About Us

About Us
The National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.  Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a nationwide organization with affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country. NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.

With more than 220,000 members, NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental  illness and their families.

Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness.  With NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1200 local community ties, NAMI is comprised of dedicated people who join together to meet  the  NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.

About NAMI Stark County
NAMI Stark County is a group of volunteers whose Iives have been touched by mental illness personally or professionally.

We are dedicated to improving the lives of people in Stark County who have been touched by mental illness through NAMI public education and information; family and consumer peer education and support; advocacy on behalf  of people living with mental illness and for  the health  of our community; and visible public events that raise funds  and awareness.

Our Programs Serve 3 Core Populations: 

• Family members having an adult loved one with mental illness;
• Adults with mental illness;
• Parents of children/adolescents with behavioral health issues