Who We Are
Across the country, trained NAMI volunteers bring peer-led community presentations to a wide variety of settings, from churches to schools. With the unique understanding of people with lived experience, these programs provide outstanding free education, advocacy and support.
NAMI-Tallahassee offers the following NAMI signature presentations: Ending the Silence, FaithNet, In Our Own Voice and Sharing Hope. General in-service programs are also available to mental health providers upon request.
NAMI Florida is the state’s largest grassroots advocacy organization supporting those living with a mental illness and their families. We are a charitable organization, and provide most of our services and programs using charitable dollars and the use of volunteers. We are the state headquarters for the NAMI national organization and our office is located in Tallahassee. We oversee and coordinate with 27 affiliates across the state.
What We Do
NAMI Ending the Silence is an in-school presentation designed to teach middle and high school students about the signs and symptoms of mental illness, how to recognize the early warning signs and the importance of acknowledging those warning signs.
Why it’s important:
- 1 in 5 kids experiences a mental health condition; only 20% of them actually get help
- About 50% of students ages 14+ with a mental health condition will drop out of school
- Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds
- The earlier the better: early identification and intervention provides better outcomes
NAMI FaithNet is an information resource and network for NAMI members, clergy, and people of faith from all faith traditions. The goal of NAMI FaithNet is to encourage the development of welcoming and spiritually nourishing environments in every place of worship.
NAMI Tallahassee offers the NAMI FaithNet community presentations to all faith communities. The presentation includes “Bridges of Hope,” a PowerPoint presentation. FaithNet also offers articles and links to related sites; service planning materials; on-line support handouts; bulletin inserts; and much more. Click on the “General Request” link on the right of this page to request a NAMI FaithNet presentation.
Program leaders must be 18 and older, other than that, 16 and older. Does court mandated volunteers but only misdemeanors.
Details
| (850) 841-3386 | |
| namitally.programs@gmail.com | |
| Atleas Winchester | |
| Peer Program Manager | |
| https://www.nami-tallahassee.org/ |
