Conference Highlight:  Our "Strengthening NAMI Affiliates"  Conference Track

NAMI Affiliates across the state serve their communities in a variety of ways. Learn from our most successful affiliates about what they've done.  

Highlights: 

Affiliates Helping Affiliates: Affiliate Mentoring Pilot Project, What We've Learned Mentoring can be a rewarding experience and an effective way to share your specialized knowledge with other Affiliates and programs that may be in need of your expertise. There's no better way to help someone than by empowering them to help themselves! If you're interested in implementing a mentoring program for your Affiliate, be sure to attend this workshop! You will learn how the Affiliate Mentoring  Pilot Project worked and what lessons to derive from its initial startup phase. - Bettie Reinhardt

Building Rome Day 1: Where to Begin & How to Get Started Grant Writing Grant writing can be a complicated and daunting task even for seasoned veterans of the nonprofit sector. At this workshop, we cut through the confusion and guide you through the process of researching potential grant sources, building relationships with funders, and honing your skills and expertise to most effectively write your funding proposal. This workshop is a must for both experienced and fledgling grant writers alike! -  Gary Bess & Heather Fox

Changing Lives with NAMI Programs? This one's for you! This workshop expands on the Affiliate track Plenary Session topic. Listen to successful NAMI California's Affiliate leaders as they share their strategies in engaging their community, growing their programs and increasing their membership to move NAMI's mission forward. - Ratan Bhavnani, Former Executive Director NAMI Ventura County - Joe Rose, President NAMI Alameda County South

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Also see below for our 5 other specialty tracks you may want to attend!

Gary Bess, Ph.D., is the owner of Gary Bess Associates (GBA), which provides grant writing, program evaluation and consultation to nonprofit and government agencies. GBA specializes in public and private grant writing for human services, including Federally Qualified Health Center applications. Dr. Bess holds two masters' degrees in social work and applied sociology from Case Western Reserve University, and Kent State University, respectively. Dr. Bess earned his doctorate in social work from the University of Southern California. He has taught in graduate schools of social work at UCLA, USC, and at California State University, in Long Beach and Chico. For several years, Dr. Bess directed free medical clinics in Southern California, including the South Bay Free Clinic in Manhattan Beach, and the Los Angeles Free Clinic, before opening GBA in 1991.

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