News

  • Check out our recent feature celebrating Café 54’s twentieth anniversary on #ThisIsTucson!

  • Banner – University Health Plans has recognized CTF as a CORE program: a special designation as a Center of Rehabilitative Excellence for our exceptional employment services, providing members with rapid job placement, person-centered care, and highly effective vocational counseling.

  • CTF is a Qualifying Charitable Organization for the Arizona state tax credit. Donate here to give individuals in mental health recovery a new chance at employment and community.

Welcome

CTF provides a spectrum of employment-focused services for adults recovering from mental illness in downtown Tucson, from formal work adjustment training and job placement at Café 54, to self-directed, voluntary work activities and job development in the peer-run community of Our Place Clubhouse. CTF also teaches its own peer support class, and operates a thrift store, ReThreads, through Our Place Clubhouse.

Our Mission

CTF’s mission is to provide high quality employment services, public awareness, and advocacy for adults living with serious mental illnesses, in the belief that work is an integral part of recovery and well-being.

Our Place Clubhouse is a psych-social rehabilitation center for adults recovering from serious mental illnesses. The internationally recognized Clubhouse model is a non-clinical program which helps members to gain self-worth, purpose and confidence within the structure of the work-ordered day.

Peer Mentor Training and Workforce Development is CTF's very own peer support training class, ideal for any behavioral health or Vocational Rehabilitation client who wants to enter the peer support field. The class combines traditional classroom learning with hands-on experience at Our Place Clubhouse.

ReThreads Thrift Store is one of the most popular units at the Clubhouse and offers members a chance to engage in a variety of different work activities including pricing and sorting clothes, operating a cash register and customer service experience. 

Donations of clothing, shoes and accessories are always welcome!

Café 54 offers fresh, gourmet lunch for dine-in or takeout Monday through Friday. Café 54 provides hands-on work adjustment training for adults in recovery from mental illness who seek regular employment in competitive community jobs.

Café 54 also caters events of any size and occasion. 

 

Check out our Instagram account for great photos and updates!

Come join us and fellow #Tucson nonprofit @iskashitaa_rn at @cafe54_bistro on Saturday, March 29 for an amazing luncheon cooked by refugees from Chad! Proceeds will be shared between #Iskashitaa and #Cafe54Tucson as we celebrate the differences and c
Check out this great article by @tucsonfoodie about our program @cafe54_bistro! So proud to be #Tucson. Link in bio #downtowntucson #recoveryworks #ctftucson
We just had a wonderful celebratory visit from new @uarizona grad @caropensky to wrap up an amazing fundraising project she did for Coyote TaskForce, a perfect highlight in this season of giving. That’s her on the right with Mindy Bernstein, ou
It’s #GivingTuesday! As you prepare for the holidays, consider investing in Tucson’s #mentalhealth services, including @cafe54_bistro and @ourplaceclubhouse, as we strive to create a community where everyone thrives, despite living with t
Look what stopped by the Café today! It’s the @jim_click_automotive 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit! Today during lunch hours, we’re giving out free hot apple cider and selling raffle tickets to benefit our program! Come say hi and
Interviewing can be one of the most intimidating aspects of finding a job. @ctftucson helps our trainees and members speak confidently to potential employers by practicing during mock interviews. Here, trainee Mariana is getting interviewed by @cafe5
We took this snapshot of @cafe54_bistro trainee Julie on her way to the @pima_cc 50+ career fair last Friday—doesn’t she look great? Julie’s passion lies in the culinary arts and she’s hoping to find a permanent position in a
CTF is thrilled that AZ recently passed the #MitchWarnockAct, requiring school employees working with pupils in grades six through twelve to receive suicide prevention training! CTF is proud to be a member of #HelpAndHopeForYOUth, a multi-sector init

Watch Mindy Bernstein “pitch” our programs in the 2017 Fast Pitch competition!