NAMI, the National Alliance for Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
NAMI Contra Costa is an affiliate of NAMI California. NAMI Contra Costa and dedicated volunteer members and leaders work tirelessly to raise awareness and provide essential education, advocacy and support group programs for people living with mental illness and their loved ones.
Two Sessions are available for registration:
August 24th, 2023 on Thursdays, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm 8-weeks*
October 4th, 2023 Wednesdays, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm 8-weeks*
Please contact Ammi to register for the program at ammi@rcqr.com
SHELTER Inc’s Lyle Morris Property has affordable units and their waitlist is open. Unfortunately these are non-CE units so applicants go through a shelter inc process through their waitlist. However, it’s still a great opportunity and very affordable. We suggest getting applications in as soon as possible and letting them know if you are referring or submitting an application for someone.
The 3 files needed as part of the application can be downloaded in this WinZip file.
Window users can use the built in Zip feature to extract the files.
Mac users can double click zipped file to extract files.
Focusing on Youth Mental Health: How to Best Support Students as they Return Back to School
Summary
As the new school year approached, NAMI Contra Costa held a community dialogue for our August General Meeting on how best to support students, parents, and caregivers as they returned back to school.
We discussed what programs we had in place to support our youth and what was needed as we focused on preventative services. The Transitional Age Youth support group and Ending the Silence were mentioned.
We asked those who had a background in education to join us as we left time for a group conversation and for ALL individuals to share their personal stories, feedback, and advice, especially those who had success working with diverse populations.
SPIRIT Peer Co-Instructors Janet Costa and Victoria Fairchild briefly shared an update about the Behavioral Health Service Provider Individualized Recovery Intensive Training program in Contra Costa County as the 2023 class graduated and the 2024 course opened for enrollment. SPIRIT is a 9-unit college course taught in collaboration with Contra Costa Behavioral Health and Contra Costa College. The course taught students how to develop core skills to empower themselves by attaining and maintaining recovery and resiliency through self-awareness and peer/family support, while learning to assist others in doing the same. The completion of this class led to a Certificate of Achievement and an internship with the county.
