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United Way Certified Partner Agency

Welcome to NAMI Sacramento

NAMI Sacramento

NAMI Sacramento is a grassroots, family and consumer self-help support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses. Severe mental illnesses are physically-based brain disorders that can profoundly disrupt a person's ability to think, feel, and relate to others and their environment.


NAMI Sacramento is the only local mental health agency offering support, education, and advocacy for people coping with their own mental illness and for their family members, too. We receive no government funding and are entirely self-supported. See About NAMI Sacramento for more about NAMI.

Family Support

NAMI Sacramento offers educational classes and family support groups and for family members of people coping with serious mental illness. See Education and Support Groups for more.

 

Support for People with Mental Illness

We offer classes to educate people with brain disorders so that they are better equipped to navigate through the experiences and challenges. See Education and Support Groups for more.

 

Trained Speakers are Available

NAMI Sacramento has trained In Our Own voice (IOOV) presenters ready to speak to your organization. For more detail about this program, see In Our Own Voice.

 

Join NAMI Sacramento

Join online and help our organization inform the community about mental illness and provide more support, education and advocacy in the Sacramento region. Contact us about volunteer opportunities, too.


Openings Available - Your Help is Needed!

Are you interested in joining our volunteers to help us make Sacramento a better place for people with mental illness and their families? See Help Wanted.


Important Notice

 NAMI programs such as Family-to-Family, Peer-to-Peer, and In Our Own Voice should not be used to replace the specialized training and professional judgment of mental health professionals. We cannot, and will not, assume the role of a physician or therapist. Please read this important notice about NAMI Sacramento's role in your mental health care.

Fundraising News

NAMI Sacramento has been approved for the 2nd year as a United Way Certified Partner Agency.

Yard Sale: Our yard sale on April 25th was a huge success! Thank you, NAMI members! Details here.

Fundraising Ideas? See Fundraising for information on how you can support NAMI Sacramento.

Meetings

Next General Meeting:

  • Monday, August 10
  • no meeting in July

See General Meetings for more.

Next Board Meeting:

  • Tuesday, June 16 (Rescheduled from Monday, June 15)
  • no meeting in July

See Board Meetings for more.

What's New?

Sacramento Mental Health Resource Forums Plan to attend one of the Community Forums in June on how the County budget crisis will impact mental health services.

New support group for anyone with mental illness! Our new Connections Consumer Recovery Support Group started May 3rd.
See Support Groups

Geriatric Network is closing June 30. See details on open house.

How to advocate: Effectively Communicating with Policymakers and the Media

2009 SSI Rules (revised 12/23)


NAMI Sacramento cannot be held responsible for the use of the information we provide.
Please always consult a trained mental health professional before making any decision
regarding treatment of yourself or others.