Welcome to our NAMI Alameda County South affiliate website.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness.
If this is an emergency please call 911 and ask for a CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) trained officer.
You are not alone!
We were just approved as a new NAMI affiliate by NAMI National
on March 16, 2012. (Our new Website under construction)
Our Family to Family Classes are for caregivers of someone with a serious mental illness. For class curriculum click: F2F
Our Next Family to Family class is schedule to start on
Saturday, January 11,2014, 9:00am to 11:30am in Fremont.
For details click on: F2F in Fremont
We are excited about our plans to implement many of the NAMI Signature Education Programs and other NAMI Programs to meet our local community's mental health needs. With caregiver programs in English established, we are focusing on implementing NAMI programs with consumer participation and those to meet ethnic and cultural needs of our community.
The MoD (Mentor on Discharge) program has been implemented by NAMI Alameda County South. With a Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Grant, we are now providing mentor services to John george Psycheatric Hospital and Telecare Heritage Hospital. We conducted a workshop on this exciting new program at the NAMI California Conference on August 16, 2013. For the PowerPoint used at the workshop click: MoD Workshop.
Since the MoD program is not a NAMI Signature Program, we cannot use NAMI general funds for it. However, with the Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Grant and a private donations specifically for the MoD Program we plan to continue this valuable program. Thank you granter and donors.
Additional programs offered by NAMI ACS are:
Programs in Mandarin Chinese:
o NAMI Chinese Monthly Education Meetings implemented
on April 24, 2012.
o NAMI Chinese Monthly Caregiver Support Group Meetings implemented
on May 21, 2012.
NAMI Family to Family Classes in Mandarin Chinese
First class completed in July 2013. Another class is being planned for 2014.
Click on the Chinese tab at the top of this page for more details on our programs in Chinese.
Our first IOOV (In Our Own Voice) presentation was made at JGPH (John George Psychiatric Hospital) in San Leandro on June 7, 2012. In the month of June 2012, we made 7 IOOV presentations at JGPH acute care, one at Villa Fairmont sub-acute care and one at Fairmont Psychiatric Outpatient to 184 loved ones, caregivers and providers in a total of 9 presentations. This was accomplished with the support of NAMI Santa Clara County. For the most part, all evaluations were exceptional.
We are now making IOOV presentations to the John George Psychiatric Hospital's new hire staff on a monthly basis and weekly to patients at Telecare Heritage. If interested in attending one of the presentations at John George, please contact us for the next date and time of available presentation.
We just trained 11 mentors to lead Peer to Peer Classes. We will be implementing Peer to Peer classes shortly.
We are bringing "Ending the Silence" to high schools in Fremont, Union City, Hayward and Oakland. Also, we are conducting ETS presentations at the College of Alameda. Contact us for more information about this program.
We had a great walked in Golden Gate Park on June 1, 2013.
Net Walk are $19,700.91
Thank you Team Captains and Teams.
As you know, our education programs are offered to participants at no cost to you. It is through your financial and volunteer support that we bring these much needed NAMI Programs to our community.
You helped fund our NAMI Programs and address stigma by walking for us.
Teams walking for are affiliate are by team name, team captain and link:
Johnny's Crew, Elizabeth Mireles
Minds In Motion, Jenny Doying
Walkers of Hope, Yolanda Garcia-Martinez
Steppin 4 Momo, Michele Wms-Smith
JGPH Walks for Wellness, Elisse Sliwinksi
Finding the Hope, Lowah Hu
Fremont Hospital Care(s), Kristine Bazalar
We have already started planning our 2014 Walk. Stay tuned for Date, Place and details.
You may find additional NAMI support through other NAMI local affiliates, in particular, through the other 3 NAMI affiliates in Alameda County:
NAMI Alameda County Office Located in Oakland, CA
NAMI East Bay Office Located in Albany, CA
NAMI Tri-Valley Serving the Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin area
In addition to our local affiliates, you may find more information about NAMI and our programs by clicking on the following:
NAMI California and NAMI National
In Addition to NAMI, FERC (Family Education and Resource Center) a program of the Mental Health Association of Alameda County can provide you with valuable information and resources.
Please stay tuned as we develop this site to inform you of additional local services and programming.
NAMI Alameda County South
PO Box 7302
Fremont, CA 94537
510-378-1578
Info@NAMIacs.org
The National Alliance on Mental Illness.
If this is an emergency please call 911 and ask for a CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) trained officer.
You are not alone!
We were just approved as a new NAMI affiliate by NAMI National
on March 16, 2012. (Our new Website under construction)
Our Family to Family Classes are for caregivers of someone with a serious mental illness. For class curriculum click: F2F
Our Next Family to Family class is schedule to start on
Saturday, January 11,2014, 9:00am to 11:30am in Fremont.
For details click on: F2F in Fremont
We are excited about our plans to implement many of the NAMI Signature Education Programs and other NAMI Programs to meet our local community's mental health needs. With caregiver programs in English established, we are focusing on implementing NAMI programs with consumer participation and those to meet ethnic and cultural needs of our community.
The MoD (Mentor on Discharge) program has been implemented by NAMI Alameda County South. With a Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Grant, we are now providing mentor services to John george Psycheatric Hospital and Telecare Heritage Hospital. We conducted a workshop on this exciting new program at the NAMI California Conference on August 16, 2013. For the PowerPoint used at the workshop click: MoD Workshop.
Since the MoD program is not a NAMI Signature Program, we cannot use NAMI general funds for it. However, with the Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Grant and a private donations specifically for the MoD Program we plan to continue this valuable program. Thank you granter and donors.
Additional programs offered by NAMI ACS are:
Programs in Mandarin Chinese:
o NAMI Chinese Monthly Education Meetings implemented
on April 24, 2012.
o NAMI Chinese Monthly Caregiver Support Group Meetings implemented
on May 21, 2012.
NAMI Family to Family Classes in Mandarin Chinese
First class completed in July 2013. Another class is being planned for 2014.
Click on the Chinese tab at the top of this page for more details on our programs in Chinese.
Our first IOOV (In Our Own Voice) presentation was made at JGPH (John George Psychiatric Hospital) in San Leandro on June 7, 2012. In the month of June 2012, we made 7 IOOV presentations at JGPH acute care, one at Villa Fairmont sub-acute care and one at Fairmont Psychiatric Outpatient to 184 loved ones, caregivers and providers in a total of 9 presentations. This was accomplished with the support of NAMI Santa Clara County. For the most part, all evaluations were exceptional.
We are now making IOOV presentations to the John George Psychiatric Hospital's new hire staff on a monthly basis and weekly to patients at Telecare Heritage. If interested in attending one of the presentations at John George, please contact us for the next date and time of available presentation.
We just trained 11 mentors to lead Peer to Peer Classes. We will be implementing Peer to Peer classes shortly.
We are bringing "Ending the Silence" to high schools in Fremont, Union City, Hayward and Oakland. Also, we are conducting ETS presentations at the College of Alameda. Contact us for more information about this program.
We had a great walked in Golden Gate Park on June 1, 2013.
Net Walk are $19,700.91
Thank you Team Captains and Teams.
As you know, our education programs are offered to participants at no cost to you. It is through your financial and volunteer support that we bring these much needed NAMI Programs to our community.
You helped fund our NAMI Programs and address stigma by walking for us.
Teams walking for are affiliate are by team name, team captain and link:
Johnny's Crew, Elizabeth Mireles
Minds In Motion, Jenny Doying
Walkers of Hope, Yolanda Garcia-Martinez
Steppin 4 Momo, Michele Wms-Smith
JGPH Walks for Wellness, Elisse Sliwinksi
Finding the Hope, Lowah Hu
Fremont Hospital Care(s), Kristine Bazalar
We have already started planning our 2014 Walk. Stay tuned for Date, Place and details.
You may find additional NAMI support through other NAMI local affiliates, in particular, through the other 3 NAMI affiliates in Alameda County:
NAMI Alameda County Office Located in Oakland, CA
NAMI East Bay Office Located in Albany, CA
NAMI Tri-Valley Serving the Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin area
In addition to our local affiliates, you may find more information about NAMI and our programs by clicking on the following:
NAMI California and NAMI National
In Addition to NAMI, FERC (Family Education and Resource Center) a program of the Mental Health Association of Alameda County can provide you with valuable information and resources.
Please stay tuned as we develop this site to inform you of additional local services and programming.
NAMI Alameda County South
PO Box 7302
Fremont, CA 94537
510-378-1578
Info@NAMIacs.org