and presenting workshops. 1995: The Wraparound Milwaukee program is established with federal funds. 1996: Winnebago Mental Health Institute hires a consumer to run peer support groups. 1996: The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health convenes, with only a few consumers at the table. More consumers are added to this group after consumers requested more representation. 1996: Kathleen Crowley, a mental health consumer, writes the chapter on the actions and mindset associated with optimizing the healing process, known as Procovery, for the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health report. Crowley later publishes a book on Procovery and establishes the Procovery Institute in California, which works to implement the Procovery methodology. 1997: The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health publishes its final report that emphasized recovery and consumer involvement. 1997: The Milwaukee County Mental Health Division creates a Consumer Affairs Office. 1998: The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services develops the Recovery Implementation Task Force to advise work on implementing recovery-oriented services. 1998: The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services creates a consumer relations coordinator position. 1999: Larry Schomer, Barry Blackwell, and Joann O’Connor publish, “Consumer Staff in Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities.” 2001: Grassroots Empowerment Project becomes its own nonprofit organization with a board of directors made up primarily of consumers. 2001: The Recovery Implementation Task Force publishes, “Recovery and Mental Health Consumer Movement in Wisconsin.” 2002: Grassroots Empowerment Project begins to host its annual Consumer Empowerment Days in Madison. Leadership academy training is provided.
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