HOW NAMI NEW YORK CITY HOSTS FAMILY-TO-FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING & SUPPORT FOR CARETAKERS, LOVED ONES ... (1374 hits)
For Immediate Release From NAMI-New York City Metro!
Loving someone with mental health struggles can be hard. But you are not alone. Learn how to take care of your loved one and yourself in Family-to-Family. Get more info: https://naminycmetro.org/programs/family-t...
Family-To-Family Is A Free, 8-Week Class For Family, Significant Others, And Friends Of People Living With Mental Illness.
Research shows that Family-to-Family makes a big difference in the coping and problem-solving abilities of the people closest to someone living with a mental health condition. It’s an official evidenced-based program by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).
Upcoming Classes
WHEN: Mondays,
TIME: 6 – 8:30 pm,
DATES: February 26 – April 15, 2024 (Virtual)
NAMI Family-To-Family Covers A Lot…
How to manage crises, solve problems and communicate effectively How to take care of yourself and managing your stress How you can develop the confidence and stamina to provide support with compassion About how to find and use local supports and services Up-to-date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain
About current treatments, including evidence-based therapies, medications and side effects
About schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and dual diagnosis
Basics about the brain and mental illness More about medication
About the impact of mental illness on the entire family What You’ll Gain…
Family-to-Family is taught by NAMI-trained family members who have been there, and includes presentations, discussion, and interactive exercises. The class not only provides critical information and strategies for taking care of the person you love, but you’ll also find out that you’re not alone. Recovery is a journey, and there is hope.
The group setting of Family-to-Family provides mutual support and shared positive impact—you can experience compassion and reinforcement from people who understand your situation. You can also help others through your own experience.
The NAMI-NYC Advocacy Ambassador program provides families and individuals impacted by mental illness with the skills and training needed to meet with elected officials and create change in their communities. Ambassadors will participate in a training series that teaches best practices for meeting with elected officials and building the relationships required to achieve policy wins.
After their training, Advocacy Ambassadors will be champions for policy that impacts the mental health of New Yorkers in their communities, and will be responsible for making sure elected officials in their area are informed about and supportive of important mental health issues. Ambassadors are also dedicated to building grassroots power by assisting friends, family, and other community members with contacting their own elected officials, and explaining the importance of supporting policies that will allow families and individuals impacted by mental illness to live their best lives.
Please note that our program only considers applicants who reside in one of NYC's five boroughs and are above 18 years of age.
NAMI-NYC Responds to NYC Preliminary Budget for FY 2025
New York, NY, January 19, 2024–The National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City (NAMI-NYC) is concerned that the City’s Fiscal Year 2025 Preliminary Budget and accompanying FY 24 budget modification falls short of ensuring the needed mental healthcare supports for New Yorkers. New York is facing a mental health crisis. This is not the time to make cuts to the nonprofit sector providing a safety net to underinvested and at-risk New Yorkers with mental health challenges, including youth.
The Administration announced in September that it would require agencies to cut their budgets by 5% for each of the upcoming budget updates scheduled for November, February and April via a “program to eliminate the gap” (PEG) process. A PEG cut to the City’s current social services budget compromises mental health services, affordable housing initiatives, public safety, and other essential programs for people living with mental illness and their families. In the face of these cuts and the waning social safety net, this Administration must prioritize meaningful investments into community-based programs, such as NAMI-NYC’s family support programs for those caring for loved ones living with mental illness.
Community-based mental health programs, especially those that support and educate family members, can prevent mental health crises and the revolving door of psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness, and incarceration. These programs not only provide a direct service to those with mental healthcare needs but have a trickle up effect that creates a safer, cleaner, and thriving City. We urge the Administration to reconsider the impact of these cuts on our community and New Yorkers.
