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Weekly News & Events
January 13, 2016
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2016 NAMI California Conference:
Super Early Bird Special!
 You still have time to take advantage of our Super Early Bird Special for the 2016
NAMI California Annual Conference! The conference will take place August 26 & 27, 2016 at the
San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront in Burlingame. Stay tuned for more details!
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Register
for the NAMI National Convention
by Jan. 31 and SAVE!
The NAMI National Convention educates, inspires and empowers a diverse community of individuals living with mental illness, family members, researchers, providers, field leaders, policy makers and educators to advance and sustain recovery from mental illness as well as act, advocate and achieve change in the mental health system across the country.
Attend the NAMI National Convention to:
- Learn how to spearhead advocacy efforts for mental health reform.
- Be inspired by top researchers sharing exciting new research and tools.
- Expand your skills and network with experts in the mental health field.
- Earn CE credits as a licensed counselor, social worker or registered nurse.
The First-On-Board conference member rate of $195 is available until Jan. 31.
Click here to register
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NAMI CAN!
NAMI California Advocacy News
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First NAMI CAN! Call of 2016
 It's not too late to join our first NAMI CAN! call of the new year from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, January 13. The call will include a presentation on HR 2646 by Andrew Sperling, NAMI's Director of Legislative Advocacy; a short advocacy training on how to schedule a meeting with your legislator; and legislative and local updates. If you are interested in joining the call, please contact Marcel Harris at
[email protected].
The NAMI California Advocacy Network (NAMI CAN!) was created to facilitate the active involvement of NAMI members all over the state in education and advocacy around issues impacting individuals living with mental illness. Conference calls provide affiliates with updates about NAMI California's legislative positions and activities and promote discussion among affiliates about legislation and local advocacy issues.
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NAMI Smarts for Advocacy in Sonoma County
Find out how to be an effective advocate for mental health at the NAMI Smarts for Advocacy training and regional meeting in Santa Rosa on Monday, January 25. Participants will learn how to tell a compelling story, communicate with legislators, and will hear from Sonoma County MHSA representatives. Space is limited, so if you are interested in attending please RSVP by contacting Marcel Harris at (916) 567-0163 ext. 107 or [email protected].
NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a hands-on advocacy training program that helps people living with mental illness, friends and family transform their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy.
NAMI Smarts for Advocacy Training & Regional Meeting
9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday, January 25
Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
153 Stony Circle, Classroom A
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
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Hearing on Rocklin Psychiatric Facility
NAMI California and NAMI Placer County are preparing for an important local hearing on Tuesday, January 19 to move forward with the building of a new inpatient psychiatric facility in Rocklin. For more information on the hearing and how you can help, contact Marcel Harris at [email protected].
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Save the date: Join us for Lobby Day at the State Capitol on Friday, February 19. For more information, contact Marcel at
[email protected] or (916) 567-0163.
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Seeking Candidates for
NAMI National Training of Trainers
NAMI California is reviewing applications for candidates for this year's NAMI Training of Trainers workshops, which will be held April 22-25 in Arlington, Virginia. State trainers are able to lead workshops to train teachers to present programs or facilitators to lead support groups.
If your affiliate would like to propose a candidate, one of the items needed to complete registration for your trainee is a letter of recommendation from the executive director at NAMI California.
The team at NAMI California will review all applications to ensure candidates meet the criteria for the trainings. If the candidate is approved, NAMI California will write a letter of support.
Please download the state trainer description and application below:
Steps to propose a candidate for the NAMI National Trainings:
- Identify a candidate for the Training of Trainers if you wish to have a teacher, mentor, or facilitator trained.
- Complete the NAMI California state trainer application and return no later than January 31.
- The candidate will then be reviewed and may take part in a brief (5-10 minute) phone interview with NAMI California staff.
- A letter of support will be created recommending the candidate for training. This letter will be emailed to the registrant and to his/her affiliate.
- The candidate will then be ready to complete the application process with NAMI, and can submit this letter along with the other registration materials required.
- For further information about the National Training of Trainers, please go to www.nami.org/ttinfo
The due date for your affiliate to submit your candidate's application to NAMI California is
January 31, 2016.
The deadline for NAMI to receive ALL registration materials is March 4, 2016.
Please note: Estimated costs for sending a candidate to the training could be $1,000 or more (with the round trip flight to Virginia, the training registration fee, hotel, etc.). Each affiliate submitting a request for a candidate's recommendation letter should be aware that NAMI California does not have the funds to supplement the cost of this training.
If you have any questions in regards to this process, please contact Lynn Cathy at
[email protected]
or
(916) 567-0163.
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E-Learning Now Available for Ending the Silence
 Ending the Silence, one of NAMI California's most widely used programs, now has a new training format available for affiliates. Affiliates already running the program can offer new presenters training through an e-learning program developed by NAMI. This program will allow on-demand training to meet the needs of busy schedules and will record when the training program is completed and a presenter is ready for the next phase of training.
Please review the process for obtaining e-learning in California. If your affiliate has presenters ready for training, please follow the process outlined in the guide (link below). If you have questions, please contact Erik Villalobos at
[email protected].
For affiliates that do not already offer the program, NAMI California will be hosting in-person ETS trainings this spring. Please stay tuned for more information as details become available!
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Upcoming Training Opportunities
Below is the schedule for NAMI California Education and Support Group Programs.
Trainings are announced in this weekly report and the
namica.org
website.
Applications are now being received for the following Family Program Education Trainings:
- January 29-31: Family-to-Family - Stockton
(Note: This particular training requires the affiliate to pay for trainee's hotel cost)
- February 20-22: Family Support Group - Modesto
- March: Family-to-Family - Ventura
- April: Basics and Family-to-Family - Ontario
Applications are now being received for the following Peer Program Trainings*:
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January 29-31: Peer-to-Peer - Stockton
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February: Connection
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Southern California, location to be announced soon
- March: Peer-to-Peer - Ventura
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No IOOV trainings are scheduled by NAMI California at this time
*Important Note:
There will be additional trainings offered for all the programs above. These workshops will be hosted by affiliates and sponsored by NAMI California in the form of small grants. Interested affiliates should contact
[email protected]
for details on how to apply for a grant. Trainings will be announced in your region as they become available.
NAMI support group trainings are for NAMI members to become facilitators of a support group. The education trainings are for members desiring to become teachers or mentors of an education program. Upon graduation, the affiliate makes arrangements with the graduate to teach the class.
Qualifications for training: Interested parties should be NAMI members in good standing and ideally have graduated from the same education program they intend to teach. A participant also needs to be recommended by their local NAMI chapter. Additional qualifications will apply. Please ask your NAMI affiliate to contact Family and Peer Programs Supervisor, Lynn Cathy at
[email protected]
or Erik Villalobos, Education Coordinator at
[email protected]
to receive an application via email. Prospective teachers/facilitators should return their applications in a timely manner as these workshops fill quickly.
Send inquiries to:
NAMI California Office: (916) 567-0163
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