NAMI ORANGE COUNTY
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Mission Statement
Educate, support and advocate for those affected by mental illness as well as their family and friends.
About This Cause
Mission Statement & Objectives In collaboration with the entire community, NAMI Orange County (NAMIOC) advocates for a life of quality and dignity, one without discrimination, for all persons whose lives are affected by mental illness. As an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation’s largest grass roots mental health organization, NAMIOC provides education, support, and advocacy for individuals living with mental illness and their family members. The primary objectives of NAMIOC educational, support and advocacy programs is to increase access to needed mental health services and build family and community support networks through 1. Partnerships with hospitals, mental health providers, local schools, law enforcement and the faith community to provide education, support and advocacy programs. 2. Programs to teach individuals living with mental illness and their family members an empowering, holistic model of care based upon the “lived experience” of mental illness. This peer informed, self-help educational model has been identified as an evidence-based practice by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. 3. Programs and community outreach to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness 4. “WarmLine” call center services to Los Angeles and Orange County residents, seven days a week, including holidays. The primary goal of these services is to intervene and reduce the risk factors associated with mental illness. Additional NAMIOC objectives are identified in a strategic plan development process that takes place at three year intervals, is reviewed monthly at Board meetings and revised in response to internal or external circumstances.