NAMI Southeast Wisconsin
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Mission Statement
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Southeast Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide help to those affected by mental illness. NAMI Southeast Wisconsin works to improve the understanding of mental health conditions and share the hope of recovery by offering information, support, education and advocacy services. Our goal is to create a community that is educated and supportive of individuals impacted by mental health conditions, allowing them to reach out for help without the fear of stigma. NAMI Southeast Wisconsin offers support groups for individuals impacted by mental health conditions and their loved ones, educational classes individuals impacted by mental health conditions and their loved ones, Chapter 51 court support and advocacy, support and advocacy for individuals applying for disability benefits through our SOAR Program, homeless outreach through our PATH Program, one-on-one support and advocacy, and community educational presentations. All of our services are offered at no cost to attendees.
About This Cause
NAMI Southeast Wisconsin History On January 1, 2021 NAMI Southeast Wisconsin was created when NAMI Waukesha and NAMI Greater Milwaukee merged. Since 1979 (NAMI GRM) and 1982 (NAMI Waukesha), these two organizations have worked to improve the understanding of mental health conditions and share the hope of recovery by offering information, support, education and advocacy service. From Kitchen Tables to National Voices In the early 1970s, small groups of family members, nationwide, began to gather around kitchen tables searching for support and understanding of their mentally ill family member, more often than not, a son. The majority of those meeting together were moms blamed by the medical profession that their parenting skills caused their child’s schizophrenia or other mental health disorder. On February 26, 1979, Mrs. Roz Libman, along with a small group of Milwaukee area families formed the Alliance for the Mentally Ill (AMI) of Greater Milwaukee, Inc., in response to their shared challenges to get help for their children living with severe and persistent mental illnesses. In the late 1970s, some of these families gathered together in Madison, WI and decided to form state associations. Within the next few years, the state organizations decided to form a national organization named NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table has blossomed into the nation's leading voice on mental health. Today, we are an alliance of more than 600 local Affiliates and 48 State Organizations who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.