NAMI ACS
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Mission Statement
Education, support and advocacy for both caregivers of someone with a serious and persistent mental illness or someone with a serious and persistent mental illness.
About This Cause
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). NAMI ACS dba NAMI Alameda County South is a member of NAMI National and NAMI California. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raise awareness and build a community for hope for all of those in need. Our mission is mental health. NAMI Alameda County South’s Mission is to bring NAMI’s Internationally recognized programs of Education, Support and Advocacy for better mental health to our local community. In addition to the NAMI national programs, NAMI ACS has adopted some local programs. They include, but not limited to, the Mentor on Discharge and Friends in the Lobby programs. The MoD (Mentor om Discharge) program as shown to reduce re-hospitalizations of acute care psychiatric patients by over 70%. Friends in the Lobby provide resource material to visitors of psychiatric patients.