NAMI Tennessee
Programs
Description
In Our Own Voice is a peer-led program that trains persons with mental illness to tell their stories of dark days, acceptance, treatment, coping skills and successes, hopes and dreams in an effort to show the face of recovery is possible. It is an excellent program for any audience, any venue. It provides education and reduces the stigma that surrounds mental illness. It also gives speaker training to the presenters, giving them a voice they may have never had. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
In Our Own Voice is a peer-led program that trains persons with mental illness to tell their stories of dark days, acceptance, treatment, coping skills and successes, hopes and dreams in an effort to show the face of recovery is possible. It is an excellent program for any audience, any venue. It provides education and reduces the stigma that surrounds mental illness. It also gives speaker training to the presenters, giving them a voice they may have never had. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$23,750.00
Description
NAMI Basics is a class for parents and direct caregivers of children and adolescents with ADD/ADHD, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders and OCD. This 6 week class is structured to help parents and direct caregivers understand and support these young ones while maintaining their own well being. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
$23,750.00
Description
NAMI Basics is a class for parents and direct caregivers of children and adolescents with ADD/ADHD, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorders and OCD. This 6 week class is structured to help parents and direct caregivers understand and support these young ones while maintaining their own well being. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
NAMI TN provides a state-wide, toll free service that provides information, referral and supportive counseling at (800) 467-3589. Each year, volunteers and staff responded to approximately thousands of requests for assistance providing information about support groups, education, housing options, transportation and navigating the healthcare system, etc.
Program Areas Served
None
NAMI TN provides a state-wide, toll free service that provides information, referral and supportive counseling at (800) 467-3589. Each year, volunteers and staff responded to approximately thousands of requests for assistance providing information about support groups, education, housing options, transportation and navigating the healthcare system, etc.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$65,309.00
Description
NAMI Tennessee provides free peer-led 8-week courses across the state to families of persons with mental illness. All courses are facilitated by trained volunteers who are supervised for program fidelity. Courses educate families on the specifics of mental illness, brain chemistry, symptoms, treatment options and coping skills. Currently, 91% of participants report they are better able to help their loved ones following completion of the classes. 80% report relationships improvement while particpating in the class. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
$65,309.00
Description
NAMI Tennessee provides free peer-led 8-week courses across the state to families of persons with mental illness. All courses are facilitated by trained volunteers who are supervised for program fidelity. Courses educate families on the specifics of mental illness, brain chemistry, symptoms, treatment options and coping skills. Currently, 91% of participants report they are better able to help their loved ones following completion of the classes. 80% report relationships improvement while particpating in the class. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$47,500.00
Description
At the local affiliate level, NAMI Tennessee facilitates support groups for families and their loved ones who are affected by mental illness. In FY2011/2012, local affiliates conducted 46 monthly support groups providing hope and help to over 7000 individual participants. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
$47,500.00
Description
At the local affiliate level, NAMI Tennessee facilitates support groups for families and their loved ones who are affected by mental illness. In FY2011/2012, local affiliates conducted 46 monthly support groups providing hope and help to over 7000 individual participants. Classes are free for participants.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$11,000.00
Description
A free peer Education Program specifically for loved ones of military Service Members and Veterans who experience symptoms of a mental health condition. Individuals who participate will learn from others who have been where you are. They will be guided through how to better understand and support their loved ones while maintaining their own and family's well-being.
Program Areas Served
None
$11,000.00
Description
A free peer Education Program specifically for loved ones of military Service Members and Veterans who experience symptoms of a mental health condition. Individuals who participate will learn from others who have been where you are. They will be guided through how to better understand and support their loved ones while maintaining their own and family's well-being.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| LIFE SAVED / COMMUNITY BENEFITS If it would be just one life that NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness - had saved - literally saved - that alone would mean it had achieved part of its mission of support, education and advocacy of positively impacting mental illness. But it is many more lives than just one that is saved that gives NAMI its significance in Tennessee. It may come as a support program by a staff member offered to a group of individuals with a mental illness. That support gives them hope and a perspective that their life counts for something and they can get better and give back to society. NAMI's major challenges are reaching more of these people in our communities and having enough staff to respond to the needs to help. The community support NAMI receives sustains the organization and those staff members to be ready to respond. And Your Gift Helps Make The Difference. NAMI is called upon with its HELP LINE to listen to calls from individuals threatening suicide or just needing important mental health information. NAMI goes further by finding assistance and referrals to help. Callers are not left feeling alone. And NAMI gives the caregivers and parents of those with a mental illness - information, education and hope that their loved ones can recover. This education is how my wife and I found hope for our daughter, a physician, who had attempted serious suicide because of her mental illness and we found education and hope for ourselves. Through the help of many organizations and people like NAMI she is a practicing psychiatrist today helping hundreds of people . I am committed to helping others with a mental illness and giving their families and caregivers hope. From a NAMI leader. The challenge is to reach other families across the entire state of Tennessee through our staff or one of the 20 local affiliates in the state. Our staff cannot do it alone so we work with volunteers and families who have been helped by education and support. While we receive generous funding from the State of Tennessee the need is much greater to help those with a mental illness. Please help us.Thank you. President |
