Causes: Health, Health Care

Mission: Improve the quality of life for all whose lives are affected by mental health issues through support, education, advocacy and outreach.

Target demographics: improve quality of life for families and individuals impacted by mental illness

Direct beneficiaries per year: hundreds of individuals and families

Geographic areas served: Clackamas County

Programs:
•Support and education for family members of people living with mental illness through Family-to-Family classes, de Familia a Familia classes offered in Spanish, NAMI Basics classes and Family Support Groups. In the last past year 101 family members graduated from a NAMI Clackamas class for family members.
•Support and education for people living with mental illness through Peer-to-Peer classes and NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups. NAMI Clackamas has hosted over 200 peer support groups in the past year.
•One-on-one peer support and help finding resources through our Peer Resource Connection program, which helped over 100 people who were able to talk to someone who “has been there’ and find support, resources and help to navigate our complicated mental health system.
•Community education to bust the stigma and end discrimination that people like Melanie, who live with mental illness, face every day.
•And so much more—from the first ever NAMI programs in Oregon to be offered in Spanish to community health fairs, NAMI Clackamas is always striving to make our community a better place to live, work and play for everyone.