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Weekly News & Events
January 6, 2016
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NAMI CAN!
NAMI California Advocacy News
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2015 NAMI California Advocacy Survey is Out!
Thank you so much to the 45 affiliates who completed the 2015 NAMI California advocacy survey! The report found:
- After working in 2015 to establish a statewide minimum standard for law enforcement mental health training (SB 11 and SB 29), most NAMI affiliates are actively involved in law enforcement training programs. NAMI California has established a partnership with the California Highway Patrol to train officers, and half of the affiliates responding to the survey are now working with CHP divisions.
- NAMI affiliates are involved in annual Mental Health Services Act plan updates in 37 counties, but experiences are mixed. Some affiliates report robust stakeholder processes while others report significant room for improvement.
- NAMI affiliates report challenges and concerns with local hospital emergency departments, including stigmatizing treatment by health care professionals, lack of available beds, and lack of mental health professionals. However, most affiliates have access to crisis stabilization and mobile crisis response facilities in their county.
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First NAMI CAN! Call of 2016
 Join us for the 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 us, 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 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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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, Family and Peer Program 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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2016 Annual Conference:
Super Early Bird Special!
It's not too late to sign up for 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!
2015 Conference Highlights Still Available
Did you miss this year's NAMI California conference -- or are you interested in seeing a session again? Download the PowerPoint presentations and/or buy CDs or MP3s below:
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Donate to NAMI California
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Thanks To Our Proud Sponsors
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[email protected]
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