NAMI CC African American

NAMI Contra Costa offers Statewide Support Services to African Americans in need of support.

Our Crisis Counselors are made up of African Americans with lived experience as peers and family members with specific subject matter expertise via our COVID-19 Warmline.

NAMI CC provides culturally sensitive, non-clinical crisis counseling for African Americans, by African Americans.

We provide resources, information, and support to help people find their way during these difficult times of the pandemic and social unrest. We work with African American Faith Leaders across the state to facilitate trainings and replace misinformation and to reach the broadest audience.

COVID-19 highlighted a history of racism and unequal access to healthy environments, opportunities, and resources needed for good health in communities of color. Living under such conditions can make it harder to prevent and control chronic conditions, like high blood pressure, asthma, heart disease, and diabetes.

People with these underlying health conditions or those with cancer and uncontrolled HIV are at greater risk of serious illness and death if they get COVID-19.