Consumer Leadership Forum (CLF) is a non-profit organization consisting of over one hundred (100) members. We are a consumer run organization helping to transform the District of Columbia Mental Health System. We have been in existence for about three (3) years now. During this time we have made an impact on how the DC Mental Health System deals with people that have been diagnosed with mental illness. We have testified before the City Council budget hearing and the Oversight Hearing asking for more funds to help consumers with education, employment, supported employment, training, housing, medical care, transportation, and homeless services. One of our goals is to make sure that all consumers be treated with dignity and respect when receiving any services. We provide monthly meetings, trainings, and special events to help consumers deal with their illness and get on the path to recovery. We also go out into the DC community to do presentations about what it's like being diagnosed with mental illness and how we manage to get where we are now in our recovery. CLF is well known all over the District of Columbia, and have many organizations supporting us and the work that we are doing.

We are asking for in-kind services and donations we are in need of the following:
 
1. Transportation- tokens, fare cards, bus passes to help consumers get to and from meetings, trainings, conferences, and workshops.

2. Office supplies - we need copying paper, ink for computers, postage for letters, for photo coping of newsletters and other documents.

3. Food donations (Catering) - for our monthly meetings, conferences, trainings, workshops.