Outreach Awareness System Navigator

NAMI Stark County Patient/Peer and Family Outreach      

• Have a conversation. It might be the first time someone has talked openly about mental illness.
• It might be the first time someone has listened to them talk about mental illness.
• Provide support from NAMI Stark County staff with lived experience.
• Provide information about Self-Care, Coping Skills and Communication Skills
• Provide information about Stark County resources
• Provide information about NAMI Stark County Education Programs, Support Groups and Advocacy

System Navigator

System Navigator will connect individuals and families transition to appropriate behavioral health services and provide emotional support and guidance to individuals navigating through the behavioral health system in Stark County.

HIPAA, a federal law, provides you and your family members with some valuable protections related to how your health care information can be used and shared. Understanding these protections can help you understand your rights related to your personal health care information and what you can do if you believe they have been violated.

Release of Information must be signed by patient in order for release information to be shared, and with whom the information will be shared by the provider.  Family members have the right to provide information to the provider.

Parent Advocate

Advocacy

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a hands-on advocacy training program that helps people living with mental illness, friends and family transform their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy.

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is designed as a series of three 1-2 hour workshops or modules or as a single full-day training that develop the following skills:

• Telling a compelling story that is inspiring and makes an “ask” in 90 seconds
• Writing an effective email, making an elevator speech and making an impactful phone call
• Orchestrating a successful meeting with an elected official

The unique step-by-step, skill-building design of NAMI Smarts is effective with a wide range of participants, including those who are new to advocacy as well as individuals with years of experience.

Participants routinely share that they’ve never been able to condense their story or made a clear “ask,” but with NAMI Smarts, they are now able to.

Lobbyists who represent NAMI State Organizations or mental health coalitions also love this program—they see participants come out confident and able to share their story in a way that moves policymakers.

For more information call 330-455-6264